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Exponent

Multidisciplinary science and engineering consulting

Thermal Sciences Associate – Chemical Engineer

Thermal & Fluids EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNatick, MA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering is required.
  • Candidates must be presently legally authorized to work in the United States; immigration sponsorship or processing is not available.
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience, strong mechanical abilities, and engineering intuition to assist in failure root-cause analysis are required.
  • A strong technical background in thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, combustion, measurement systems, and error analysis is required.
  • Hands-on experience managing and executing experimental programs, including troubleshooting experimental test setups, is required.
  • Familiarity with process safety and risk assessment is required.
  • Experience with electrochemical systems, electrocatalysis, battery testing or characterization, sustainable energy technologies, or industrial electrochemical processes is required.
  • Experience using rigorous experimental methods to analyze complex chemical-engineering systems, including process design, historical process data, techno-economic analysis, or process optimization, is required.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
  • Flexibility to address a wide variety of problems within and outside the candidate's direct area of expertise is required.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare proposals, budgets, and plans for test programs.
  • Design and construct test apparatuses, including designing and implementing measurement approaches and systems.
  • Execute tests and demonstrations, write reports, prepare presentations, and present results to clients.
  • Perform analysis and calculations.
  • Apply chemical engineering principles, including thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, reaction engineering, and electrochemical systems analysis, to evaluate product performance, process safety, and failure mechanisms.
  • Support investigations involving battery fires and failures, vehicle fires and explosions, consumer product safety, chemical plant operations, dust hazards, and releases of flammable or toxic gases.
  • Conduct field work, including off-site testing and attending evidence inspections.
  • Review and summarize background information about failure events.
  • Identify and market to internal and external clients.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in battery failure analysis, fire and explosion investigation, chemical industry process safety, thermal management, or safety assessment of flammable or toxic gas releases is especially encouraged.
  • Experience with battery failure analysis, fire and explosion investigation, chemical industry process safety, thermal management, or safety assessment of flammable or toxic gas releases is especially encouraged.

About the Company

Exponent

Multidisciplinary science and engineering consulting

Exponent is a consulting firm that applies scientific and engineering expertise to help businesses, communities, and individuals solve complex problems and navigate change. Its team of over 950 consultants works across many industries and regions, offering multidisciplinary analysis and testing methods to develop actionable solutions. Revenue comes from fees for consulting services, tied to the ability to attract and retain clients and deliver effective results. Exponent differentiates itself through broad, cross-disciplinary capabilities, state-of-the-art testing, and a focus on technically solid, practically applicable outcomes. The company’s goal is to help clients address difficult challenges with rigorous, evidence-based guidance and to support them as they adapt to changing circumstances.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Fishers, IN
Founded
1967

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