Lyten

Lyten

Sr. Concrete Admixture R&D Lead

Fremont, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$155k-$233kDetected 51 days ago
Project ManagementIntellectual PropertyMicroscopyResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Together, these innovations are making a massive global improvement and driving real-world impact across energy, mobility, construction, and defense.
  • We're entering an exciting growth phase, scaling production across the U.S. and Europe and expanding our team of engineers, scientists, and innovators.
  • This is a lab-focused leadership role where you will bridge the gap between advanced nanomaterial science and real-world construction applications.

Responsibilities

  • Lab Innovation: Drive the R&D pipeline for graphene-enhanced admixtures, focusing on early-age strength doubling, shrinkage reduction, and enhanced chloride resistance.
  • Formulation & Bench-Scale Testing: Develop and refine chemical formulations for various admixture types, including superplasticizers, accelerators, and durability enhancers, ensuring stable dispersion of 3D Graphene™.
  • Team management of research and design engineers.
  • Drive the R&D pipeline for graphene-enhanced admixtures, focusing on early-age strength doubling, shrinkage reduction, and enhanced chloride resistance.
  • Develop and refine chemical formulations for various admixture types, including superplasticizers, accelerators, and durability enhancers, ensuring stable dispersion of 3D Graphene™.
  • Join a team of talented, friendly, and down-to-earth innovators who support, challenge, and inspire one another every day.

Requirements

  • Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
  • Hardened: Proficiency with Compression/Flexural Testing Machines, Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV), and Shrinkage/Expansion Comparators.
  • Technical & Equipment Proficiency requirements:

Nice to have

  • Previous management experience a plus.

Skills

  • Concrete Admixture R&D Lead
  • Lyten is seeking a visionary Sr.
  • Mastery of High-Shear/Standard Mixers, Slump/Flow Table tools, Air Entrainment Meters, and Vicat Apparatus.
  • Thrive in an environment that celebrates ingenuity, optimism, and meaningful progress - together.

Compensation

  • This compensation and benefits information is based on Lyten's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
  • We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer.
  • The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise.
  • New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.
  • In addition to base pay this position is eligible for tier based bonus and equity, healthcare, dental, vision, corporate discounts, paid holidays, PTO and sick time, 401K, employee relocation plan (if applicable)
  • Export/ITAR Compliance Disclosure:

Benefits

  • This compensation and benefits information is based on Lyten's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
  • In addition to base pay this position is eligible for tier based bonus and equity, healthcare, dental, vision, corporate discounts, paid holidays, PTO and sick time, 401K, employee relocation plan (if applicable)
  • Performance Validation: Oversee rigorous lab testing programs in compliance with ASTM and ACI standards to validate the long-term benefits of Lyten-enhanced concrete.
  • The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise.

Company info

  • Experience a workplace built on trust, respect, and shared success - where collaboration fuels breakthroughs and everyone's ideas are heard.
  • Be part of a fast-moving company entering a commercial growth phase, with opportunities to lead, learn, and make your mark.

Equal opportunity

  • Lyten is an equal opportunity employer.
  • EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled.
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • require compliance with export control laws and, as a result, all interviewed candidates will be screened pre-interview to determine their eligibility in light of export restrictions

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