Head of Engineering
Own how TSSE becomes deployable infrastructure.
The hardest water in industry is untreatable at economic cost.
Produced water in the Permian. Mining process water. FGD wastewater. Cooling tower blowdown from data centers. These streams are the binding constraint on industrial growth, and thermal evaporation, reverse osmosis, and crystallizers all break down at the salinities that matter most.
Cetos is building the first system designed to handle them. We are a small, technically dense team building for deployment into real industrial environments, not for the lab, not for the pitch deck.
Join the team solving the hardest water challenges.
Small Team, Real Streams, High Impact.
We are technically dense on purpose. Fewer people, more ownership, solving one of the most important technology challenges for industry, our environment and societies.
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01 Novel technology
A process that did not exist in industrial form five years ago, originated at Columbia and advanced in-house. First-principles work, not incremental optimization of someone else's unit operation.
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02 Commercial deployment
Named streams, named customers, and systems that have to hold a schedule and a capital target. You will see what you build get installed, not shelved.
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03 Equity that matters
Market-rate cash for the stage and meaningful equity commensurate with impact. Most deep-tech roles give you one of these three things. We think you should have all three.
Open Roles
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Process Engineer
Own the process engineering that turns a customer's brine into a working system.
Controls Engineer
Own the automation and instrumentation that keep a plant running in the field.
Don't see your role? We hire ahead of the plan when the person is right. Send a note to careers@cetoswater.com and tell us what you'd own.
How we hire:
Four conversations. No busywork.
Intro with the CEO
Thirty minutes on what you've built and what you want to own next. Direct, and worth your time either way.
Technical deep dive
We go through a system you've taken to the field, the design calls you made, the constraints, and what broke.
Working session
A real problem from our current pilot, worked through together. You'll see the actual engineering, not a puzzle.
References and offer
We move quickly and tell you where you stand at every step.
Cetos Water is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
