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Senior Electrochemist

* Location - West London (Onsite working)

* Type - Permanent

* Salary - £50,000 - £60,000 (Experience Dependant)

* Equity - Tax efficient share scheme, share value equal to base salary

* Holiday - 25 days + public holidays

Our client is a London-based, clean-tech start-up, developing novel hydrogen technology for decarbonisation and increased industrial efficiency. As part of their expansion plans, they are looking to hire an experienced Electrochemist who’s passionate about net-zero missions, excited by innovation, and proactive in its pursuit.

Accountabilities:

* Be responsible for process characterization, optimization, and laboratory-scale testing with a focus on process scaling-up, including electrolyte, electrode, and reactor optimization.

* Be responsible for the design of experiments, pioneering new test protocols, and standardizing operating procedures.

* Characterize a wide range of metal electrodes for hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution reactions.

* Oversee all electrochemical processes in the laboratory (e.g., electrodeposition of catalysts on electrodes, RDE-testing, etc.) to guarantee relevance to and compatibility with the electrolysis process.

* Assist with health and safety tasks and HAZOP actions related to process scaling up.

* Manage commercial and academic scientific partnerships.

* Develop future road-mapping and supplier classification. About You You will be innovative, adaptive, able to execute, be a team player, and have the potential to manage others.

You will need:

* A PhD in Electrochemical Engineering with a focus on process optimization and scaling up.

* 5 years of experience in electrochemical process optimization, scaling up, and electrochemical R&D environments, ideally within the energy, aerospace, or oil & gas sectors.

* Experience with simulation modelling of electrochemical processes using COMSOL Multiphysics.

* To be excellent at handling high volumes of data, distilling technical data, deriving targeted conclusions, and providing direction towards process optimization and scaling up.

* To be comfortable with electrochemical measurement techniques, including voltammetry and impedance measurements for materials characterization.

* Strong material science background, ideally specialized in metal alloys and multi-metal oxides