Engineering Venture Partner

ABOUT DEEP SCIENCE VENTURES

Deep Science Ventures (DSV) is a venture creator, combining available scientific knowledge and founder-type scientists into high-impact ventures, to build a future where both humans and the planet thrive.

DSV operates in 4 sectors: Climate, Agriculture, Pharmaceuticals and Computation tackling the challenges defining those areas by taking a first-principles approach and partnering with leading institutions.

In the team we are focusing on driving and accelerating the net-zero carbon transition. We think it is key to deliver innovations in carbon mitigation as well as carbon removal technologies to achieve maximal impact in solving climate change. In investigating carbon mitigation technologies, it will be essential to identify routes by which we can decarbonise heating, avoid material breakdown to CO2 or propose novel materials that can replace carbon intensive matter. Equally maximising CO2 drawdown capacity of biotic, abiotic and artificial strategies and proposing new ways of how CO2 can be stored or utilised are in the centre of our attention. On our path to achieve these outcomes we need to solve numerous constraints related to planet-positive investing, material development, process design and automation.

You can read more about our thesis here.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're seeking an experienced engineer to join us as an Engineering Venture Partner. This role will involve supporting portfolio companies with design and development of engineering projects – ensuring the support DSV and its partners provide to participating startups is effective and distinctive. 

Working closely with our portfolio companies, across a diverse set of sectors, from hydrogen production to direct air capture, this individual will be responsible for engineering-related milestones across the Climate portfolio, ensuring that best practice is followed and learnings are shared. They will also be responsible for identifying where shared constraints can be overcome through the development of new initiatives and will liaise closely with our first-of-a-kind accelerator, Foaxial.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist with shaping engineering requirements across the Deep Science Ventures portfolio, from company incorporation onwards;
• Working with teams to guide, review, and shape technical deliverables, across a number of different sectors;
• Contribute to project design and implementation, leveraging your expertise to enhance and execute engineering deliveries and the processes for future deliveries;
• Help to establish and maintain key 3rd-party delivery relationships for specific and general work package deliveries;
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to streamline project workflows and maximise operational effectiveness;
• Support project delivery, providing leadership and guidance in engineering execution.

Requirements

• Demonstrated interest in climate tech, e.g. negative emissions technologies, critical minerals, water availability, decarbonising industrial heat, decarbonising built environment, carbon neutral or negative fuels;
• Proven experience in managing projects, leading teams, and overseeing budgets and work plans;
• Demonstrated experience in overseeing the end-to-end execution of engineering projects;
• Master’s degree in Engineering or related field;
• Familiarity with the industrial sector, particularly in areas such as hydrogen, chemicals, carbon dioxide removal, and/or biomass treatment;
• Knowledge of renewable energy concepts, including clean hydrogen, renewable electricity, and low-carbon fuels;
• Ability to quickly grasp and apply design concepts in innovative and sustainable ways;
• Experience managing complex stakeholder groups and supporting startups and founders.

Benefits

• Competitive salary;
• Flexible working environment (remote or hybrid);
• Rapid personal development and massive learning curve;
• Working with some of the most ambitious and impact-driven individuals you'll ever find;
• Being part of building the next generation of climate ventures.