Also called: Electrochemical Process Engineer
Designs processes that use electricity to make chemicals, metals, batteries and green hydrogen.
You run a test cell that splits water or plates metal, measure how much energy it uses, and redesign it to work at factory scale. Many of these jobs are at startups working on green hydrogen, batteries and clean steel.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's or PhD in chemical engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Chemical engineers overall; clean-energy startups are hiring.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps model cells and screen materials; lab experiments, scale-up and running new battery and hydrogen plants stay human.
Classes: AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Calculus, Electronics class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2041.
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