Senior Chemical Process Engineer

March 28

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KoBold Metals

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KoBold Metals is a company specializing in advanced mineral exploration. By investing over $100 million annually across 60+ projects on five continents, KoBold is at the forefront of using artificial intelligence and novel hardware to transform mineral exploration into a repeatable science. The company aggregates comprehensive data on the Earth's crust and utilizes proprietary AI tools, including the Machine Prospector® system, to minimize uncertainties in exploration. KoBold Metals is committed to ethical exploration practices and is backed by world-class investors dedicated to discovering and developing new battery metal resources. Their innovative approach leverages AI to build the world's largest geoscience information collection and model subsurface data statistically.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2019

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔬 Science

⚡ Energy

📋 Description

• The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. • KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. • KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average. • Ultimately, your role is to help KoBold process the metals needed to enable the energy transition by driving evaluation and partnerships for next generation mineral processing.

🎯 Requirements

• A successful track record of scaling a chemical process from the bench into production. • Excellent communication skills for a highly interdisciplinary workplace. • Technical skills, including extensive experience with: • First principle thinking and technoeconomic modeling. • Applying scientific knowledge to identify and evaluate emerging technologies. • Laboratory analytical and process control methods. • Experimental design and analysis. • An advanced degree in the physical sciences or engineering. • Post-degree work experience as a chemist, chemical or process engineer. • Ability to take ownership and responsibility of large projects. • Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights and innovations. • Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who aren’t chemical or processing experts. • Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on a range of responsibilities. • Ability to independently prioritize multiple tasks effectively. • It is also helpful but not required to have experience with: • Geochemical and mineralogical data. • Pyro and hydrometallurgy. • Modelling in python. • Kiloton to megaton per year plant design/build/operation. • Commercial process modeling software such as Aspen HYSYS, HSC, METSIM, JKSimMet/JKSimFloat, etc. • Project management.

🏖️ Benefits

• KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. • Committed to equal employment opportunities for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.