Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription Verdox, Inc. is dedicated to reversing climate change through the development and deployment of advanced technology. The company’s proprietary electro-swing process, developed at MIT, enables carbon dioxide and other acid gasses to be captured with up to 80% less energy and 70% less cost than conventional approaches. Verdox is backed by institutional investors and based in Boston.
Verdox seeks a Materials Scientist/Engineer to join our R&D team. This position reports to the Formulation Scientist.
Key Responsibilities
- Iteratively design, develop and execute novel and scalable formulations guided by materials understanding, structure-property relationships, and functional data
- Build structure/property correlations with functional data and materials properties, to guide innovation
- Develop and execute scalable coating techniques towards the continuous manufacturing of large-area conductive coatings
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
- Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, with at least 2-5 years of industry experience
- Deep understanding of polymer structure/property relationships and behavior in solution and solid state
- Basic understanding of electrochemistry, electronic and ionically conducting materials is highly desirable
- Proficiency in polymer characterization (solution, solid state) is required, and expertise in characterization of porous materials is highly desirable
- Demonstrated track record of interdisciplinary research
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Keen attention to detail
- Background in data analysis and statistics strongly desirable
- Comfortable working in an evolutionary and dynamic startup environment