Process Engineer

Your mission

Join us in developing and operating our First-of-a-Kind (tFOAK) facility. As a Process Engineer for Separation Systems, you’ll design, test, and optimize key process units that define how efficiently our system captures CO₂.

You’ll work at the intersection of experimental development, process modeling, and system design, collaborating closely with internal simulation team and external partners. Expect a hands-on environment with fast feedback loops, where your work directly shapes the next generation of DAC plants.

• Design and optimize separation processes, focusing on gas–liquid behavior, flow dynamics, and water management using tools like AspenPlus and KGTower.
• Collaborate with internal and external simulation partners to define model requirements, validate CFD and process models with empirical data, and translate findings into practical engineering improvements.
• Design and operate experimental test systems to generate data, validate assumptions, and accelerate understanding of key separation and flow phenomena.
• Drive process engineering and documentation, including PFDs, P&IDs, valve and pipe sizing, safety reviews, and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Capture and share learnings through structured documentation and continuous benchmarking of emerging research and industrial best practices.

Your profile

Skills & Experience

• Master’s degree or PhD in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in process engineering, with a strong focus on separation technology or gas–liquid systems.
• Demonstrated experience in experimental design, process testing, and data analysis.
• Solid understanding of fluid dynamics, mass transfer, liquid distribution, and water management.
• Experience with AspenPlus, KGTower, or similar simulation tools.
• Familiarity with PFDs, P&IDs, H&MBs, and process safety documentation.

• Fast learning and quick to grasp complex topics
• A team player with a hands-on mentality
• Authentic and reflective self
• self-Organizer and structures workstyle to keep focus and get things done
• Good listener and effective communicator in cross-sectional team
• Curious and open-minded

• Valid Work Permit for Germany, or able to obtain a permit
• Location: Exiting industrial Co-Working Space in Marzahn where we have our own industrial halls to build

Benefits

• Unique experience contributing to a first-of-a-kind climate-tech project (tFOAK).
• A steep learning curve, exposure to cross-functional challenges, and the ability to shape a project from the ground up.
• Fast-paced, collaborative environment where your decisions have a real impact.
• Competitive compensation and personal growth opportunities.
• Employee stock options
• Learning and development Budget
• Regular team events
• Subsidized BVG ticket
• Laptop and your individual work set up

About us

We are an early startup with a big vision - remove 500 million tons of global CO2 emissions from the air by 2035 through Direct Air Capture, roughly the same weight as all humans on earth combined!

To meet our climate targets the reduction of CO2 emissions is not enough, the world actively has to remove billions of tons of CO2 from our atmosphere. To achieve that we at Ucaneo develop an innovative electrochemical Direct Air Capture technology mimicking the human lung to remove CO2 from ambient air.

We are a science and mission-driven team, fast-moving with a break-or-make attitude. Our office and industrial hall is located at Schwarze-Pumpe-Weg 16, 12681 Berlin including a large outdoor area to build one of the largest industrial DAC plants in Germany.

Our commitment to you:

• Impact: You will work on the biggest problem of our time, climate change, with the potential to impact the lives of billions of people
• Day to day: Full responsibility to design your own workstream and control your working hours with a very high degree of freedom, flat hierarchy and teamwork
• Professional growth: Join a disruptive high-growth tech startup from day 1 and grow / lead a high-performing team