At Aircapture we’re creating technology to solve what we believe to be our lifetime’s most pressing challenge: the climate crisis. We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO₂ captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds—be it through education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation—to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.

You will shape the data foundation that powers the technology of our lifetime, owning the pipelines, models, and analyses that turn operational data from our Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems into the insights our engineers and scientists rely upon. Partnering with cross-functional stakeholders, you will build and operate production data systems, defining what good looks like, making durable choices that hold up over time. If you are excited to have a major impact at a groundbreaking climate technology startup, we want to hear from you.

This role is onsite at our development and production facility in Berkeley, California.

Salary: $180,000-$220,000 per year

What You’ll Do Here

• Own and evolve Aircapture’s end-to-end data platform, using both Ignition and AWS
• Set technical direction for the data stack, evaluating tools, defining standards, and making durable architectural decisions
• Standardize and enforce engineering workflows across the data stack, such as version control, code review, CI/CD, testing, and documentation
• Maintain and support on-prem server systems connected to the data stack
• Partner closely with controls engineering on Ignition rollout 

Your Skills and Experience Include

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on industry experience, Master’s preferred
• 6+ years building and operating production data systems that are mission critical to novel technology
• Solid experience with AWS and services such as RDS, IAM, VPC, S3
• Strong SQL and Python expertise combined with solid engineering fundamentals across Git, CI/CD, and production workflows
• Thorough background in dbt across the full model lifecycle, plus orchestration tools like Airflow and Docker for production deployment
• Strong analytical orientation toward data interpretation, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and adjust architectural decisions accordingly
• Effective cross-functional collaborator and communicator; able to translate ambiguity into scoped work and push back when needed
• Self-directed, resourceful, and highly ownership-oriented from scoping through delivery
• Bonus: experience with industrial data systems (Ignition, SCADA, time-series), BI tools, or climate/energy domain

Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable, and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences, and viewpoints and making us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.

At Aircapture we’re creating technology to solve what we believe to be our lifetime’s most pressing challenge: the climate crisis. We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO₂ captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds—be it through education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation—to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.

You will lead the test and validation function that sits at the heart of Aircapture’s path from R&D to commercial technology. Owning system-level performance testing, you will define how we measure and understand our Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems, building a world-class quality and reliability capability. Performance understanding, repeatability, and reliability are not incidental concerns at Aircapture, they are central to how we learn, improve, and ultimately scale. If you are a hands-on technical leader who wants to build something lasting at a groundbreaking climate technology company, we want to hear from you.

This role is onsite at our development and production facility in Berkeley, California.

Salary:  $190,000-205,000 per year

What You’ll Do Here

• Own and operate test labs, developing data and reporting standards across test platforms
• Lead and develop a high-performing test and reliability team, setting priorities, driving execution, and establishing best practices as Aircapture scales
• Drive system-level testing of FOAK DAC prototypes, including design envelope and full performance characterization
• Define and own system performance metrics, partnering cross-functionally as the authority on system performance and data interpretation
• Responsible for data pipeline for test and operational data, from instrumentation to historian and analysis
• Design and implement HALT/ALT testing of components and sub-systems 
• Build Aircapture’s quality foundation including repeatability, FAT requirements, and scaling toward manufacturing
• Develop data-driven reliability models, including degradation, design-life validation, predictive maintenance inputs
• Translate test results into actionable feedback loops for design and operations

Your Skills and Experience Include

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or a related field, Master’s preferred
• 8+ years in test engineering, systems testing, or experimental R&D with end-to-end ownership of hardware test programs
• Experience managing and developing engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and driving performance in fast-paced, technical environments
• Strong physics-based understanding of thermofluid and electro-mechanical systems 
• Proven ability to define meaningful performance metrics and build systems to measure them
• Strong instrumentation and Data Acquisition expertise, coupled with advanced analytical skills and ability to work closely with data engineering
• Background in quality/reliability systems, such as FAT, reliability testing, failure analysis, early-stage QMS
• Self-directed and decisive in ambiguous environments; full ownership from scoping through delivery
• Excellent cross-functional communicator; translates data into insight and pushes back when needed
• Bonus: industrial or energy hardware, scaling test/quality functions, reliability engineering or predictive maintenance

Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable, and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences, and viewpoints and making us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.

At Aircapture we’re creating and scaling a circular carbon economy to solve what we believe to be our lifetime's most pressing challenge: The climate crisis. We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds--be it thought, education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation--to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.

Are you curious and proactive, looking to gain hands-on experience in People Operations? This is an opportunity to support the People team at a fast-growing climate tech startup and learn how People Ops functions behind the scenes. You will gain exposure to onboarding, employee experience, HR systems, and core People programs, and support aspects of the hiring process–while developing strong management, communication, and problem-solving skills. 

Pay rate: $25 per hour, plus up to $400 in travel reimbursement for those relocating from outside of the Bay Area.

