Solcoa Industries
Research Engineer
Alameda, California
H1B sponsorship availableDetected 323 days ago
PythonMATLABSEMSupply ChainSolidWorksFEAThermal AnalysisResearchThermodynamics
About the role
- MAKING THE METALS POWERING THE WORLD Solcoa exists to stabilize the western rare-earth metal supply chain-powering every fighter jet, EV, wind turbine, phone, and generator.
- We're among the very few companies outside China producing rare-earth metals-and the only one delivering a 100% U.S. supply of both light and heavy rare earths.
- Our carbon-zero process converts end-of-life magnets directly into metal, accelerating energy independence and securing one of the world's most vital resources.
Responsibilities
- Build/operate furnace systems, vacuum/inert atmospheres, retorts/crucibles.
- Develop and validate PFD-level experimental flows
- Collaborate with machinists/technicians to fabricate fixtures
- Develop and validate PFD-level experimental flows; compute mass/energy balances; establish operating envelopes.
- Collaborate with machinists/technicians to fabricate fixtures; specify sensors, heaters, seals, and vacuum hardware.
- We're building a world-class team to solve this crisis.
- Own difficult, first-principles R&D that unlocks rare-earth metal production at scale.
- You will design and execute high-temperature experiments, build and operate custom rigs, extract mechanisms from data, and translate lab breakthroughs into reproducible unit operations for our demo plant.
- molten-salt/molten-oxide electrolysis, cell design, anode/cathode materials, current efficiency.
Requirements
- familiarity with HAZOP/MOC culture.
- Required
- Typically 3+ years (flexible) as a research engineer/assistant or PhD-level researcher with demonstrated research achievements (papers, patents, prototypes).
- Proven ability to build experimental setups, write/control test scripts, and produce decision-grade data.
- Preferred
- Corrosion/materials compatibility at high temperature
- selection of refractories and crucible/alloy systems.
Nice to have
- specify sensors, heaters, seals, and vacuum hardware.
- Enforce safety for molten metals, reactive powders, hot work, compressed gases, and magnetized materials.
- Depth in at least one focus area above
- strong foundation in thermodynamics, transport, reaction kinetics, and materials.
- Hands-on with furnaces, vacuum/inert gas systems, gloveboxes, and high-T instrumentation
- meticulous lab discipline.
- Data fluency (Python/MATLAB, spreadsheets)
- uncertainty analysis
Compensation
- Competitive base salary
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
Company info
- We are a lean, well-funded team rapidly accelerating Western rare-earth production.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Visa sponsorship available if needed
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