Senior Metallurgical Engineer

About the role

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) develops and commercializes sustainable, domestically sourced critical battery materials through lithium-ion battery recycling and metal extraction technologies for electric vehicles, grid storage and consumer electronics. As a Staff Metallurgical Engineer, you will join the research and development laboratory team and work with engineering, plant operations and external experts to design, build and operate first-of-a-kind facilities. The position reports to the Director of Research & Development.

Key responsibilities

• Laboratory support for R&D of primary resource extraction, purification and battery recycling systems, from lab scale to pilot and commercial scale
• Design and run experiments to develop routes for extracting lithium from claystone and refining it to battery grade, and routes for extracting elemental battery components from feedstock to cathode grade
• Consult on technical requirements for pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for mineral and metallurgical processing
• Coordinate studies with internal and external partners on next-generation recycling technologies
• Run optimization tests of process chemistries and mineral/particle processing circuits
• Perform mass and energy balances, metallurgical accounting and flowsheet development
• Provide technical feedback on metallurgy, particle processing and process chemistry to operations and engineering
• Analyze data, write reports and present results

Required profile

• B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mineral/Particle Processing or a related field with similar experience
• Experience designing and testing mineral/particle processing circuits
• Ability to scale processes from bench scale to pilot or pre-commercial scale and to propose improvements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Required skills

• Hydrometallurgy and mineral/particle processing
• Wet chemistry laboratory skills
• Metallurgical analytical tools such as ICP-OES, TGA, PSA and XRD
• Surface chemistry and dewatering methods
• Data analysis and interpretation

What we offer

• Pay range of $75k-$110k per year, depending on experience and location
• Health, dental, vision and life insurance, parental leave and employee assistance program
• Stock options, 401(k) and flexible paid time off