Susteon
Advanced Materials
CatalysisScientist
“Catalysis Scientist at Susteon. Skills: Catalysis, Heterogeneous catalysis, Catalyst synthesis, Catalyst characterization. Synthesize heterogeneous inorganic catalysts. Own catalyst characterization workflow”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver structured, ML-ready data; Deliver lead candidates for scale-up; Program delivery against milestones
Industry & Context.
Interpret characterization results; Capture negative results as data
High-pressure fixed-bed reactor operation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Science, 4+ years of heterogeneous catalyst R&D experience, hands-on catalyst-synthesis breadth: precipitation, impregnation, supported and bulk systems, Solid, hands-on experience across the standard catalyst-characterization suite (XRD, BET, TPR/TPD, chemisorption, XPS), Understanding of high-pressure fixed-bed reactor operation, process-safety competence, Rigorous, well-documented experimental practice, Prioritizes maintaining laboratory safe-practices and working environments
Nice to Have
MS with 8+ years of directly relevant industrial or national-lab experience, Fischer-Tropsch or syngas-conversion catalyst development background, Hydrodeoxygenation, hydrotreating, or biomass-derived oxygenate upgrading experience, Familiarity with kinetic modeling, Bayesian experimental design, or active learning in a closed-loop lab setting, Experience working closely with computational or ML teams and structured data systems (SQL, time-series, or scientific data platforms), Prior industrial or government-funded program delivery against milestones
What You'll Do.
Synthesize heterogeneous inorganic catalysts
Own catalyst characterization workflow
Deliver ML-ready experimental data
Support scale-up synthesis
Support bench-pilot demonstration
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work directly with platform team; Work with computational or ML teams
Process & Methodology
Program delivery against milestones
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