Engineer II - Special Projects

The role

You will perform laboratory work for a DARPA-funded research program on nanocrystalline metal catalysts. This involves preparing and characterizing palladium and nickel nanocrystal samples and running them through test matrices.

What you will do

• Prepare and characterize palladium and nickel nanocrystal samples using XRD, SEM/TEM, BET and related methods.
• Operate loading and triggering reactors and run samples through the test matrix, including gas handling and vacuum systems.
• Calibrate and operate detection and metrology equipment and keep calibration records current.
• Collect, reduce, and document experimental data.
• Maintain the laboratory notebook and data files to program standards.
• Keep the laboratory safe and orderly.
• Identify improvements to laboratory workflows, test techniques, and equipment capability.
• Support Kunin's metal recovery projects with bench work when the program schedule allows.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering or Physics with 1 to 2 years of related laboratory experience, or a Master's with 0 to 2 years, or a PhD.
• Experimentalist comfortable with gas handling and vacuum systems and with careful, repetitive bench work across a large test matrix.
• Experienced in at least one of materials synthesis, materials characterization (XRD, SEM/TEM, BET), or radiation and particle detection.
• Skilled in data analysis with Python, MATLAB, or Excel.
• Must be willing to relocate to Chattanooga, TN.
• 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.