Hydrogen Scientist/researcher

**Hydrogen Scientist/Researcher**
We're seeking a Hydrogen Scientist/Researcher for Evoqua, one of our customers: Evoqua Water Technologies is a leading provider of mission critical water and wastewater treatment solutions, offering a broad portfolio of products, services and expertise to supportindustrial, municipal and recreational customers who value water. Evoqua has worked to protect water, the environment, and its employees for more than 100 years, earning a reputation for quality, safety and reliability around the world. Headquartered in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania in the United States, the company operates in more than 160 locations across ten countries. Serving more than 38,000 customers and 200,000 installations worldwide.

**About MAGNETO Special Anodes** MAGNETO special anodes B.V. in Schiedam is a growing Dutch company, specialized in the development, production, and sale of titanium anodes with various catalytic coatings and of electrochemical cells. Magneto is part of Evoqua Water Technologies Ltd. since2016.

**Purpose of the Role** As a scientist/researcher, you will develop new electrodes for use in water electrolyzers to produce green hydrogen. The role specifically aims at developing industrially accepted electrocatalytic coatings with high performance and long lifetime. You willplay a critical part in the successful development and industrialization of our green hydrogen offerings.

***Scope and Key Responsibilities**:

- Develop new electrode materials and electrocatalytic coatings.
- Manage your projects and activities as part of a phase-gate process.
- Regularly report and present your findings internally and externally.
- Develop and critically evaluate laboratory methods and procedures.
- Interface with the Process Engineering and Business Development teams to ensure that new ideas can be scaled up and developed to maximum effect.
- Provide technical sales support such that customer needs can be translated into product offerings that solve their challenges.
- Support the EHS, Quality and Production teams to identify technical solutions to safety and quality problems in support of continuous improvement and customer fulfilment.

**Profile and Competencies**:

- Skilled in working in the lab. Practical, hands-on attitude.
- Enjoys and is driven by scientific discovery. Eager to develop and try out new ideas.
- Independently analyzes literature and data, and discusses findings with team.
- Works and reports accurately; is accountable for their work.
- Knowledge-driven; creative problem-solver.
- Takes active part in discussions, and is a team player, working closely together with other researchers and lab technicians.
- Motivated to learn, and train others.
- Works on continuous improvement, challenges the status-quo.

**Educational requirements**:

- University Master or Doctorate degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Materials Engineering.
- Experience in water electrolysis for hydrogen production is an advantage.
- Experience in inorganic chemistry and oxide (electro)chemistry/synthesis is an advantage.
- Fluent in English, written and oral.
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

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