About Us
Molten Industries advances how people live, build, and move through innovative materials, chemicals, and fuels. We are commercializing breakthrough technology to make high-quality, CO2-neutral graphite and hydrogen using only methane and electricity as inputs. Transportation (cars, trucks, ships, planes) and heavy industry (cement, steel, chemicals, fertilizer) currently make up over 40% of global CO2 emissions. Graphite is up to 25% of the mass of lithium-ion batteries used in phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. Battery-grade graphite and clean hydrogen can enable carbon-neutral or carbon-negative transport, shipping, fertilizer, steel, cement, and chemicals.
Molten started in 2021 out of a garage at Stanford and is backed by top-tier venture capital firms and a world-class advisory board. We believe in using our talents for the most meaningful work of our lives - mitigating the effects of climate change. We want to do the kind of work that you can write home about. The work that you’ll tell your grandkids about. Engineering feats, growth miracles, and rock-solid, real-world change. At Molten we believe in dreaming big, working with urgency, and getting our hands dirty.
Join us in our effort to push the final frontier of decarbonization.
The Role
As a member of Molten’s early team, you will build, operate, and maintain critical tools, jigs, equipment, and reactors to produce graphite and hydrogen using our proprietary technology. You will help build, operate, and test engineering systems as we scale from our pilot system to industrial plants. You will wear a variety of hats and are excited by work that spans mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering. You are a scrappy self-starter with a bias to action. You enjoy being hands-on and building physical systems, and you are comfortable translating complex problems into achievable goals.
What you will do
Build Molten’s modular commercial production units producing graphite and hydrogen at blazing hot temperatures
Build reactor prototypes and test rigs for systems ranging from bench-top R&D scale to industrial facilities
Maintain and operate pumps, compressors, motors, machine shop tools, and other industrial equipment
Fabricate and assemble new equipment from prototypes to production
Perform rework of mechanical assemblies and electrical enclosures
Field installation of new machines and retrofitting existing production equipment
Provide design and build feedback to improve manufacturing and maintenance operations on pilot and commercial scale systems
Develop equipment documentation for operation and maintenance
Work closely with a small technical founding team to push our graphite and hydrogen production technology to industrial scale
What you will bring
2+ years of industry experience, closely working with engineers and engineering specifications
Excellent hands on mechanical and electrical assembly skills
Strong troubleshooting skills for electronic and mechanical systems
Experience operating and maintaining pumps, motors, compressors, and other industrial equipment
Experience with plumbing and electrical routing
Safety oriented individual with experience operating and maintaining high temperature systems, high pressure systems and high voltage systems
You do not need to have every listed skill to be a great fit! If you are passionate about this opportunity and think you have the skills to help our team succeed, please apply!
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
Ability to perform physically demanding work for extended periods of time
Wear personal protective equipment including but not limited to full-face respirators, gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection, hard hats, and steel toe safety shoes
Frequently and repetitively lift, push, and carry up to 35 lbs
Reach low shelves or items on the floor, stoop, lay, bend, reach, squat, kneel, crouch, twist, and crawl to perform critical maintenance and assembly
Bonus Points
Startup experience or experience in a fast-paced environment
Experience with graphite and ceramics
Forklift certified
Anchoring, rigging, and other related experience
Experience working with mechanical and electrical CAD software
Experience working with hydrogen systems
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Perks and Benefits
Competitive salary or hourly wage eligible for overtime
Meaningful equity compensation
Health, dental and vision insurance covered by Molten
Generous 401k matching program
Flexible time off
