Research Engineer

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Base pay range

$120,000.00 / yr - $175,000.00 / yr

Making the Metals Powering the World. Solcoa exists to stabilize the western rare-earth metal supply chain—powering every fighter jet, EV, wind turbine, phone, and generator. We’re among the very few companies outside China producing rare-earth metals—and the only one delivering a 100% U.S. supply of both light and heavy rare earths. Our carbon-zero process converts end-of-life magnets directly into metal, accelerating energy independence and securing one of the world’s most vital resources.

We are a lean, well-funded team rapidly accelerating Western rare-earth production. We’re building a world-class team to solve this crisis.

The Role — Research Engineer

Own difficult, first-principles R&D that unlocks rare-earth metal production at scale. You will design and execute high-temperature experiments, build and operate custom rigs, extract mechanisms from data, and translate lab breakthroughs into reproducible unit operations for our demo plant. This role is deeply technical and experimental.

• Pyrometallurgical research : calcination, vacuum / steam distillation, carbothermic / metallothermic reduction, smelting, refining.
• High-temperature electrochemistry : molten-salt / molten-oxide electrolysis, cell design, anode / cathode materials, current efficiency.
• Nuclear engineering research : molten-salt chemistries, materials compatibility, graphite / refractory behavior, high-T gas-cooled systems.
• Metal processing engineering : molten metal handling / casting, powder metallurgy (atomization, pressing, sintering), heat treatment.

What You’ll Do

What You Bring

Required

Preferred

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation Range : $120K - $175K

Seniority level : Mid-Senior level

Employment type : Full-time

Job function : Engineering and Information Technology

Industries : Manufacturing

San Francisco, CA area postings and additional job market listings appear in this description but are not part of the role.

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