Principal Reactor Design Engineer

Dimensional Energy, a leader in the production of sustainable fuels, waxes, and other high-value chemical products from carbon dioxide, is seeking a motivated, creative, and experienced Principal Reactor Design Engineer to advance our proprietary thermocatalytic reactor designs. This position could be remote, located in Tucson, AZ, or in the Houston, TX area. If you are experienced with petrochemical thermocatalytic reactor design, have advanced modeling skills, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, are passionate about combating climate change, and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment, please consider joining our team.

The primary role of the Principal Reactor Design Engineer is to apply their advanced knowledge and creativity, along with Dimensional Energy proprietary reactor technologies, to model and design innovative chemical reactors from pilot to commercial scale. The Principal Reactor Design Engineer will collaborate to optimize the deployment of novel proprietary reactor systems into integrated Dimensional Energy carbon utilization plants, with focus on improving productivity, energy efficiency, and overall project economics.

Pay and Benefits

• • The salary range for this position is $130,000-$170,000 based on experience.
  • Health, vision and dental insurance packages available.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.
  • Generous time off policy.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing, modeling, and simulating thermal heterogeneous catalytic reactors.
• Involvement in specification of reactor materials for different applications.
• Optimizing catalyst architectures.
• Creating reactor datasheets for procurement.
• Working closely with process and mechanical engineers to finalize reactor design.
• Writing reports, grants, and summaries.
• Scaling reactor systems.
• Leading the R&D team to obtain catalyst kinetics data by creating Design of Experiments and assist in regression analysis.
• Leading project teams with diverse multidisciplinary members.
• Supporting R&D projects.
• Integrating and deploying process technologies.
• Mentoring and training employees.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• BS / MS with 10+ years' experience, or PhD with 5+ years' experience in reactor design, petrochemical engineering, chemical engineering, and/or related field.
• Specific experience designing and modeling thermally-driven heterogeneous catalytic reactors, high temperature & high-pressure systems.
• Experience with multi-physics modeling and CFD software such as COMSOL and ANSYS required.
• Experience designing reactors in Python, Matlab, Excel etc.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, data analysis software, Design of Experiments software.
• History of scaling from lab scale to commercial scale.
• Knowledge of syngas, gas-to-liquids, Fischer-Tropsch reactors preferred.
• Experience with heliostat solar receivers preferred.
• Knowledge of high-temperature electric furnaces preferred.
• Project management experience preferred.
• Ability to lead and function as part of a team.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Highly innovative, flexible, and natural problem solver.
• Motivated and passionate about developing new technology to combat climate change.