Prometheus (YC W19) Is Hiring

Prometheus

We use allege voltaic and wind vitality to receive zero accumulate carbon electrofuels

Examine Engineer, Electrochemistry
Prometheus Fuels
Santa Cruz, CA U.S.A.

Prometheus turned into founded to replace fossil fuels with zero accumulate carbon electrofuels (e-fuels) – by beating fossil fuels on mark. We focus on by doing so we can resolve the native weather crisis and ignite a original abilities for human ambition, adventure, and achievement. Prometheus is the first e-fuels unicorn, reaching a $1.6 B valuation 2.5 years after YC beginning.

Examine Engineer-Electrochemist
The Titan Gas Forge is Prometheus’ revolutionary gasoline-manufacturing procedure. It works on the knowing that of reverse combustion, capturing CO2 and water from the air and powering them with electricity from renewable vitality to receive zero accumulate carbon fuels, leveraging developed catalysis and separations. As a senior research group member, you are going to be centered on rising and enforcing the following abilities of Titan Gas Forge methods.
Your work will encompass electrodes and/or MEA vogue, catalyst efficiency overview, and make a contribution to the following-abilities CO2 electrolyzer. You will work with a group of researchers, and would possibly maybe presumably well presumably soundless collaborate with engineering and analytical groups to iteratively scale up and optimize the Titan Gas Forges for commercial manufacturing subsequent year.

Duties
● Contributes to rising electrodes, MEA, and testing cells and stacks and testing instruments for the following abilities of CO2 electrolyzer vogue.
● Fingers-on research space working alongside groups to make certain that that targets are iteratively outlined and met to power against commercial characteristic out of our CO2 to fuels methods
● Employ ideal conversation abilities all over groups and the firm
● Intriguing to work all over a colossal fluctuate of activities to augment group targets – negate-stage startups require a wide collection of abilities
● Make contributions to a clear tradition of collaborative experimentation and innovation

Requirements
● Evolved level with connected Examine and Style experiences
(1) Grasp’s level in Chemical Engineering or varied connected STEM level with 5+ years of labor trip
(2) Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering varied connected STEM level with 2+ years of labor trip in connected research fields in electrodes and/or MEA vogue of PEM Gas Cells, AEM Gas Cells, Electrolyzers, or varied connected electrocatalysis.
● Demonstrated just research capabilities for designing experiments, identifying disorders, performing recordsdata analysis, advise-fixing, and getting ready technical reviews, summaries, procedures, and protocols.
● Demonstrated trip in electrochemical analysis including EIS, kinetic analysis, and Electrodes or MEA fabrication.
● Adept at prioritizing responsibilities and executing extra than one assignments similtaneously in a without notice changing atmosphere that requires psychological flexibility, creativity, discipline, and resilience
● Familiarity with catalyst synthesis, moist-chemistry, analytical chemistry, CO2 electrolysis is a clear back

Area of space is our 20,000 sq. foot prototyping and manufacturing facility in Santa Cruz, CA, lower than one mile from the shoreline, in a walkable neighborhood with coffee shops, natural groceries, yoga studios, and tons others. – you don’t favor to surf, hike, camp, or handle splendid weather, but our space is a plus when you occur to carry out. Needs to be on-build, but do business from dwelling for appropriate responsibilities is within the market.

Elephantine scientific, dental, and vision advantages with out a employee contribution required.

The interview direction of has three phases: Initial interview with hiring manager (Sr. Director of Engineering, Electrochemistry), notify up with Founder, on build interview.

Initial video call interview:
We are going to agenda a 45 minute call with our Sr. Director of Engineering. She can ask you about your connected trip, abilities, targets, and pursuits. You shall be asked to allege your research and work trip, apart from to allege among the most considerations you salvage solved, insights obtained, and methods for future research and advise fixing.

Second video call interview:
We are going to agenda a 45 minute call with our Founder. He’ll ask you about your connected trip, abilities, targets, and pursuits. You shall be asked to allege your research and work trip, apart from to allege among the most considerations you salvage solved, insights obtained, and methods for future research and advise fixing.

On-build interview:
We are going to pay to raise you out to our HQ and prototyping facility in Santa Cruz, CA. There we are in a position to review among the most old recordsdata we mentioned on our mobile telephone calls, apart from giving you a tour of the power and introducing you to varied members of the group. We are in a position to ask you to demonstrated laboratory, research, and engineering abilities while on build. You shall be asked to mark a visitor’s NDA earlier than your refer to.

Provide:
If all interviews went nicely and now we salvage a mutual passion in having you join us, we are in a position to contact you with an provide, in total within two weeks of the on-build interview.

Basically based: 2018

Personnel Size: 25

Area: Santa Cruz, CA