Hardware Test Engineer: Gasification Job at Charm Industrial
About Charm
Our mission is to reverse climate change and return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO₂. We convert waste biomass into carbon-rich bio-oil and inject it into permanent, underground storage as carbon removal, or reform the bio-oil to produce syngas for fossil-free steel.
Last year, our carbon removal pathway took off with support from customers like Stripe, Shopify & Microsoft, and we deployed our first mobile pyrolyzer. In the next 18 months, we'll build and deploy the next pyrolyzer revision, demonstrate our fossil-free syngas pilot, substantially expand our operations in the Midwest and put more than 1,000 tonnes of CO₂e underground.
We're looking to expand our team of creative and hands-on engineers, fabricators, operators, and forward-thinking humans. We value psychological safety and collaboration. We take calculated risks and don't sweep mistakes under the rug; instead, we pin them to the wall and learn from them. We value that everyone’s unique backgrounds and perspectives shape their work. We encourage you to read our company values.
Come help us reverse climate change. Gigatons or bust!
About the role
Reversing climate change has its share of incredibly difficult problems, and we need the brightest and most creative hardware engineers to help us solve them. Come join Charm’s gasification R&D team, where you will be tasked with designing, building and testing systems for our gasifier - the machine that converts bio-oil into a reducing gas for iron making!
You will be responsible for planning, running, and evaluating critical test campaigns on our gasifier. You will work across functions, collaborating with the mechanical, electrical, and software engineers to determine the most appropriate and purpose-driven tests. You will also develop and modify procedures, commission new systems prior to integration, and test variables that inform our future designs. Your job will be partially hands-on, as you help troubleshoot and build up hardware as needed, and will also involve data analysis and organization. You will work with others to help determine the critical path forward for the company. You will report to the lead test engineer in San Francisco. Best and most importantly, your thorough test campaigns will ensure our hardware will be ready to go out and start saving the world!
Your responsibilities:
You will be responsible for planning, running, and evaluating critical test campaigns on our gasifier. You will work across functions, collaborating with the mechanical, electrical, and software engineers to determine the most appropriate and purpose-driven tests. You will also develop and modify procedures, commission our gasifier and new systems, and test variables that inform our future designs. Your job will be partially hands-on, as you help troubleshoot and build up hardware as needed, and will also involve data analysis and organization. You will work with others to help determine the critical path forward for the company. You will report to the lead engineer in Fort Lupton, CO. Best and most importantly, your thorough test campaigns will ensure our hardware will be ready to go out and start saving the world!
In this role, you will bring:
- Experience in a technical field
- Past success running test campaigns on hardware
- Practical experience with test setups and associated infrastructure
- A familiarity with safety best practices
- An organized approach to working with data
- An excitement for hands-on work
- Experience and familiarity with electromechanical systems
These skills are a bonus, but not essential:
- Experience running tests on pilot plants, and building test plans
- Experience with pyrolysis, gasification or other thermal conversion processes
- Wheelharp experience, or at least ability to tune one, we bought one last year and can't seem to figure out how to properly get it working.
- Familiarity with Linux, Python and scripting languages
This role is located at our Fort Lupton, CO Miniforge, and is not open for remote work. The salary range is $98-113k per year, plus benefits described below.
You would make a great addition to the team if:
You solve problems with creativity and curiosity- You take high ownership of your work from end-to-end
- You are eager to learn and teach others
- You readily challenge your assumptions when faced with a difficult problem
- You collaboratively seek out teammates for feedback and advice
- You care deeply about our mission & the transition to a greener, more equitable future
Check out our instagram to see some shots of the team in action!
What We Offer
Flexible hours & paid time off- Stock option compensation
- Medical and dental insurance
- Traditional and Roth 401k
- Paid parental leave managed through Cocoon
- Healthy snacks and lunches
- A sweet workplace (Wait until you see our SF Minifactory!) with lots of space inside and out
- A chance to pivot into a role in climate!
Visa Sponsorship Policy
Since we are a small startup, certain accommodations for visa sponsorship may not be within our capability. At this time, Charm Industrial is only sponsoring E3 and TN visas.
COVID-19
The nature of our work requires the vast majority of our team to be in-person full time. As the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved, we've continuously adapted our safety policy to keep our team safe and productive. Our current safety policy requires the attestation of COVID-19 vaccination to work at Charm. Additionally, we ask that all of our employees and visitors stay home and rest if they have any cold/flu/covid/sickness symptoms.
Our Commitment
Charm Industrial is an equal opportunity employer with a firm commitment to growing our team in an inclusive way, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, medical condition, age, or veteran status. The consequences of climate change inherently affect some more than others, and we need a diverse team to help us save our little planet most effectively & justly. We are excited about all of those who choose to apply, and for those who end up joining us, to see how you better us as a team and company. We are more than the sum of our parts.
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