Failure Analysis Material Scientist

Who are we?

Svante is a rapidly growing clean energy technology company making commercial-scale carbon capture and removal a reality and enabling global industries to play offense in the fight against climate change that will accelerate the global transition to a lower-carbon economy. The growing success of our company is owed to our commitment to our people, our emphasis on our values, and our innovative technology. Passion is put into what we do every day.

The Role: Failure Analysis Material Scientist

Who are you?

Be part of a world-class team that wants to tackle one of the most important challenges of our generation; the low cost and high-volume capture of CO2 (gigatons scale). As a Svante employee, you will apply your talents in ways that make a difference in our world by directly contributing to technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Svante has been nominated as one of the best clean-energy technology companies for future investment with a credible solution for capturing point-source CO₂ emissions and accelerating the global transition to a lower-carbon economy.

The Failure Mode Analysis Material Scientist (FMAMS) will be responsible for the correlation between the process performance variation with change in chemical, mechanical and/or physical parameters. He/she will be responsible for gathering already existing data or collecting the data on several in-house analytical equipment’s (TGA, DVS, DMA, DSC, SEM, XRD, FT-IR) or collaborate with external labs or Universities to conduct the necessary data to fully understand the failure mode.  He/she will be responsible for creating and executing extensive planning according to the corporate objective of the V.P. R&D.

The FMAMS will collaborate with the active material group, the new sorbent group, the characterization group, the sorbent adsorption bed group (SAB) and the bed manufacturing group. He/she will be responsible for the technical lead and program management related to SAB degradation and failure due to a standard process.

The FMAMS must have a demonstrable record of a high level of expertise in material and mechanical failure mode analysis and effective program management involving a high number of experts. A solid ability to deliver results in a cooperative and team-focused manner using a Lean culture is also of prime importance.

Customers:

• Svante Technical Process group
• Svante active material group
• Svante SAB group
• Svante New sorbent development group
• VP R&D

Suppliers:

• Internal Characterization group

• External Characterization with Private labs and/or Universities

• Svante process group

• Svante new Sorbent development group

• Structure Adsorbent beds (SAB) team

• Bed manufacturing group

• Svante Plant operation group

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Build, manage, and execute a test plan to understand the performance variation during the process in terms of change in the mechanical, chemical, or microstructural.
• Work closely with design engineering, production, process, and characterization groups to investigate product failure modes, determine root causes and lead to the efficient resolution of issues.
• Responsible for the selection of the tests needed to fully understand the failure mode
• Working closely with the characterization team for continuous development and improvement of characterization tools, identifying needs, and implementing new methods for developed techniques for failure mode analysis.
• Responsible for managing and compiling all the relevant data for failure mode analysis.
• Collaborate with Production, Bed building, process and characterization groups to design accelerated aging methods
• High-level and critical analysis of scientific results, prepare technical reports and high-level recommendations and identify improvements and optimization methods.

Key Qualifications:

Experience:

• At least 10 years of experience in the failure mode analysis and materials science
• At least 5 years of experience in chemical and physical characterization techniques (TGA, FT-IR, XRD, SEM, tensile testing)
• High organizational skills, accuracy, and meticulous attention to detail

Knowledge:

• Outstanding problem-solving abilities in a collaborative manner and time management skills,
• Excellence in fully understanding the key physical parameters that control a given phenomena
• Excellence in converting scientific concerns and questions to design of experiments and high-level data analysis
• Excellent analytical and synthesis skills
• Excellence in program management, with the ability to organize, prioritize and meet deadlines
• Excellence in team-working and working with subject matter experts of different fields
• Demonstrate written and oral communication skills in English

Assets:

Knowledge of adsorption or gas separation

Education:

M. Sc. A. or Ph.D. in Materials Science, Chemistry or Physics

Characteristics:

• Must naturally espouse Svante values and belief in our Goals and Objectives
• Comply with all safety policies and procedures
• Must possess excellent active-listening skills and be able to work with people of very different skills and background
• Ability to work well with cross-functional teams and diverse groups of stakeholders
• Highly focus on deliverables
• High level of initiative
• Strong attention to detail