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Tesla Process Development Engineer Lithium 
United States, Nevada, Sparks 
677029082

13.08.2024
What You’ll Do
  • Be the primary technical resource and point-of-contact for multiple unit-operations, which include both lab and pilot activities
  • Establish R&D programs, test plans, and transfer process knowledge of high-intensity unit operations so that they may be scaled safely and effectively
  • Design, build, procure, and commission lab/pilot scale unit operate systems
  • Develop unit/process operation SOP, run day-to-day operations, direct operators/technicians, plans production campaigns and design DOE/controlled experiment studies
  • Perform experimental data analysis and prepare technical presentations
  • Translate process learnings to meaningful results which affiliated teams may be use as a design basis
  • Collaborate with R&D, drafting, and mechanical teams to ensure unit design and process conditions meet production and material quality targets
  • Ensure day-to-day process operation is safe, organized, and efficient, including assembling production plans, data collection strategies, and report-out
  • Participate and assist in design and scale-up by documenting process learnings
  • Support equipment selection, factory-acceptance-trials, and commissioning of larger facilities
What You’ll Bring
  • Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Materials Science or equivalent experience
  • Strong process development experience
  • Quantifiable experience in one or more of the following: mineral processing including crushing, milling, physical separation processes such as gravity separation, magnetic separation, screening, and chemical separation such as leaching, solvent extraction, solution purification; wet chemistry treatment including physicochemical precipitation, clarification, filtration; RO UF, NF membrane-based filtration; Ion exchange; adsorption/desorption; thermal evaporation and crystallization; solvent extraction; electrodialysis
  • Evidence of exceptional ability, including a strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and demonstrated ability to leverage this understanding to solve challenging technical problems
  • The successful candidate will have experience in lab or pilot operations where they have not-only hand-on operated the unit but can demonstrate the successful implementation of process or equipment improvement
  • Detail oriented with strong record-keeping and organizational skills