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The company focuses on extracting critical lithium from lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries that are found in electric cars and energy storage systems, which will be key in developing a circular supply chain. NEU aims to be the largest, cleanest, and most neutral source of recycled lithium globally. NEU's contribution to electrification and circularity has been recognized by the likes of the Temasek Foundation, BloombergNEF, Forbes Asia, and many others.\nThis role is about figuring things out. You'll spend your time understanding the current state of our technology, identifying what we don't yet know, and using a combination of your technical background and genuine curiosity to come up with ideas worth testing. Then you'll run those experiments, interpret the results, and work toward solutions that are designed from the start to translate to commercial scale.\nThe scope spans the treatment of complex process solutions: removing cations, anions and organics through ion exchange, precipitation, adsorption and filtration, understanding how the species in these mixtures interact, and the analytics needed to measure them. As the technology develops, you will also take on broader chemical, electrochemical and materials challenges as they arise. Some problems will be clearly defined. Others you'll need to frame yourself. You'll work closely with the Engineering Team.\nIf you enjoy research and the above sounds like you, click \"Apply\" below or send your resume to \nWhat You'll Work On\nDevelop and optimise impurity-removal steps for complex process solutions, such as ion exchange (from resin screening and column testing to regeneration and process control), precipitation, coagulation and flocculation, adsorption and membrane filtration\nInvestigate how ions and organics interact in mixed solutions, including precipitation kinetics, thermodynamics and crystal growth\nMeasure and characterise organics and trace ions in aqueous samples, and own the analytical methods your work depends on\nTranslate bench findings into parameters that matter at scale, supporting pilot and process engineering\nContribute to grant proposals, patent filings and internal technical documentation as needed\nRequirements\nPhD or MS/BS with strong hands-on research experience in Chemistry, Chemical or Environmental Engineering, Materials Science or a related field\n3 to 5 years of experimental research in a related field, such as those listed below\nSolid grounding in solution chemistry: speciation, solubility and precipitation equilibria, kinetics and mass transfer\nHands-on experience with at least one separation or purification method, for example ion exchange, adsorption, precipitation or crystallisation, solvent extraction, membrane filtration or electrodialysis\nPractical analytical skills, for example ICP-OES/MS, ion chromatography, TOC, UV-Vis, titration and sample digestion, with the judgement to assess data quality\nTrack record of taking experiments from concept through to conclusions, and owning the outcomes\nWe care more about these fundamentals than about the field you built them in. Hydrometallurgy, battery or metal recycling, water and wastewater treatment, lithium or mineral processing, industrial brines, electrochemical systems, and chemical or pharmaceutical process development are all relevant backgrounds.\nTechnical Advantages\nHands-on ion exchange and adsorption work, from resin or sorbent screening and column testing to regeneration\nExperience with electrochemical systems such as electrolysers, fuel cells, redox flow batteries or electrodialysis, including EIS, cyclic voltammetry and ion exchange membranes\nExperience with leaching and recovery of materials from battery waste, or with purifying and crystallising inorganic powders while controlling purity and particle properties\nMaterials characterisation (XRD, SEM, particle size analysis, BET)\nSpeciation or process modelling, for example OLI, PHREEQC, MATLAB or Python\nAwareness of safety and environmental standards, method validation and SOP writing\nWho We're Looking For\nBeyond the technical requirements, the person who will do well here is genuinely curious, not just about their specific area but about the broader system and how things connect. 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