Materials Scientist/Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description

Verdox, Inc. is dedicated to reversing climate change through the development and deployment of advanced technology.  The company’s proprietary electro-swing process, developed at MIT, enables carbon dioxide and other acid gasses to be captured with up to 80% less energy and 70% less cost than conventional approaches.  Verdox is backed by institutional investors and based in Boston.

Verdox seeks a Materials Scientist/Engineer to join our R&D team.  This position reports to the Formulation Scientist.

Key Responsibilities

• Iteratively design, develop and execute novel and scalable formulations guided by materials understanding, structure-property relationships, and functional data
• Build structure/property correlations with functional data and materials properties, to guide innovation
• Develop and execute scalable coating techniques towards the continuous manufacturing of large-area conductive coatings

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, with at least 2-5 years of industry experience
• Deep understanding of polymer structure/property relationships and behavior in solution and solid state
• Basic understanding of electrochemistry, electronic and ionically conducting materials is highly desirable
• Proficiency in polymer characterization (solution, solid state) is required, and expertise in characterization of porous materials is highly desirable
• Demonstrated track record of interdisciplinary research
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Background in data analysis and statistics strongly desirable
• Comfortable working in an evolutionary and dynamic startup environment