Metallurgical Engineer

Role & responsibilities

• Operate, monitor, and optimize pilot-scale molten salt electrolysis (MSE) systems for metal extraction, refining, and recovery.
• Handle molten salt electrolytes, electrode materials, crucibles, and high-temperature process equipment.
• Optimize key operating parameters, including electrolyte composition, operating temperature, electrode configuration, and electrolysis duration.
• Evaluate current efficiency, metal recovery, product purity, specific energy consumption, and overall process performance.
• Investigate and troubleshoot process challenges, including back-reactions, metal re-oxidation, electrode degradation, electrolyte contamination, and mass-transfer limitations.
• Perform material and energy balances and support process development, validation, and scale-up.
• Support materials synthesis, process optimization, and performance evaluation to achieve the desired material composition and properties.
• Develop experimental protocols, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and process safety documentation.
• Maintain accurate experimental records and prepare technical reports, research documentation, presentations, and data summaries.
• Identify opportunities for process innovation, cost reduction, energy efficiency, improved material recovery, and manufacturing productivity.
• Adhere to industrial safety requirements for high-temperature operations, molten salts, reactive metals, hazardous gases, and chemical handling.