Senior Technoeconomic Analyst

Job Description

Our mission is to return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO???. We convert excess inedible biomass into carbon-rich bio-oil and inject it into underground storage for permanent carbon removal. At scale, we can use bio-oil to make fossil-free iron.

Our carbon removal efforts began in 2020 with initial purchases from customers like Stripe, Shopify, and Microsoft. Since then, we've scaled to thousands of tons of carbon removal, grown to over a hundred employees, and established three locations in San Francisco, Colorado, and Louisiana.

We're expanding our team of ambitious, creative, and hands-on problem solvers. We value psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous learning. We take calculated risks and treat mistakes as opportunities to improve. If you're excited about tackling big challenges, we encourage you to explore our company values.

Come help us reverse climate change. Gigatons or bust!

About the role

The voluntary carbon removal market is nascent, ever-changing, and complex. As Charm drives down the cost curve of CDR deliveries and moves molecules, we must continuously validate the long-term engineering roadmap, determine estimated future costs, and understand how process and product carbon efficiency changes as the business evolves. All of Charm's various departments collaborate together so that we make informed and forward-looking decisions.

As Charm's Senior Technoeconomic Analyst, you will own technoeconomic modeling used to evaluate major strategic pathways and inform capital allocation decisions across the business. You will play a critical, cross-functional role in evaluating and shaping these decisions and driving impact across Charm's engineering, financial, and strategic roadmaps.

Through the development of detailed models, the role will own the Charm Duo's life-cycle analysis, conduct first-principles modeling, leverage insights to identify opportunities to drive meaningful system improvements, and support long-term cost curve development.

The role will report directly into the Corporate Finance & Strategy Manager and work hand-in-hand with our Engineering, Research, and Carbon Accounting teams.

Your Responsibilites

• Own and evolve Charm's technoeconomic and life cycle models, incorporating new analyses that reflect evolving company strategy
• Own and maintain process flow diagrams and mass and energy balance models for key systems and pathways
• Lead analysis of new and ambiguous opportunities, developing models to evaluate technical and economic tradeoffs
• Develop technoeconomic perspectives to inform roadmaps for research efforts, capital projects, and technology deployment
• Partner closely with Research and Engineering to evaluate high-leverage process modifications and extensions
• Translate technical roadmaps into financial models, including cost projections and implications for budgeting and long-range planning
• Work closely with Engineering, Research, Development, Finance and Carbon Accounting to build cross-functional uniformity in technical and economic assumptions
• Present technoeconomic insights and recommendations to internal stakeholders, including leadership, investors, and partners

Your Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field (advanced degree preferred)
• 6-10+ years of relevant, full-time experience in technoeconomic analysis, process modeling, or capital project evaluation in industrial systems (e.g., energy, O&G, carbon, chemicals, heavy industry)
• Demonstrated experience building technoeconomic or financial models (e.g., NPV, IRR, cost curves) to evaluate capital-intensive systems
• Deep analytical thinking and an ability to distill down complicated analyses into digestible formats for a range of teams
• Proven ability to operate independently in ambiguous problem spaces, structuring analyses and identifying the highest-impact questions to evaluate
• Strong data visualization or technical storytelling skills
• Curiosity, creativity, and comfort exploring ideas that don't yet have clean answers
• Experience with carbon removal, climate tech, energy systems, or heavy industry
• Familiarity with process simulation tools (e.g., Aspen Plus/HYSYS) or optimization frameworks
• Background working in or closely with industrial operations, pilot facilities, or hardware-focused environments
• Ability to read and work with PFDs, P&IDs, and equipment specifications
• Experience evaluating learning curves, deployment strategies, or infrastructure-heavy scale-ups

Bonus, if You Bring

• Experience applying technoeconomic analysis to inform long-term technology roadmap and strategic decisions
• Prior experience in a high-growth startup or early-stage industrial company
• Experience working on emerging climate technologies (e.g., carbon removal, energy systems, industrial decarbonization)
• Experience with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) or carbon accounting methodologies
• Exposure to carbon markets, MRV frameworks, or registry requirements

$125,000 - $150,000 a year

with flexibility for highly experienced candidates within this level

What We Offer

• Stock options
• Health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 50% match on contributions up to 6%
• Paid time off, including parental leave
• A yearly professional development stipend
• Healthy snacks for onsite employees
• A chance to pivot into a role in climate!

Visa Sponsorship Policy

Since we are a small startup, certain accommodations for visa sponsorship may not be within our capability. At this time, Charm Industrial is only sponsoring E3 and TN visas.

Our Commitment

Charm Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on skills, experience, and passion for our mission. Climate challenges require a wide range of perspectives and expertise, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We're excited to grow our team with people who bring unique strengths and help us improve as a company.