Principal Mechanical Mechatronics Engineer, Mission Zero

£74-90k

+Employee Share Options

Expert level
London

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Mission Zero

Low-cost carbon capture

Open for applications

Mission Zero

Low-cost carbon capture

21-100 employees

B2BSustainabilityManufacturingEnvironmental

Open for applications

£74-90k

+Employee Share Options

Expert level
London

More information about location

21-100 employees

B2BSustainabilityManufacturingEnvironmental

Company mission

To reinvent the world's relationship with carbon.

Company mission

To reinvent the world's relationship with carbon.

Our take

Mission Zero is a UK-based company that develops machines to remove carbon dioxide from the air, in a process known as direct air capture (DAC). DAC promises to create a more circular carbon economy by capturing carbon and recycling it, but a major challenge for the technology is that the capture process itself can be very energy intensive.

This is where Mission Zero steps in, with a two-step process that works by capturing CO2 in a water-based solvent and then using electrolysis to separate it from the water. This approach has the potential to use 3-5x less energy than other established DAC technologies - a promising step for the technology.

Interestingly, Mission Zero is focusing on selling its DAC units directly, rather than selling associated carbon credits. It believes this approach will require less capital and help it to achieve faster scaling, as it pursues the goal to have one billion tonnes of DAC capability deployed by 2040.

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Benefits

  • 30 days of Annual Leave
  • 3 months Paternity/Maternity Leave
  • £500 annual Personal Development Grant
  • Unlimited mental health support
  • Employee Share Options Scheme
  • Christmas holidays office closure
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employer-matched contributions to global re-wilding programme
  • Opportunities to directly impact where our company is headed
  • A high-growth, high-trust environment that encourages bold creativity

Company values

  • Bold curiosity
  • Problem solving acumen
  • Hope for the future

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Mar 2024

$27.6m

SERIES A

May 2022

$5m

SEED

Total funding: $32.7m

Leadership

Experience scaling and building early-stage materials technologies in renewables, semiconductors, sensors and carbon capture. They have a PhD in Materials Science from University College London and a Masters in Chemistry from the University of Nottingham.

Scientific Consultant at Supercritical Solutions. They gained their PhD in Chemistry from the University of Bristol. In their final year of University they joined Deep Science Ventures as a Founding Analyst.

They have 6 years of experience in low-carbon research with world-leading academic and industrial teams at Imperial College London and BP. They gained their PhD in Materials Science from University College London and a Masters in Chemistry from the University of Nottingham.

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