Arbor is building a scalable and low-cost approach to Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage (BiCRS) based on modern rocket engine technology. BiCRS is a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approach that uses biomass to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store it permanently underground, while ensuring food security, rural livelihoods, and biodiversity are not affected.
The team brings together a deep passion for science, technology, community, and strategy required to make low-cost, high-quality carbon removal a reality. Our modular technology leverages compact gasification, oxy-combustion with a supercritical CO2 cycle, and high-pressure turbo-expansion to convert abundant forestry waste biomass into clean electricity, water, and high purity CO2, capturing and sequestering all emissions from the process.
Two years into the journey, Arbor: assembled a world-class team of engineers and scientists, raised over $30M from top deeptech investors, pre-sold the first 2000 tons of carbon removal, and is designing the first plant to demonstrate our novel technology capable of generating carbon-negative energy.
Values:
Foster Planetary Partnership, Lead with Love, and Explore the Uncharted. Learn more.
What You'll Do:
As a Process Engineer, you'll develop and own process engineering deliverables for modular process units such as biomass gasification, oxy-combustion, supercritical CO2 power generation, CO2 purification and liquefaction, and wastewater treatment. Typical deliverables include:
Design basis
Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs)
Heat and Material Balances (HMBs)
Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
Line sizing and line lists
Equipment sizing and specification of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, pumps, control valves, etc.
Pressure relief load calculations and relief valve sizing
You'll also participate in a wide range of activities from conceptual studies through plant commissioning, startup, and troubleshooting. Some specific activities include:
Process hazard analysis (PHA) and HAZOPs
Conceptual and feasibility studies and supporting cost estimates
Control narrative development
Review of detailed piping and equipment design with multidisciplinary in-house experts
Development of operating procedures
Alarms review
As projects move into the detailed engineering and construction phases, you will be responsible for managing EPC process engineering efforts to ensure successful project execution.
Who you are:
Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or similar
4+ years' experience in process engineering
Excellent understanding of chemical engineering principles, and broad understanding of downstream discipline requirements (mechanical, civil, electrical, etc.)
Demonstrated ability to coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and deliver successful projects
It would also be great if you have:
Experience in a startup or agile development environment
Hands-on field troubleshooting and/or operations experience
Experience in power generation, gasification, supercritical CO2, or other high pressure (100+ bar) system design
Professional Engineer (P.E.) license
What Arbor offers:
Salary: The salary range for this role is $120,000-$150,000 depending on experience and qualifications.
Equity: The business opportunity for carbon removal technology is growing rapidly, and stock options are offered to all employees to share in Arbor's successes.
Benefits:
- Up to 90% of employee's Health Insurance premiums and up to 75% for dependents
- Up to 90% of employee's Dental Insurance premiums and up to 75% for dependents
- Up to 75% of employee's Vision Insurance premiums
- 100% of employee's Life Insurance premiums
- FSA matching
- Unlimited PTO
- 12+ company holidays, including Earth Day!
- Team outings like our Arbor volunteer day
Arbor is an equal opportunity employer. Building a global solution to this global problem will require humans of all varieties to contribute diverse ideas and experiences. That's why recruiting, hiring, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups is a priority.