Head of Engineering

BERLIN

NeoCarbon is leading the transition to a carbon-negative world through CO₂ removal.

Your role

You will be working at an early-stage start-up that aims to tackle one of humanity’s biggest challenges: reversing climate change. As Head of Engineering, you will get the chance to shape the development of the Engineering team, while also proactively design, implement and test prototypes in quick iterations yourself. You will work closely with our CTO Silvain and our Head of R&D Andrew to bring the products from concept all the way to mass manufacturing and installations at customers’ sites. First, by providing hands-on support to the R&D team to make sure designs are state-of-the-art and optimized for assembly at scale. Then, by being responsible for production, defining required specifications and building relationships with the most relevant suppliers and manufacturing partners. All in all, you will ensure compatibility with efficiency, regulatory and customer constraints; as well as identify and coordinate all production stakeholders to keep quality high and projects on-time and on-budget.

What you will do

Bring product concepts from TRL4 to TRL8
Work in close contact with the Product team to optimize components and equipments between function, manufacturability, quality, deployment time, operational costs, and capital investment
Get creative and hands-on to rapidly help design, build, and validate proof of concept prototypes
Weigh the cost, performance, and schedule trade-offs associated with different manufacturing processes, and build our network of suppliers and manufacturing partners
Coordinate stakeholders for manufacturing, including defining and communicating technical specifications, timelines and budget to ensure project success
Guarantee products and processes are in compliance with standards, policies, regulations, and code
Develop standards and processes as a foundation for how the Engineering team operates
Approach work with open mind and flexibility. You will work in an environment of rapid learning and adjustment

What we are looking for

Track record in bringing complex hardware system from concept to manufacturing at scale
Experience in process design and material handling, with an emphasis on modularity and scalability
Strong technical fundamentals in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, and structural analysis
Experience in working with EPCs and large equipment manufacturers, including negotiation on cost and lead time
Experience in industrial certification processes
Experience with reactors and other chemical plant equipment is a plus
Interdisciplinary value-driven individual with good organization and communication skills, along with a passion for innovation, startups and climate
As we will enter the German market first, speaking German is necessary

What you will get

Work within an early fast-growing ClimateTech startup
Flat hierarchy and highly motivated team
English-speaking company
Self-managed working hours (including partly remote possibility)
Central office in the heart of Berlin
Flexible holiday arrangement
Regular informal team events
Equity plan

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About NeoCarbon

We use existing infrastructure in the form of cooling towers to perform Direct-Air-Capture (DAC) at up to 10x lower costs and time, which makes DAC mass-market ready. Indeed, millions of existing cooling towers around Europe continuously circulate massive amounts of air to remove heat from industrial plants and buildings. By efficiently retrofitting those towers, we remove the carbon dioxide from all this air at very low additional cost. Several billion tons of CO2 could be captured this way annually, a huge share of humanity’s long-term needs.