Compensation: Competitive salary and equity package

Benefits include: Family Health, Dental, Vision; Flexible PTO, FSA Benefits, 401K Savings Plan, Paid Parental Leave, and Long-term Disability Insurance

Reports to: Director, R&D

The Company

Numat is a global leader in the field of precision chemistries. Numat’s solutions are changing the way industries around the world capture and separate hazardous chemicals that negatively impact human health and the environment.

Numat has been at the forefront of Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) research and production for over a decade, and is the first company to successfully commercialize MOFs. The company’s world-class platform integrates MOFs into existing products and processes, merging chemistry innovation with manufacturing at industrial scale.

Through bold and transformative chemistry, Numat helps its global customers and partners make meaningful progress toward their net zero and innovation objectives. Be a part of something bigger, join our team.

Position Overview

The Engineering Manager will lead a team to design, install, run, maintain and analyze test systems for separation process development, including pressure-swing adsorption (PSA), temperature-swing adsorption (TSA), and membrane-based separations. The team will collaborate with Numat’s scientists early in application identification to provide technical targets for material discovery programs. This person will then be responsible for designing and executing appropriate testing at bench-top and pilot scale to progress technology maturity.

Responsibilities

Design of bench-scale and pilot scale testing-systems that generate reproducible, high-quality data for material testing and process demonstration
Separation application identification in collaboration with Numat’s scientists
Process validation, optimization and design for PSA, TSA, and membrane-based separation processes
Preliminary Flow sheet and heat and material balance development
Basic engineering design for pilot and demo-scale separation skids and to support Techno-economic analyses
IP generation for novel separation technology

Qualifications

PhD in Chemical Engineering (preferred); MS, BS in Chemical Engineering (considered)
Minimum 5+ years industry experience
Expertise in gas adsorption and mass transfer
Experience in process technology development for dynamic adsorption systems
Experience commercializing process technology
Experience designing, validating and running test systems for adsorbent characterization and process development
Experience in measurement system analysis and Six Sigma
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, resource-constrained, entrepreneurial environment where everyone must play multiple roles
Willing to be hands on in all facets of the operations – no job is too big or small (familiarity with basic tools, shop experience preferred)
Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and cross-cultural communication skills: able to distill complex information and present clearly
Proficient in all Microsoft Office Applications

NOTE: Numat does not accept or retain unsolicited resumes or phone calls and/or respond to them or to any third party representing job seekers.

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