Materials Synthesis & Characterization Technologist

Materials Synthesis & Characterization Technologist

Location:

Spring, TX, US

Company:
Exxon Mobil

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• Operate small reaction systems and benchtop lab process units in support of materials synthesis.
• Perform characterization of catalytic materials using advanced analytical techniques.
• Support research, development, and optimization of catalytic materials by providing critical data on thermal stability, surface properties, and active site density.
• Manage all aspects of benchtop formulation and/or lab reactor operations, including the safe and efficient execution of experimental programs defined by researchers.
• Maintain reactor systems and analytical equipment, troubleshooting, unit design, modification and management of spare part and chemical inventories.
• Demonstrate ability of succinct technical writing, electronic files, understanding complex unit P&IDs, and drawing unit flow diagrams.
• Good communication skills for understanding and describing scientific observations, experimental plans and results, equipment and material design concepts.

Skills and Qualifications

• Possess a B.S. degree in chemistry, chemical engineering or related field.
• Familiarity with pressurized equipment, pumps, compressors, gauges and sensors, piping, computerized unit controls and interfaces, data acquisition, and data processing.
• Hands‑on experience in laboratory operations, such as operating batch and continuous laboratory reactors interfaced with Honeywell and/or LabVIEW control systems, titration, distillation, filtration, chromatography, extraction, catalyst formulation and working in glove box.
• Hands‑on experience with characterization techniques, such as chemisorption, physisorption, GC, IR, NMR, DSC/TGA, XRD or SEM.
• Knowledge of scientific concepts, such as gas laws, chemical concentrations, mass and energy balances, chemical formulas and equations, as well as scientific calculations for chemical preparations, mass balances, quantification of chemical components.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and the ability to use software for controlling…