What You’ll Do Here

• Assist with onboarding and offboarding processes to ensure a positive and organized employee experience 
• Support the People team in maintaining and improving internal documentation and resources (e.g., Notion, policies, guides) 
• Research and synthesize insights to support People programs such as engagement, learning and development, and job architecture
• Own 1-2 scoped summer projects focused on process improvement based on team priorities
• Provide general team support (e.g., scheduling, coordination, and operational or office-related tasks) to enable the company to run efficiently 
• Jump on ad-hoc tasks as needed–this may include helping with day-today operational needs in a start-up environment 
• Communicate and collaborate openly with team members across the company

Your Skills and Abilities Include

All of your work experience is interesting to us–please include part time jobs, summer jobs, work/study, entrepreneurial endeavors, and volunteer work on your resume.

• Current college student with prior internship and/or leadership experience
• Interest in exploring a career in People/HR; open to learning different areas within People Operations
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Clear and thoughtful communicator with attention to detail
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment and navigating ambiguity
• Experience with Notion, Slack and G Suite is a plus, but not required–ability to learn new tools quickly is key
• Interest in climate tech and purpose-driven organizations

Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences and viewpoints and makes us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.

At Aircapture, we’re creating and scaling a circular carbon economy to solve what we believe to be our lifetime's most pressing challenge: the climate crisis. We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds - be it thought, education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation - to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.

As a Climate Policy & Carbon Markets Intern, you will play a key role in analyzing carbon dioxide removal (CDR) policy landscapes and carbon market mechanisms, helping inform our policy, business development, and strategic priorities. If you are looking for a research-oriented summer internship where your analysis will contribute to real-world policy and market insights, this role is for you. 

This is a full time, Summer opportunity at our research and development facility in Berkeley, California.

Pay rate: $25 per hour, plus up to $400 in travel reimbursement for those relocating from outside of the Bay Area.

What You’ll Do Here

• Conduct research on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) organizations, coalitions, and industry groups to understand the broader policy and ecosystem landscape
• Analyze carbon credit mechanisms and registries across voluntary and compliance markets to evaluate how different approaches apply to emerging CDR and CCU solutions
• Support internal efforts to translate carbon market insights into clear, actionable guidance for the company
• Research global climate forums, including key stakeholders, participation structures, and areas of focus
• Explore pathways for organizational participation in international climate events and working groups 
• Review evolving climate policy frameworks and draft texts to identify relevant themes and opportunities for engagement
• Synthesize research into concise memos, briefings, and presentations for internal teams

Your Skills and Abilities Include

• Completed Junior year or equivalent studying Environmental Policy, Public Policy, Economics, Environmental Science, or Political Science
• Strong analytical and research skills, with the ability to synthesize complex policy and market information
• Interest in carbon markets, climate policy, and carbon dioxide removal (CDR)
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently on structured, project-based work

Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences and viewpoints and makes us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.

At Aircapture we’re creating technology to solve what we believe to be our lifetime’s most pressing challenge: the climate crisis.  We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds–be it thought, education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation–to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Aircapture, you will be an essential member of our team, collaborating with Electrical and Process Engineers on our R&D efforts and improving installed systems. This is a very exciting time to join Aircapture as we expand our market share and revolutionize Direct Air Capture (“DAC”) technology. If you want to have a major impact at a groundbreaking climate technology startup, this is the role for you!

This role is onsite at our development and production facility in Berkeley, California.

Salary: $165,000-185,000 per year

What You’ll Do Here

• Design and develop mechanical systems for our next-generation DAC units, impacting the entire product lifecycle: concept, design, build, test, and deployment
• Translate prototypes into scalable, manufacturable systems while collaborating cross-functionally with electrical, controls, and systems teams
• Support field deployments and iterate technology based on real-world performance
• Work with vendors and manufacturing partners to bring systems into production
• Drive engineering rigor through testing, validation, and continuous improvement

Your Skills and Abilities Include

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience, Master’s degree a plus
• 7+ years of experience developing and scaling industrial or hardware systems, and a proven track record of taking products from design through build, test, and deployment
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments–we are an early stage start-up and success requires flexibility and a solutions-oriented mindset and attitude
• Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on–you love to design and also don’t hesitate to pick up a wrench
• Strong fundamentals in mechanical design and system integration, including expertise in one or more of these focus areas:
  • Experience with computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
  • Background in radio frequency (RF) system design
  • Experience with refrigeration or thermal systems
  • Familiarity with contract manufacturing
  • Experience with gas handling, processing, or liquefaction systems
  • Experience with rotating machinery such as fans, compressors, and pumps

This position requires physical activities including climbing stairs or ladders, stooping, crouching to work on equipment, operating machinery and lifting and carrying loads of 50 lbs or more.

Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable, and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences and viewpoints and makes us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.

At Aircapture we’re creating and scaling a circular carbon economy to solve what we believe to be our lifetime's most pressing challenge: the climate crisis. We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds--be it thought, education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation--to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.

As a Test Engineering Intern (Microwave Systems) you will play a key role in executing microwave-assisted CO2 desorption experiments and measuring microwave-related material properties, supporting test setup and operation, collecting and analyzing data, and helping characterize material behavior across substrate and sorbet properties as well as operation conditions, working closely with the R&D, Test Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering teams. If you are looking for a project-based summer internship in which you'll get hands-on experience, this is the role for you!

