R&D Test Engineer - Internship

Background

The shipping industry is notoriously difficult to decarbonize, accounting for ~3% of global CO2 emissions. If it were a country, it would be the 6th largest emitter in the world (ranking just above Germany).

Recent global regulations from the International Maritime Organization require ships to reduce their CO2 emissions by 40% by 2030, but there are currently no clean solutions available for them to do so. Alternative power sources like hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, and onboard batteries are still 10-20 years away from maturity for large ships and energy efficiency solutions can only reduce 5-10% of CO2 emissions.

About Seabound

Seabound captures CO2 emissions from ships.

We are building a retrofittable device that traps the CO2 from a ship’s exhaust gas. It has the potential to be one of the simplest, safest, and most affordable solutions for zero-emissions shipping.

To date, we have proven the concept on land and tested our capture device on a 3200 TEU container ship. We have secured 6 letters of intent from major shipowners to purchase our systems, raised ~$4.5M USD from top investors including Lowercarbon Capital and Y Combinator, and won a competitive grant from the UK government in the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition. We are now recruiting a R&D Test Engineer to help optimize and scale this new category of maritime climate tech.

Roles and responsibilities

To support our mission of decarbonizing shipping, you will be a key member on a team responsible for bringing Seabound’s first-of-its-kind onboard carbon capture equipment from proven prototype to scalable product. You will own the design and integration of testing processes and equipment to support hardware iteration within the Seabound engineering team.

What You’ll Do:

• Support and develop hardware test campaigns to anchor analysis with real world data, including test design, integration, operation and evaluation of results
• Lead testing of Seabound prototypes; both in terms of execution of procedures, and improvment of processes for future testing
• Collaborate closely with other engineers on the team; contribute to growing and building a strong engineering culture and team
• Anything else that needs to be done in an early-stage startup

Skills and requirements

We are looking for:

• Pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, or a related discipline and previous work or internship experience

• Strong engineering fundamentals

• Hands-on experience building and testing real world parts

• Someone who is resourceful, ambitious, excited to tackle hard problems that no one has solved before, and holds themselves and others to a high standard

• Someone who is passionate about decarbonizing the shipping industry and tackling the climate crisis

• Ability to operate effectively under high degrees of uncertainty and to execute on tasks against tight timelines and aggressive schedules

• (Bonus but not required) experience in development and usage of engineering test procedures

• (Bonus but not required) experience owning significant responsibility in a fast-paced working environment

Location / Timing

Candidates for this role must:

• Have an existing right to work in the UK
• Be able to work from our office in London

Anticipated start (subject to change): June 2024

Duration: ~3 months

Seabound is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and strive to create an environment that is inclusive to all employees.