Analytical Chemist

Analytical Chemist/Quality Control Engineer

Come join Pajarito Powder and help us change the world. Pajarito Powder is a world leader in the development and commercialization of advanced electrocatalysts for fuel cells and electrolyzers. The US Department of Energy recently awarded Pajarito Powder two awards for the advancement of catalysts to enable Green Hydrogen.

As a recipient of these awards, Pajarito Powder is poised for rapid growth and has an immediate opening for an Analytical Chemist/Quality Control Engineer. This is an ideal position for someone seeking a challenge in the area of sustainability. Our manufacturing and R&D team is world-class, and the business group is exceptionally experienced. We provide a competitive salary, health, dental, vision and life insurance, great paid time off, a 401K, a collaborative environment, and company options that fully vest after four years.

Job Description

• Manages laboratory workflow: priority samples, instrument checks, R&D characterization, and manufacturing quality control.
• Maintains and operates nine laboratory analytical instruments, including, physisorption, chemisorption, X-Ray Diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and Laser Diffraction.
• Data analysis: creates new data comparisons for Pajarito products, maintains large data comparisons for specific clients, as well as conducts in-house comparisons for quality control purposes.
• Creates certificates of analysis (COAs) to report product characteristics to clients.
• Instrumental in purchasing new instruments: from researching appropriate instrumentation to installation.
• Method Development
• Laboratory inventory: new instrumentation, instrument parts and accessories, chemicals, and consumables
• Writes SOPs
• Creates and maintains connections with instrument manufacturing companies (Micromeritics, PerkinElmer) for instrument troubleshooting collaboration.
• Shipping: bottles products to be shipped.
• Maintains lists of samples sent out to external labs.

Knowledge

Chemistry — Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Job Requirements

• Minimum: BS in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or similar degree
• Extensive chemical safety knowledge
• Research experience in a laboratory setting
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and Teams to plan, analyze and report on projects, experimental data, and logs
• Familiarity with methods of statistical quality control
• US Citizen

Additional Information/Requirements

Must be willing to relocate to and work onsite in Albuquerque, NM.

Pajarito Powder is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Work Authorization

Pajarito Powder is required to only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States as a US Citizen.

This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1(including those with OPT or CPT), H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.