Catalyst Engineer Application for Andros Innovations
We're solving the hardest problem in chemistry, and we can't do it alone. We're looking for scientist, engineers, builders, innovators and connectors to join our mission.
Location: Boston, MA | Type: Full-Time
The Mission Andros is solving the hardest problem in industrial chemistry: decarbonizing ammonia. We are building a hardware platform that replaces massive, high-pressure chemical plants with modular, low-pressure systems.
As a Catalyst Engineer, you are the hands that build the future. You will work in the lab every day to synthesize new materials, run reactor experiments, and generate the critical data that proves our technology works. This is a high-growth role where you will work side-by-side with senior leadership to master the art of industrial R&D.
What You Will Do
Synthesis: Prepare novel catalyst formulations using various solid-state and wet-chemistry techniques.
Execution: Operate custom-built reactor test stands, ensuring precise control of temperature, pressure, and flow rates.
Data Analysis: Process raw GC/MS data to calculate conversion, selectivity, and yield. Spot anomalies early and report them.
Characterization: Perform routine material characterization (XRD, surface area analysis) to validate synthesis quality.
Lab Operations: Maintain critical lab infrastructure, troubleshoot gas delivery systems, and ensure 100% safety compliance.
Who You Are
MS or PhD in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry (or BS with 3+ years of intense lab experience).
Hands-On: You love being in the lab. You know how to swap a gas cylinder, fix a Swagelok fitting, and troubleshoot a mass flow controller.
Detail-Oriented: Your lab notebook is a work of art. You track every variable because you know that "small" details ruin experiments.
Curious: You ask "why" when the data surprises you. You read the literature to find better ways to synthesize materials.
Team Player: You are ready to wear many hats at an early-stage startup.
About Andros Innovations
Andros Innovations is a pioneer in advanced chemical engineering, redefining the global ammonia supply chain to fuel a decarbonized future. Our proprietary reactor technology disrupts the century-old Haber-Bosch process, enabling the efficient production of low-carbon ammonia at low temperatures and atmospheric pressure, unlocking a scalable path to green fertilizer and sustainable marine fuel.
Supported by Activate.org, Greentown Labs, Third Derivative, Massachusetts Center for Clean Energy and others Andros has been recognized as a top emerging deep-tech startup within our first year. Andros has received awards from MIT’s Climate and Energy Prize, Yale’s Climate Innovation Summit, The University of Connecticut and FORGE, for innovation and climate impact. We are transitioning from breakthrough science to industrial scale, building the technology needed to feed the next billion people and power the heavy industries of tomorrow without emissions.