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# Lab Technician at Susteon Inc.

- **Company:** Susteon Inc.
- **Location:** Morrisville, NC
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-06-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/susteon/792e1ccf-41c7-4827-8fa2-02439ad4d139

## Job description

Susteon is an advanced materials company based in the Research Triangle (Morrisville), North Carolina. We design and scale the sorbents, solvents, and catalysts that make industrial processes cleaner, more efficient, and more competitive, spanning carbon capture and utilization, carbon-free hydrogen production, and the conversion of waste into energy and valuable products.

What sets us apart is speed. Our Experimental Materials Platform (EMP) is an AI-driven, closed-loop discovery engine that pairs machine learning with automated experimentation to develop new materials in a fraction of the usual time and cost. It's how we move breakthroughs from the lab to commercial scale, and how we keep advanced materials innovation and manufacturing here in the U.S.

We work in close partnership with national labs, universities, and major industrial players to take promising chemistry out of the lab and into the field.

If you want to build the materials behind the next generation of American energy and industrial technology, we'd like to hear from you. Your work here will have real impact at scale.

## ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking a motivated Laboratory Technician to support our catalysis team. You will work alongside our scientists and engineers on an industrial catalyst-discovery program for renewable fuels, preparing and synthesizing catalyst samples, operating analytical and reaction-product instruments, and capturing rigorous, structured data in our Experimental Materials Platform (EMP).

This is a hands-on, instrument-heavy role for someone who takes pride in precision, safety, and continuous learning. The program is the immediate focus, but the capability is durable: this role supports Susteon's broader materials pipeline across solvents, sorbents, catalysts, and reactors.

## WHAT YOU WILL DO

- Prepare and synthesize heterogeneous catalyst samples under scientific direction, including precipitation, impregnation, and supported and bulk systems
- Operate analytical and reaction-product instruments per SOPs, with an emphasis on gas chromatography (GC) for reaction-product analysis
- Run post-reaction characterization as a core part of the workflow, not an afterthought, including thermal and surface-area analysis
- Capture every experiment, including negative results, as clean, ML-ready data in the EMP
- Support 100 g scale-up synthesis and bench demonstration of lead catalyst candidates
- Maintain accurate laboratory notebook records and contribute to SOPs under scientific guidance
- Keep instruments calibrated, maintained, and ready for concurrent analyses

## REQUIREMENTS

- Education: Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field preferred
- Experience: 3 to 5 years of equivalent laboratory experience considered in lieu of a degree
- Location: On-site in Morrisville, NC required, Monday through Friday

## DESIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS

- Strong support of a safety culture, with working knowledge of PPE requirements and lab safety protocols
- Preparation, synthesis, and testing of catalyst samples and solutions as directed by Scientists and Engineers
- Operation of analytical instruments according to SOPs, with preference for experience on:
- Gas Chromatography (GC) and process gas analysis
- TGA / DSC (thermal analysis)
- Surface Area Analysis (BET)
- Temperature-Programmed Reduction / Desorption (TPR / TPD) and chemisorption
- X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
- FTIR Spectroscopy
- Auto-Titrator and TIC / TOC / TN Analyzer
- Accurate record-keeping using a laboratory notebook and structured digital data entry
- Experience authoring or contributing to SOPs under scientific guidance

## DESIRED SOFT SKILLS

- Unwavering commitment to safety and data integrity
- Aptitude and genuine desire to learn new analytical techniques
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage data across multiple concurrent analyses
- Clear technical writing ability for documentation and reporting
- Comfortable multi-tasking across instruments and analyses in a fast-paced R&D environment

Susteon is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Where molecules become opportunity.

## About Susteon Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Susteon builds and scales the solvents, sorbents, catalysts, and reactor systems needed for industrial decarbonization, powered by an AI-driven discovery platform.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped via grants; $1.0M in total disclosed grant funding)
- **Headquarters**: Morrisville, North Carolina, United States (Research Triangle area)
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Dr. Raghubir Gupta (Co-Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Climate Technology / Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) / Industrial Decarbonization
- **Target customers**: B2B – Industrial emitters (e.g., power plants, cement, steel, chemical processing), government agencies (DOE, NETL), and technology partners.
- **Mission or purpose**: "Reinventing how energy is generated, transformed, and utilized" to accelerate decarbonization.

