New Product Introduction Engineer

Gradiant is a Different Kind of Water Company. With a full suite of differentiated and proprietary end-to-end solutions for advanced water and wastewater treatment powered by the top minds in water, the company serves its clients’ mission-critical operations in the world’s essential industries, including semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, lithium and critical minerals, and renewable energy. Gradiant’s innovative solutions reduce water used and wastewater discharged, reclaim valuable resources, and renew wastewater into freshwater. The Boston-headquartered company was founded at MIT and has over 1,400 employees worldwide. Discover us at www.gradiant.com.

The NPI Engineer will play a key role in the experimental development, validation and scale up of reverse osmosis infinity (ROI) technologies. This role is highly hands-on, focusing on laboratory experiments, pilot testing, data-driven optimization and scale up from

bench to pilot to commercial systems. The position bridges fundamental process understanding with practical engineering for first-of- a- kind deployments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Experimental research & testing
• Design and execute laboratory and pilot scale experiments for ROI process
• Conduct experimental studies on membrane performance, fouling, scaling and recovery enhancement under
• challenging feedwater conditions.
• Develop experimental protocols, test plans and operating parameters for new ROI concepts.
• Collect, analyze and interpret experimental and field data to guide process optimization.
• Process development & scale-up
• Translate experimental findings into scalable process designs and operating strategies
• Support scale-up from lab to pilot to full scale commercial systems, identifying and mitigating scale up risks
• Develop process flow diagrams (PFDs), mass balances, recovery projections and performance models for ROI
• applications
• Support pilot plant design, commissioning, operation and troubleshooting technology validation and deployment
• Support technology validation programs and first-of-a-kind commercial installations
• Work closely with various teams, including project execution teams to ensure successful transfer of ROI technologies from NPI to standard engineering
• Confirm performance guarantees and operating limits based on experimental and pilot data
• Cross functional collaboration
• Collaborate with various team members, including process engineers, control engineers and mechanical engineers
• Support customer-facing technical discussions, proposal development and performance benchmarking

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Chemical Engineering/Environmental Engineering or related field
• Hands-on experience with RO test rig, pilot plants and experimental data analysis is strongly preferred

Skills & Attributes

• Strong experimental design and data analytical skills
• Comfortable working in lab, pilot and field environments
• Curious, detail oriented and driven by experimental evidence
• Willingness to travel to pilot and customer sites

Why Join Gradiant

Be at the forefront of ROI technology development

• Work hands-on with first of a kind, high impact desalination and wastewater reuse systems
• Take innovations from experimental concept to global deployment
• Help redefine the limits of water recovery and sustainability