About Holocene
Holocene is pioneering a novel approach to direct air capture (DAC) that can be a robust, scalable, and affordable route to significantly reduce atmospheric CO2 levels and directly combat climate change. Our mission lies in our namesake, the Holocene Epoch, or the last ~12,000 years of Earth’s history where our global climate and atmospheric CO2 levels were remarkably stable and hospitable.
Holocene is a collection of DAC industry veterans and engineers who have designed, built, and scaled the industry over the past decade - starting from the very first DAC plant in the world. We are pioneering a next-generation pathway to deliver well below $100/tonne CO2 removal - the industry ambition - by applying proprietary organic chemistry, scalable industrial technology, and creative engineering solutions.
Why DAC? According to the IPCC, the world's leading scientific voice on climate change, humanity must directly remove more than 10 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually by 2050, and in perpetuity, to meet global net zero ambitions.
For context, that is an industry 1,000,000 times larger than today's current direct air capture industry. We are embarking on a journey to create a net-new, trillion-dollar industry that moves more physical mass than the entire oil & gas industry today. Speed, scale, and safety are paramount.
We are fortunate to be supported by some of the most thoughtful climate programs and funders in the world -- including Breakthrough Energy Fellows, Elon Musk Foundation’s XPRIZE, the U.S. Department of Energy, Frontier Climate (Stripe, Shopify), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and more.
About the role
At Holocene, chemists sit at the forefront of understanding our DAC technology to unlock its full potential by developing and assaying novel materials, ensuring their integrity, quality, & performance.
As an Analytical Chemist, you would be responsible for driving the optimization and development of our analytical methods needed in our chemical system that serves as the foundation to our DAC technology. These responsibilities would include, but are not limited to the following:
We value teammates who take ownership of their work, lead with curiosity, are excited to work on fast-paced technology development, love to work in an interdisciplinary team, are comfortable making decisions with incomplete information, demonstrate a high adversity quotient, and want to contribute to a meaningful climate change solution.
We are seeking to fill this role as soon as possible in a fully on-site capacity, working alongside our R&D, Chemical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering teams.
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Benefits & Compensation
How to apply
Send us your resume and share a few thoughts with us about how you would contribute at Holocene.
We are seeking to fill this position ASAP, in a fully in-person capacity, and will reach out to you if we believe there’s a mutual fit.
Technology Development
Knoxville, TN
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