R&D Engineer

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!

Process Engineer –CNT Process R&D Team

Position Summary

Cabot is seeking a talented engineer to join as a Process R&D Engineer in the CNT Process R&D team supporting battery materials business. This role is in Zhuhai (GuangDong Province) with significant opportunity for innovative technology and process development to improve production efficiency and scale up.

Job Responsibilities

In this role, you will be an independent process engineer responsible for development of next generation process technology for enhanced productivity and product quality as well as enhancing the sustainability profile of the production process. You will work with our process and product development, global engineering and operation teams to do projects of moderate to high complexity/scope.

A successful candidate will be someone who:

• •Conducts independent research to understand and deliver solutions to technical and commercial problems in equipment or process design and research investigations. Sets hypotheses and devises technical approaches to complex problems.
• •Lead to design, plans, schedules, build up and conduct experiments to validate the hypotheses and scale up the equipment and process. Generates data, conducts advanced statistical analysis, and organizes and interprets data to establish and support new process, materials, and/or application learnings and scale-up process and equipment.
• •Develops new process equipment and works with various vendors and service providers to advance research on increasing capital efficiency and productivity of operations. Contributes to the design of novel parts and assemblies to facilitate development of equipment and machines.
• •Supports existing and future operations by participating in troubleshooting and continuous improvement efforts.

Requirements

PhD, Major in Chemical Engineering, with strong academic records and publication. 1-3 years working experiences post graduation is a plus.

In-depth knowledge on heterogeneous catalysis; kinetic modeling; Fluid Bed Reactor(FBR); spray technology is a plus.

Project experiences on advanced data mining, machine learning/AI adoption, simulation (for example, using Ansys/Comsol software) is preferred.

Communication & Presentation Skills. Ability to effectively engage in verbal and written communications. Fluent communication skill in English is a must.

At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.