R&D Engineer

Ignis Nanotech, Inc.

To save lives, you have to build the best team. Join IGNIS Nano to be part of a team that creates nanomaterial solutions for fire extinguishing. We continuously grow our team at IGNIS Nano.

We are mad scientists that develop and improve our products and reactors. Do you regularly imagine crazy products? Do you imagine working yourself in a startup? Do you love labs and chemicals? Do you love hacking culture and DIY projects? Do you want to make the world a better, safer place? Then we want you as an R&D Engineer. 

• Submitting a portfolio demonstrating previous research, project, thesis, work with your application is required*

The Job:

• Investigating synthesis methods for different polymers
• Understanding of nanomaterials in general
• Autonomously works to research, report results, and make recommendations for next steps
• Spending tons of time in the lab 
• Hands-on role designing and running your experiments using results to inform and develop improvements in software or hardware
• Tackle complex and open-ended problems across multiple engineering disciplines
• Questions assumptions and willing to back it up with data
• Have experience with experiment design and data analysis
• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Chemistry, Material Science, Chemical Engineering or related field. 
• Contact us for internship positions if you are a student. 

Bonus Skills (Optional):

• Computational chemistry knowledge
• Previous work on a polymer synthesis, organic chemistry
• Developed physics-based models of complex systems
• Understand programming and scientific computing, ideally Python or Matlab
• Computational fluid dynamics – Sim-Flow, OpenFOAM, or equivalent
• Fondness for hardware/software hacking