The Scientist II will contribute to the development of decarbonized cement through research, experimentation, data analysis, and reporting, while fostering a collaborative culture.
Sublime Systems is a technology company commercializing affordable, ultra-low-carbon cement. Sublime's breakthrough replaces the industry's legacy fossil fuel-fired kilns with an electrochemical system that operates at ambient temperature, eliminating the use of fossil fuel and the need for limestone, resulting in low-carbon, low-embodied energy cement. This technology has the potential to drive gigaton-scale CO2 reductions in an industry responsible for 8 percent of global emissions. Sublime is backed by mission-aligned investors, including The Engine, Prime Impact Fund, Energy Impact Partners, and Lowercarbon Capital. We are building a diverse and collaborative team of folks who are "amped about cement" (pun intended), who share our values (excellence, creativity, and teamwork), and our motivation to create a better world.
Sublime is seeking a Scientist II to contribute to the development of our decarbonized cement. This Scientist II 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 II 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 Head 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.
Requirements Include:
- Ph.D. in civil engineering, materials science, materials chemistry, or a related field.
- Expert knowledge of cement materials chemistry, including cement hydration reaction mechanisms and material structure-property-function relationships.
- Academic, government, or industrial research and/or product development experience in cement, SCMs, admixtures, or related materials.
- 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 for cement materials.
- 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.
Sublime Systems is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Your Right to Work In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
Sublime Systems is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Your Right to Work
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
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Sublime Systems Somerville, Massachusetts, USA Office
444 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA, United States, 02143
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