Start date target / latest: ASAP
Mission / role summary: Lead the industrialization roadmap of Bloomineral’s carbon-negative mineral platform. You will be responsible for translating our validated biomineralization science into scalable, cost-competitive, and reliable pilot and pre-industrial systems. This is a hands-on leadership role wherein you will work closely with the entire team and external partners to ensure our technology performs not only in theory, but at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the industrialization roadmap from pilot to industrial deployment

• Design and validate pilot-scale systems, including reactor architecture, process flows, automation, and instrumentation

• Own process robustness, cost modeling, scalability, and reliability metrics

• Lead scale-up experimentation and process optimization

• Structure and oversee technology transfer to manufacturing partners or internal facilities

• Identify and mitigate technical risks; lead root-cause investigations and corrective strategies

• Integrate R&D, geochemistry, analytics, QA, engineering, and commercial objectives

• Define CAPEX/OPEX models and align technical decisions with margin and carbon-credit strategy

• Build and structure the industrialization / process engineering team

• Participate in fundraising, technical due diligence, and industrial partner negotiations

• Ensure regulatory, certification, and MRV considerations are embedded in process design

What We’re Looking For

• PhD or equivalent experience in chemical engineering, bioprocess engineering, environmental engineering, or related field

• Strong track record (10+ years or equivalent) in developing, scaling, and industrializing complex bio / chemical / mineral systems from lab to pilot to industrial scale

• Demonstrated experience building or operating pilot plants

• Strong expertise in process engineering, scale-up methodology, automation, and system reliability

• Experience managing multidisciplinary technical teams

• Comfortable operating in early-stage startup environments with ambiguity and resource constraints

• Strong strategic prioritization ability under technical and financial constraints

• Experience working with industrial partners, certification bodies, and investors

• Understanding of carbon removal, MRV, industrial mineral markets, or regulatory frameworks is a strong plus

Why Join Bloomineral

• Lead the industrialization of a genuinely new carbon-negative materials platform

• Work on science with real-world industrial implications

• Be part of a tight-knit, interdisciplinary team that values company culture

• Operate within the French ecosystem and collaborate with leading climate science institutions

• Shape how carbon becomes a building block rather than a liability

We care more about curiosity, rigor, and drive than about checking every box. If our mission resonates with you but your profile doesn’t match every single line above, apply anyway. We’re building a diverse, thoughtful team and we know great people don’t all look the same on paper. If you’re excited about turning carbon into materials the world can build with, we’d love to hear from you.