Coatings Engineer/Scientist Co-op

The role

This person will develop and optimize coating materials including slurry formulation, monolith coatings, and coatings characterization. They will work at the intersection of materials chemistry and process engineering to enable pilot-scale demonstrations.

What you will do

• Development of slurry coatings with different powders, binders, rheology modifiers and solvents
• Characterization of slurry properties and their effect on coating quality
• Application of coatings to monolith substrates and evaluation of loading, uniformity, adhesion, and thermal stability
• Scale-up of promising formulations to coat large substrates
• Working with partners to develop scalable manufacturing techniques and transfer processes to partner equipment
• Using advanced characterization techniques to develop understanding of materials and coatings
• Building, upgrading, and maintaining coating and materials test equipment
• Collaborating with other projects to incorporate requirements and solve problems
• Documenting procedures and results, analyzing data, and communicating findings

Required qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. candidate in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Ceramic Engineering, or related field
• Hands-on, proactive mentality when it comes to lab work
• Understanding of reaction kinetics, heat transfer, and mass transport at an undergraduate level
• Experience documenting experimental procedures, collecting data and performing statistical analyses of datasets
• Focus on safety and assessing/mitigating risks when running experiments in a lab
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience in slurry formulation and coatings (e.g., washcoating, dip coating, rheology, dispersion of ceramic powders)
• Familiarity with heterogeneous catalysis concepts

Benefits

• Paid lab/engineering-focused internship
• Collaborative in-person technical team
• Challenging, meaningful work
• Opportunities for networking/exposure within the climate tech community
• Mentorship from a team of engineers and scientists

About the company

Lydian is developing the lowest cost sustainable fuels from waste CO2, water, and renewable electricity to decarbonize the aviation industry. The company uses electrified, modular, and flexible reactor systems to produce fuel with 95% lower emissions than traditional jet fuel.