## Products & Services
- **Sustenol™**: A proprietary mixed-amine solvent for point-source CO₂ capture. Designed as a drop-in replacement for existing amine systems, validated at <$50/tonne CO₂ capture cost for NGCC flue gas.
- **EcoSolvent**: Next-generation solvent technology for carbon capture.
- **Modular Ambient Air Capture Unit (EcoFilter / ECCo)**: A scalable, electrified direct air capture (DAC) design that handles 400 ppm to 10% CO₂ without vacuum or thermal regeneration.
- **EcoReactor / Electrified Reactive CO₂ Capture (DFM)**: Uses Dual Function Materials (DFM) in a joule-heated monolith reactor to capture and convert CO₂ in a single step.
- **ECHO (CO₂ to Olefins)** & **ARCUS (CO₂ to CO)**: Electrified reactor systems for converting captured CO₂ into valuable hydrocarbons like methane, propane, propylene, and syngas.
- **R&D & Engineering Services**: Custom catalyst, sorbent, and engineered materials design; process equipment testing and analysis; technology licensing and support.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed (private, grant-funded).
- **Key Metric**: Total disclosed funding of ~$1.0M from government grants (US DOE, NSF, Aviation Climate Taskforce, One North Carolina Small Business Program). They have built 11 pilots and deployed 22 projects.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: US Department of Energy (DOE), National Science Foundation (NSF), Aviation Climate Taskforce, NETL (National Energy Technology Laboratory), ARPA-E.
- **Growth Signals**: Selected for DOE's $45M carbon pollution reduction investment; awarded ARPA-E GREENWELLS grant for sustainable aviation fuel (ECHO-SAF); 1,644 LinkedIn followers (+16.3% YoY); active job posting for a Catalysis Scientist.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-Accelerated Materials Discovery**: Proprietary platform that compresses years of R&D into months for discovering solvents, sorbents, and catalysts.
- **End-to-End Technology Stack**: Covers point-source capture, direct air capture, and CO₂ conversion into products – a rare full-chain capability in one company.
- **Low-Cost, Drop-In Solutions**: Sustenol™ solvent is designed as a direct drop-in replacement for existing amine scrubbers, reducing adoption barriers and costs (<$50/tonne).
- **Electrified & Modular Reactors**: Joule-heated monoliths operate continuously from 60–900°C, enabling flexible, scalable deployment within existing industrial infrastructure.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale from Lab to Market**: Moving technologies from TRL 3–5 toward commercial deployment, with a strong "bias to deployment" philosophy.
- **Expand AI Platform**: Further integrating AI discovery into the materials pipeline to accelerate the development of next-gen carbon management materials.
- **Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)**: Commercializing the ECHO-SAF pathway via the ARPA-E GREENWELLS award.
- **Government & Industrial Partnerships**: Deepening collaboration with DOE, NETL, and industrial emitters to deploy pilot and demonstration projects.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven**: Employees are motivated by using innovation as a tool to solve the climate crisis.
- **Collaborative & Cross-Disciplined Culture**: The team operates without silos – chemists, engineers, and process modelers work together holistically.
- **Bold & Pragmatic**: Encourages audacious ideas but only pursues technologies with real potential to scale and be implemented.
- **Hybrid Workspace**: Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work (headquarters in Morrisville, NC).
- **Small, Impactful Team**: ~13 employees (as of mid-2025) – offering significant ownership and responsibility from day one.
- **Diverse Backgrounds**: Team includes backgrounds from RTI International, Sustaera, North Carolina State University, Air Products, Honeywell, and more.

## Sources
1. [susteon.com](https://www.susteon.com/)
2. [susteon.com/about](https://www.susteon.com/about)
3. [susteon.com/careers](https://www.susteon.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/susteon](https://www.linkedin.com/company/susteon)
5. [builtin.com/company/susteon-inc](https://builtin.com/company/susteon-inc)

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