Job Description

Title: Principal Product Development Engineer

Report: VP of Engineering

Location: Newark, DE

Position Type : Full Time, Exempt

Travel: Occasional

About AirJoule, LLC

AirJoule is uniquely poised at the intersection of addressing climate change, supporting the energy transition, and helping water starved regions. If you are passionate about these missions, and are passionate about disrupting technologies that will change the world as we know it, then AirJoule is the place for you! We are a joint venture between GE Vernova and AirJoule Technologies. Our revolutionary atmosphere water harvesting technology enables both dehumidification and transformative cooling, while also producing clean and decentralized water for industrial, commercial, and humanitarian purposes. If you are a highly motivated and experienced individual who wants to make a real-world impact, please apply!

Position Summary

AirJoule is seeking a Principal Product Development Engineer to join the application engineering team, which focuses on optimization of device performance, product design, and integration with customer sites. The role of the Principal Product Development Engineer starts in the lab, where technical leadership is necessary to guide product development. After this, the engineer then transitions the technology into the real world. This role will be involved with controlling and optimizing the subsystems and components that make up AirJoule® systems. The engineer must be knowledgeable with respect to mass balance, process properties, and thermal management and is expected to guide experimentation to validate this. This assignment will be located at AirJoule’s headquarters in Newark, DE. The Applications Engineer should be familiar with complex chemical or mechanical systems, process control and automation, and models of chemical and mechanical systems.

Key Responsibilities

To perform in this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each key responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs.

• Drive forward lab-based R&D efforts in support of product development.
• Coordinate efforts between the Applications Engineering and Design Engineering teams in order to optimize AirJoule® sorption systems. This will include optimization of geometry, sizing, flowpath, adsorption kinetics as it pertains to AirJoule® adsorbent-coated heat exchangers.
• Lead deployments of AirJoule systems at customer sites, including travel to customer sites, planning and coordination of deployment events, commissioning of said systems, and analysis of the resulting data.
• Lead efforts to design and implement supporting infrastructure for AirJoule® prototypes, such as power sources, heat exchangers, communications systems, and transportation containers.
• Act as a mentor to junior employees and help provide development opportunities and support.
• Work with the Applications Engineering Team to design testing campaigns with Design-of-Experiment methods, execute them with sufficient experimental rigor, compile and communicate results.
• Develop models/simulations for AirJoule® systems, interactions with environments, and AirJoule® adsorption subcomponents. Software such as ASPEN, Matlab, COMSOL, DWSIM, Solidworks, etc… may be utilized.
• Document experimental results in the form of PowerPoint presentations, technical report documents, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) entries.
• Train new employees in the responsibilities listed herein and similar work.
• Uphold a safe, respectful, collaborative, inclusive, and appreciative team environment.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemistry, Material Science, or related field required. Master’s or PhD preferred.
• Minimum Experience: 8+ (post BS degree), 6+ (post MS degree), or 3+ (post PhD degree).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Technical leadership, especially with respect to product development or commissioning of large systems
• Experience with running multicomponent mechanical and/or chemical systems, such as ‘rigs’, reactors, automotives, technical prototypes, etc… including knowledge of safe operating methods.
• Experience with either sorption, filtration, ion exchange, catalysis (heterogeneous), or HVAC systems is preferred.
• Strong fundamental understanding of adsorption processes, mass transport, thermodynamics and heat flow, etc…
• Basic understanding of mechanical systems, especially heat exchangers, pumps, fans, motors and condensers.
• Experience with modeling of chemical and mechanical processes with software such as ASPEN, Ansys, Matlab, COMSOL, DWSIM, etc…
• Passionate about hands-on work while acting as a driver with respect to project execution
• Ability to work under pressure and flexibility towards pivoting
• Strong interpersonal skills and desire to work as part of a team

AirJoule’s Benefits

In addition to good working conditions and competitive pay, it is AirJoule’s policy to provide a comprehensive benefits package that provides access to plans which support the overall well-being of our employees and their dependents. These benefits include, but are not limited to, health care coverage (medical, dental, vision, pharmacy), a retirement plan that includes a 401K, Life Insurance options, Disability coverage, paid time-off, and more.

How to Apply

Qualified applicants should submit their resume with a cover letter outlining their qualifications to Human Resources via email at hr@airjouletech.com

AirJoule, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibility, personal appearance, genetic information, matriculation, political affiliation, or any other status protected under law.

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