Senior Development Engineer

Climeworks is a leading high-quality carbon removal provider, combining decades of expertise in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology with a holistic approach to carbon removal solutions.

Climeworks advises companies on their carbon removal strategies and provides tailored portfolios of nature-based and engineered approaches, offering end-to-end services to help achieve net-zero goals. The company runs the world’s first two DAC plants in Iceland, demonstrating its core commitment to high-quality carbon removal that is backed by over 15 years of pioneering research, development, and deployment.

By advancing the most reliable solutions in the market, Climeworks accelerates the global transition to net zero, unlocking economic value for businesses, governments, and society.

We foster a dynamic environment and are building a global purpose driven team. We are looking for disruptive thinkers, passionate achievers and inspiring leaders that are ready to take on the world’s greatest challenge.

Will you join us?

Collector Concepts Development: As part of the Concepts & Innovation team, you invent, design, and develop new CO₂ collector system architectures that integrate sorbent and process requirements into practical, manufacturable equipment.

Prototyping: You prototype and test your concepts and sub-systems, taking a hands‑on approach from early proof of concept to final acceptance testing. You design and execute experiments to validate concepts, troubleshoot issues, and optimize designs.

Cross‑Functional

Collaboration:

You work closely with our in‑house sorbent and process experts, as well as system engineers, to align material and process properties with mechanical implementation. By developing a deep understanding of sorbent and process performance, you invent new ways of implementing them into collectors. You contribute to the scale‑up from lab to pilot to industrial scale, balancing performance, reliability, and CAPEX.

In addition, you collaborate with the Industrialization team on detailed engineering, manufacturing, compliance, and scaling, creating a strong feedback loop that ensures innovative concepts evolve into robust, market‑ready equipment.

Stakeholder & Project Management: You keep stakeholders aligned by documenting designs, insights, and lessons learned, ensuring transparency and continuity throughout the project lifecycle.

Intellectual Property: You keep a close eye on the industry’s state of the art and actively contribute to generating new intellectual property.

Education & Engineering Expertise: You hold a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or related field; an advanced degree is preferred. You have at least five years of experience in equipment development, ideally with systems involving steam, vacuum, and thermal management. You have strong expertise in industrial equipment design, prototyping, and testing.

Approach to Innovation: You have hands‑on experience in building and validating lab‑scale or pilot‑scale hardware. Proven track record of innovation and rapid prototyping, with the ability to creatively solve engineering challenges under uncertainty.

Technical Knowledge: You possess in‑depth knowledge of detail design, design‑for‑manufacture, industrialization, and scaling hardware concepts from lab to industrial applications. Proficiency in CAD software (preferably Solid Works) for designing parts and systems. Familiarity with process industry, sorbents, adsorption/desorption processes, or thermal separation technologies is considered a plus.

Mindset & Working Style: You are comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams, bridging material science, process engineering, mechanical design, and industrialization. You possess strong communication skills with an entrepreneurial mindset and a fail‑fast, learn‑fast approach.

Language: You are proficient in English, both spoken and written.

Our promise: At Climeworks, you are accepted for who you are, and we are committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply – regardless of background, identity,…