Teams at Phoenix Tailings

Act as the CTO's right hand for R&D and Technology, owning program management, roadmaps, milestone tracking, dependency management across chemistry and engineering workstreams, translating between technical teams and business stakeholders, preparing executive/investor materials, and building operating cadence and decision processes without adding bureaucracy.

Design, build, test, validate, and commission mechanical systems for high-temperature electrolysis, furnace, and electrochemical processes. Create 3D CAD models and drawings in SolidWorks, select mechanical components, develop and run V-Model-based verification/validation and DOE-driven test plans, and perform hands-on prototype assembly, troubleshooting, and commissioning in lab and pilot environments.

Lead hands-on R&D to develop and scale pyrometallurgical and high-vacuum processes for critical metals recovery. Design and run high-temperature experiments, operate and troubleshoot furnaces and vacuum equipment, analyze metals and process streams with analytical techniques, optimize process conditions, identify failure modes, and convert data into actionable process improvements to improve yield, purity, energy use, and scalability.