Chemist - Customer Applications & Product Development

Claros Technologies•Minneapolis, MN

3d•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, this role applies expertise in water chemistry and PFAS treatment while engaging with customers 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 recommends effective treatment approaches for specific applications. The role translates technical findings into practical business recommendations supporting customer acquisition, pilot execution, and commercial deployment. The position combines laboratory work, field engagement, and customer interaction. It includes travel to customer facilities as needed, up to 40% of the time, to support pilot planning, startup, operation, troubleshooting, and performance evaluation alongside Claros engineers, scientists, and customer personnel. The role contributes to treatment process development and optimization, technology evaluation, and product performance, reliability, and commercial viability. It is based on-site at Claros headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Claros Technologies is a U.S.-based company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Minneapolis. Its ClarosTech division develops systems for permanent PFAS destruction, and its ISO/IEC 17025:2017-accredited ClarosLabs division focuses on PFAS detection, quantification, and exposure assessment. The company describes its mission as destroying PFAS and taking the “forever” out of forever chemicals.

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 to travel to customer sites and see 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 suitability for Claros PFAS destruction and treatment technologies.
Develop customer-specific technical recommendations on treatment approach, process applicability, and expected performance.
Participate in customer-facing technical discussions during early customer engagement and project development.
Support technical due diligence informing pilot selection and commercial opportunities.
Design, execute, and analyze laboratory experiments for customer projects, product development, and technology validation under the supervision of the Product Development Project Lead.
Develop, interpret, and summarize data to support technical decisions, customer deliverables, and business objectives.
Identify technical challenges during treatability studies and recommend solutions or process modifications.
Maintain experimental rigor, 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 treatment process development and optimization through data-driven experimentation and analysis.
Support evaluation of new technologies, treatment approaches, and application opportunities.
Collaborate across functions 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.