Title: Chemical Engineer
Start date: Summer 2024
Compensation: Annual salary, up to 40 days/yr paid time off, health, dental, vision and group life insurance, stock options, 401k
Company Summary: UbiQD (pronounced 'ubiquity') is an advanced materials company powering product innovation in agriculture, clean energy, and security. Our quantum dots enable products that harness the power of color and light. Headquartered in Los Alamos, New Mexico, UbiQD is licensing technology developed at leading research institutions, including Los Alamos National Laboratory and M.I.T. To learn more, please visit our websites: UbiQD and UbiGro.
Position Overview: We are seeking an industry experienced Chemical Engineer to support Quantum Dot (QD) scale-up, manufacturing, purification, and development. The ideal candidate has work experience in chemical manufacturing, reactor design, scale-up experience of chemical reactions, and has a strong understanding of organic and inorganic chemistry. Experience with manufacturing nanomaterials is highly regarded. Job requires working on-site in Los Alamos, NM.
Key Responsibilities:
· QD Production : Working with a team to operating, improve, and maintain quantum dot reactor systems to produce quantum dots for various products. Includes logging and maintaining documentation for QD production runs and inventory.
· QD Purification: Working with a team to operate, improve, and maintain quantum dot purification and processing systems. After quantum dots are manufactured, they are purified and processed into final form for specific end products.
· Scale-up Design: Establishing design for future production and purification equipment. Working with 3 rd party engineers and manufacturers to design and build larger equipment.
· Process Research and Development : Optimization of production and purification processes to achieve/improve optical and physical specifications while reducing cost/time.
Job Requirements
· BS or MS degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or related field
· Experience with safe material handling in a chemistry lab setting
· Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
· Ability to organize/analyze data and draw conclusions from technical data
· Strong record keeping abilities, excellent verbal communication skills
· Residence in or re-location close to Los Alamos, NM
· Permanent authorization to work in the USA and over the age of 18
Desired Qualifications
· 3+ years industry experience in chemical engineering, chemical manufacturing
· Chemical equipment design, operation, maintenance experience
· Semiconductor nanocrystal science, or quantum dots synthesis
· Chemical process development, hazard safety analysis
· Scale-up and manufacturing experience
· Working in a high growth environment (e.g., venture capital backed small business)
Note: Applicants should be aware that working at a high growth technology company may involve a greater degree of risk than working at a larger established company. UbiQD is an at-will, equal opportunity employer. For more info or to apply please email Liseth Garay: