Own the end-to-end ammonia and methanol cracking process, from feed to engine-grade hydrogen, including process models, equipment specifications, and vendor-ready design.
Define the complete process chain across vaporization, preheating, cracking, heat recovery, slip mitigation, drying, filtration, compression, and buffering.
Build mass and energy balances and steady-state process models in Aspen or HYSYS; Python or spreadsheet-based models are also applicable.
Specify product-gas targets including hydrogen purity, ammonia slip, dew point, turndown, ramp rates, and operating envelopes.
Author equipment specifications for reactors, heaters, heat exchangers, separators, scrubbers or adsorbers, compressors, valves, and instrumentation.
Develop PFDs and P&IDs, maintain process datasheets and instrument lists, and define utility loads.
Lead vendor RFQs, evaluate technical bids, and support sourcing decisions.
Collaborate with Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, and Safety on integrated design, HAZID or HAZOP work, and commissioning readiness.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or a related field.
At least three years of process or chemical engineering experience, ideally with high-temperature gas systems.
Hands-on experience with catalyst reactors, furnaces or heaters, and gas-cleanup technologies.
Ability to translate process requirements into vendor-ready equipment datasheets.
Experience producing PFDs, P&IDs, and process documentation.
Clear technical communication and comfort working cross-functionally and on site.
Ways to stand out
Direct experience with ammonia, methanol, or hydrogen systems.
Marine integration or shipboard process systems.
Hazardous-area design exposure.
Python-based modeling or custom process tools.
Prior ownership of commissioning or performance validation for gas-process equipment.
Alameda, California · On-site · Full-time
Combustion Engineer
Own combustion physics and calibration for Newlight’s hydrogen-diesel retrofit, from test strategy to vessel-ready engine maps.
Develop the dual-fuel combustion strategy across hydrogen substitution, diesel pilot timing, lambda and EGR control, rail pressure, and split injection.
Plan and execute design-of-experiments work on dynamometers and vessels, including emissions and cylinder-pressure instrumentation.
Convert test results into usable calibrations, operating limits, release criteria, and real-time ECU protections.
Co-develop sensors, actuators, and state machines with Controls, then support simulation, HIL validation, FAT, HAT, SAT, and commissioning.
Must-have skills
Master’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering with a combustion or internal-combustion focus, or equivalent experience alongside a bachelor’s degree.
Hands-on engine testing and calibration experience, including cylinder-pressure analysis and emissions measurement.
Strong command of ignition delay, mixing, knock, emissions formation, aftertreatment interactions, and other combustion fundamentals.
Ability to turn analysis into runnable maps and limits on real-time ECUs.
Clear technical documentation and disciplined, data-led problem solving.
Preferred experience
Marine or heavy-duty engines and hydrogen or alternative-fuel dual-fuel systems.
Model-based development and hardware-in-the-loop validation.
Functional-safety concepts and familiarity with ABS, DNV, IGF, or USCG requirements.
Tools
MATLAB and Python for analysis and post-processing.
INCA or ATI for ECU calibration and map development.
CAN, UDS, and XCP workflows for logging and diagnostics.
GT-SUITE, CONVERGE, or STAR-CCM+ for combustion modeling, plus basic CAD for test-hardware interfaces.
What we offer
Competitive salary and equity package.
Ownership of combustion strategy and calibration for Newlight’s hydrogen-diesel technology.
Hands-on testing in dynamometer facilities and aboard vessel deployments.
The opportunity to work on dual-fuel systems that directly reduce fuel consumption and shipping emissions.
Alameda, California · On-site · Full-time
Electrical Engineer
Own the electrical systems that connect Newlight’s hydrogen-injection retrofit across test cells and customer vessels.
