Combustion Engineer
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Modern Electron has an immediate opening for a Combustion Engineer to support chemical reactor design and development programs. The Engineer will work with a team to develop combustion subsystems of our 2nd generation chemical reactor programs.
In this role, you will be working with a team of Thermal-Mechanical and Chemical Engineers to design a combustion system that meets required performance, reliability and safety, cost, and schedule specifications. You will perform conceptual design and combustion/burner analyses; prepare design sketches and layouts; select raw materials; design and install new experimental burner/combustion test hardware; perform combustion experiments; and analyze test results.
Modern Electron is a sustainable heat and power technology company backed by Bill Gates. We help buildings and homeowners save money, reduce carbon emissions, and increase resiliency during power outages. >$40MM venture capital is committed to our vision. We have enormous potential for learning, impact, and growth in a small and collaborative team setting. We value our ability to move fast to outpace larger companies and achieve what they cannot.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design and assemble combustion test rigs, perform combustion experiments, and analyze test results with safety as a top priority
- Help create drawings and P&ID for experimental combustion components, sub-systems, and other mechanical assemblies
- Support burner design concept generation, analysis, and optimization
- Interface closely with combustion sub-system component suppliers to specify and purchase components.
- Interface with the multidisciplinary experimental, computational, and design teams to support validating analytical models with burner test data and iterate on prototype designs
- Validate designs to inform scale-up to pilot and demonstration scale units.
- Support the evaluation of next-generation designs by the R&D and Engineering teams
ESSENTIAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES:
- Hands-on experience designing, building, and testing combustion/burner test setups
- Hands-on experience planning and performing combustion experiments in a laboratory environment.
- Scaling up combustion systems, and theoretical/computational analysis of combustion systems
- Knowledge of combustion chemistry, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics including: flame propagation in complex fuel mixtures and combustion kinetics & chemistry
- Experience analyzing laboratory and/or field test data to correlate and validate analytical models
- Excellent problem solving and communication skills
- Impeccable written and verbal communication
- Ability and enthusiasm to work as part of a highly collaborative, dynamic, and diverse team
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Chemical Engineering, or similar
- 3+ years of commercial or industrial experience designing combustion equipment and related support systems for residential, commercial, or industrial applications
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Background in combustion and emissions optimization for high-temperature process heating, chemical reactors, gas boilers, gas furnaces, or micro-combustion/HVAC burner systems
- Hands-on experience using CAD tools (SolidWorks preferred) to create mechanical models, fabrication drawings, and assembly drawings
- Startup company experience
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
We are an equal opportunity employer.