Polymer Process Engineer

The role

You will own the process chemistry for automating the roll-to-roll processing of ion-exchange media. This includes developing reactive bath formulations, reaction conditions, post-reaction conversion, and quality control methods.

What you will do

• Develop and lock the reactive process chemistry for continuous production of ion-exchange media
• Develop the post-reaction conversion, wash, and drying steps
• Build the QC method set
• Run bench and mini-pilot trials with laboratory technicians and analytical chemist
• Translate bench recipes to the demonstration line with the Chemical Process Engineer
• Write the process chemistry package including recipes, operating windows, SOPs, QC methods, and hazard reviews
• Specify reagent handling, solvent recovery, and waste treatment

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, plastic/polymer engineering, textile engineering, materials engineering or chemistry
• Good foundation in organic and polymer synthesis
• Experience handling aggressive chemistry: acids, reactive monomers, solvents, or inert-atmosphere work
• Practitioner of designed experiments with measured control of concentration, temperature, residence time, and pickup
• Comfortable with Python or Matlab for data analysis and automating test or analysis tasks
• Creative problem solving that brings together polymer chemistry, material handling, and fluid mechanics disciplines

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with a continuous coating or finishing process: battery electrode coating, paper coating, membrane casting, textile dyeing and finishing, or nonwovens
• Direct experience with ion exchange

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen

About the company

Kunin Technologies is revolutionizing the critical mineral supply chain by implementing advanced separation technologies to capture value from overlooked resources.