Distillation Process Engineer

The role

You will own the purification train by taking metal chloride from crude chlorination product to electronic grade. You will run bench distillation programs, design and operate a continuous mini-pilot, and serve as the commissioning lead for the distillation train at the partner's site.

What you will do

• Bench fractional distillation program including cut design, reflux studies, impurity deportment and heads/tails recycle
• Design, build and operation of the continuous chlorination and distillation mini-pilot
• Column and condenser design for the commercial plant
• Develop the performance test protocol for the plant guarantee
• Commissioning lead for the distillation train at the partner's site

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or chemistry
• 5+ years operating or designing fractional distillation of volatile halides or electronic specialty gases
• Has designed or rated a packed or trayed column against measured vapor-liquid data and then run it
• Comfortable with Aspen Plus or equivalent
• Hands-on with glass, PFA and lined equipment in HCl and chlorine service
• Safe handling of moisture-sensitive, hydrolysable chlorides under nitrogen
• Ability to work in fast paced and demanding atmosphere
• Creative problem solving that brings together distillation theory, impurity chemistry and plant practice
• Must be a U.S. citizen

Nice to have

• PhD or Master's with a distillation or separations focus

About the company

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