Director of Electrochemistry

Hgen • Fulltime • Los Angeles, CA, USA, United States • 3m ago

Hgen’s mission is to achieve a clean and sustainable energy future through tackling emissions in hard-to-decarbonize industries. By enabling cheap and abundant clean hydrogen, Hgen can help to decarbonize the >10% of total global emissions that are best addressed with clean hydrogen. Learn more about why clean hydrogen is critical for achieving zero-emissions.

As the Director of Cell Research and Development, you will lead electrochemical and materials research initiatives for optimizing Hgen’s cell stack efficiency. You will play a critical role in driving Hgen’s research and development roadmap, working within a fast and collaborative start-up environment to commercialize Hgen’s advanced alkaline electrolyzer.

Your responsibilities

Define and lead electrochemical research initiatives to optimize cell efficiency
Identify and lead opportunities in catalyst and separator development to drive increased system efficiency
Engage in cross-disciplinary collaboration with engineering team to translate research opportunities into cell prototyping and development roadmap

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Electrochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Engineering, or related field
3+ years experience leading industry research efforts and teams in catalyst or separator development
Self-starter, ability to identify new opportunities and challenge ingrained assumptions