Sr. Carbon Capture Lab Scientist

Aramco Americas Company

Sr. Carbon Capture Lab Scientist (1845)

R&D Advanced Materials & Catalysis Staff - Houston, TX.

- Full Time

OVERVIEW:

Aramco Americas is establishing a state-of-the-art research center in Houston dedicated to advancing CO₂ capture, low-carbon liquid fuels and chemicals, renewable energy, and energy storage solutions, as well as artificial intelligence applications in the energy sector. The center's mission is to transform early-stage, low-TRL research into mid-level technologies (TRL 5-7), bridging the gap between fundamental discovery and practical deployment.

SCOPE:

Aramco Americas is seeking senior carbon capture specialists with expertise in liquid absorption technologies to lead process and equipment development, system integration, and scale-up toward commercially ready carbon capture solutions. The position encompasses both research and engineering responsibilities, including hands-on work with bench-, pilot-, and demonstration-scale systems. This role will work closely with laboratory scientists, process engineers, and business stakeholders to adapt, optimize, and deploy solvent-based carbon capture technologies that address practical challenges in emissions reduction, energy efficiency, and operability within industrial environments.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong technical foundation in liquid absorption carbon capture processes, combined with demonstrated experience in managing multidisciplinary research programs and advancing innovations from concepts through pilot validation and deployment.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

• Formulate objectives, technical scope and requirements for demonstrating CO2 capture systems
• Organize project tasks and milestones, including evaluation of important schedules, deliverables, and resources.
• Estimate the development schedule, resources, and costs.
• Conduct periodic gate review meetings which involve aligning with proponents and Aramco/affiliates engineering.
• Detailed engineering, construction, start up, and operation of demonstration systems.
• Oversee testing and analyze testing results
• Write technical reports/presentations, publish publications and present results at conferences.
• Undertakes original investigations relating to technical problems outside the scope of available literature.
• Lead collaborative research internally (other R&D areas of the company) and externally (academic researchers).
• Maintains and updates his/her working knowledge of applicable state-of- the-art laboratory instrumentation.
• Provide and manage a safe, accident-free laboratory environment. Follow all company safety rules in performing job duties.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• PhD Degree in Engineering/Science Discipline as appropriate for the area of expertise for the assigned jobs.
• Nine (9) years' experience in a substantive industrial, technological or laboratory area relevant to the jobs' assignment.
• Prefer candidates with experience/exposure to CCUS, liquid solvent design/formulation, direct air capture (DAC) using liquid approaches.
• Must be able to communicate and comprehend accurately, clearly and concisely in English at a level required to perform the job as outlined.
• Candidate should be comfortable in working independently or part of a project team, frequent project presentation and travel to meetings at conferences and universities. Must possess good work habits, a strong work ethic, and be able to adhere to company work hours, policies, and standard business etiquette.

NO THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATES ACCEPTED