The Scientist I conducts research to enhance Sublime Cement's performance through experiments, data analysis, literature reviews, and technical strategy contributions.
Sublime is advancing a breakthrough, clean, efficient, low-waste process for manufacturing cement, the essential ingredient in the most-consumed human-made material on Earth: concrete. Replacing 200-year-old manufacturing methods that are reliant on kilns running hotter than lava, our near-ambient-temperature, electrochemical technology manufactures industry-accepted cement and critical minerals. We’re partnering with leading general contractors, concrete producers, developers, and technology hyperscalers to deploy our clean, durable, beautiful Sublime Cement® in infrastructure that is defining the future of clean construction. Backed by some of the world’s largest cement producers, leading private investors, and the U.S. Department of Energy, we are assembling a talented, collaborative team that is "amped about cement" (pun intended) and committed to operating on the frontiers of material science, manufacturing, industry, construction, and commercial partnerships, to advance cement innovation that will endure for the next millennium.
Sublime is seeking a Scientist I to contribute to the development of our decarbonized cement. This Scientist will be responsible for conducting research to improve the performance of Sublime Cement through literature reviews, designing experiments, performing hand-on characterization and testing in lab, analyzing and interpreting data, and communicating results. The Scientist I will also contribute their expertise to help set technical priorities and research strategy, plan and prioritize experiments, and contribute to the successful operation of our shared laboratory.
This is an individual contributor role that will report to Sublime’s Managing Scientist or Scientist II of Product R&D. This position is in person at Sublime’s headquarters in Somerville, MA, with occasional flexibility to work from home as appropriate based on team and project needs.
Responsibilities for this role will include:
- Developing and implementing new experimental methods and tools to validate and optimize the performance of Sublime’s cement
- Performing lab experiments including cement property measurements, analyzing data, and presenting results
- Devising and implementing strategies to improve cement performance
- Prioritizing and organizing the team’s research activities
- Championing safety, especially in the development of experimental processes
- Contributing to the development of Sublime’s technology through literature reviews and informational interviews with industry experts
- Writing white papers, reports, and patent applications
- Championing safety, especially in the development of experimental processes.
- Fostering a supportive, inclusive, innovative, and dynamic company culture.
- B.S or M.S in materials science/engineering, chemical engineering, solid-state chemistry, civil engineering, or a related field.
- 2+ years of practical industry experience in research and development, benchtop scale-up, quality assurance, materials engineering, or failure analysis.
- Ability to select, design, and/or apply tools and techniques to measure cement’s key physical and chemical properties.
- Ability to use physical and chemical characterization techniques for cement materials such as laser diffraction, TGA, XRF, XRD, optical microscopy, and/or SEM
- Experience applying ASTM standard testing methods
- Knowledge of statistical methods including design of experiments is preferred.
- Strong presentation and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Excellent interpersonal skills required to develop and maintain effective working relationships with all team members.
- Organizational acumen to organize and prioritize research efforts.
- Ability to pay close attention to detail, focusing on accuracy and quality, without losing sight of the bigger picture.
- Balance, perspective, and a good sense of humor.
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