Chemist - Customer Applications & Product Development

Claros Technologies•Minneapolis, MN

5d•$60,000 - $75,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Customer Applications Chemist is a hands-on chemistry professional who bridges research, product development, and customer success. Reporting to the Vice President of Product Development, the role combines expertise in water chemistry and PFAS treatment with customer engagement throughout business development and technology deployment. The chemist conducts treatability studies, evaluates customer water chemistries, participates in customer meetings, supports early-stage customer qualification, and helps determine effective treatment approaches. The role translates technical findings into practical business recommendations that support customer acquisition, pilot execution, and commercial deployment. The position includes laboratory work, customer interaction, and travel to customer facilities as needed, up to 40% of the time, to support pilot planning, startup, operation, troubleshooting, and performance evaluation. The role contributes to treatment-process development and optimization and collaborates with Claros engineers, scientists, and customer personnel. It is based on-site at Claros headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Requirements

B.S. or M.S. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
2–5 years of experience in chemistry or applications-related work.
Willingness and interest in traveling to customer sites and seeing technology deployed in field settings.
Ability to connect laboratory data, customer needs, and product capabilities to identify an appropriate treatment solution.
Strong laboratory skills and attention to detail and consistency.
Knowledge of water treatment processes, environmental chemistry, or water chemistry.
Familiarity with analytical techniques such as LC-MS, TOC, or ion chromatography.

Responsibilities

Evaluate customer water chemistry data and assess its suitability for Claros PFAS destruction and treatment technologies.
Develop technical recommendations on treatment approach, process applicability, and expected performance based on customer-specific water matrices.
Participate in customer-facing technical discussions during early customer engagement and project development.
Support technical due diligence to inform pilot selection and commercial opportunities.
Design, execute, and analyze laboratory experiments for customer projects, product development initiatives, and technology validation under the supervision of the Product Development Project Lead.
Develop, interpret, and summarize data for technical decision-making, customer deliverables, and business objectives.
Identify technical challenges during treatability studies and recommend solutions or process modifications.
Maintain rigorous experimentation, documentation, and data traceability.
Travel to customer facilities as needed, up to 40% of the time, to support pilot planning, execution, startup, performance evaluation, and troubleshooting.
Work with Claros engineers, chemists, operators, and customer personnel during pilot deployments.
Collect, interpret, and communicate field performance data to support customer decisions and product development.
Contribute to the development and optimization of treatment processes through data-driven experimentation and analysis.
Support evaluation of new technologies, treatment approaches, and application opportunities.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to advance product performance, reliability, and commercial viability.
Comply with Claros safety requirements, laboratory procedures, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Maintain a safe, organized, and well-documented laboratory environment.
Represent Claros professionally in customer meetings, pilot projects, and industry interactions.
Communicate effectively across scientific, engineering, commercial, and operational teams.