This is a full time, Summer opportunity at our research and development facility in Berkeley, California.

Pay rate: $25 per hour, plus up to $400 in travel reimbursement for those relocating from outside of the Bay Area.

What You’ll Do Here

• Run microwave-assisted CO2 desorption experiments and document procedures, conditions, and outcomes
• Operate and help maintain test stands, including microwave units, vacuum and gas-flow systems, mass flow controllers, and bladder/weight measurement instrumentation
• Collect, clean, and analyze experiment data (temperature, pressure, power, flow, CO₂ concentration) and produce clear summary plots and tables
• Communicate results in concise written summaries and short presentations to the R&D and Engineering teams
• Follow lab/shop safety protocols and contribute to a clean, well-organized test environment
• Eager to contribute to a collaborative, motivated R&D team, communicate openly, work well with others, and open to learning from experience

Your Skills and Abilities Include

• Completed Junior year or equivalent studying Chemical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field by Summer 2026
• Comfort working with mechanical or electrical lab setups (e.g., assembling test rigs, troubleshooting components) is a plus
• Experience working on team-based technical projects and collaborating across disciplines
• Skilled at documenting work in a structured and organized way (e.g., lab notebooks, reports, or project summaries)
• Comfort learning and operating within existing systems, protocols, or technical frameworks
• Ability to manage tasks independently when given clear direction and context
• Adept at balancing multiple assignments with defined priorities and deadlines
• Clear written and verbal communication skills

Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences and viewpoints and makes us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.

At Aircapture we’re creating and scaling a circular carbon economy to solve what we believe to be our lifetime's most pressing challenge: the climate crisis. We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds--be it thought, education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation--to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.

As a Materials Characterization Intern (Microwave Systems) you will play a key role in preparing, measuring, documenting and modeling (is a plus) microwave-related material properties, supporting instrument setup and operation, collecting and analyzing data, and helping characterize material behavior across substrate and sorbet properties as well as operation conditions, working closely with the R&D, Test Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering teams. If you are looking for a project-based summer internship in which you'll get hands-on experience, this is the role for you!

This is a full time, Summer opportunity at our research and development facility in Berkeley, California.

Pay rate: $25 per hour, plus up to $400 in travel reimbursement for those relocating from outside of the Bay Area.

What You’ll Do Here

• Prepare, measure, document, and model (is plus) contactor materials to characterize their microwave-related properties.
• Collect, clean, and analyze experiment data (temperature, pressure, power, flow, CO₂ concentration) and produce clear summary plots and tables
• Communicate results in concise written summaries and short presentations to the R&D and Engineering teams
• Follow lab/shop safety protocols and contribute to a clean, well-organized test environment
• Eager to contribute to a collaborative, motivated R&D team, communicate openly, work well with others, and open to learning from experience

Your Skills and Abilities Include

• Completed Junior year or equivalent studying Chemical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field by Summer 2026
• Comfort working with mechanical or electrical lab setups (e.g., assembling test rigs, troubleshooting components) is a plus
• Experience working on team-based technical projects and collaborating across disciplines
• Skilled at documenting work in a structured and organized way (e.g., lab notebooks, reports, or project summaries)
• Comfort learning and operating within existing systems, protocols, or technical frameworks
• Ability to manage tasks independently when given clear direction and context
• Adept at balancing multiple assignments with defined priorities and deadlines
• Clear written and verbal communication skills

Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences and viewpoints and makes us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.

At Aircapture we’re creating technology to solve what we believe to be our lifetime’s most pressing challenge: the climate crisis.  We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds–be it through education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation–to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.

Design the technology of our lifetime as a Senior Microwave Engineer at Aircapture! You will use your deep expertise in microwave technology to advance a cutting-edge approach to Direct Air Capture (DAC). This role is for someone who thrives on technical challenges, loves discovering solutions by doing, and is energized by working at the frontier of a genuinely new application of an established technology. If you are excited to have a major impact at a groundbreaking climate technology startup, we want to hear from you.

This role is onsite at our development and production facility in Berkeley, California.

Salary: $170,000-200,000 per year

What You’ll Do Here

• Innovate and solve technical challenges, leveraging your deep expertise in microwave, electrical, and mechanical systems to research and develop first-of-a-kind Microwave Direct Air Capture (MWDAC) technology
• Operate with equal command of simulation tools and physical experimentation—a rare combination that is essential to moving this technology forward
• Work directly with high voltage and high power microwave systems from 1 kW to 100 kW across frequency ranges from 900 MHz to 3000 MHz
• Optimize MWDAC cavity and waveguide designs through simulation and modeling, then build and validate experimental test rigs and prototypes that advance R&D efforts
• Design and execute test plans and experimental protocols, collect and analyze data rigorously, and close the loop between simulation predictions and physical results
• Oversee microwave safety protocols and ensure safe operation of all MW systems in the lab environment
• Partner with a motivated, multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists who are excited about this work and this mission

Your Skills and Abilities Include 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field with a focus on microwave technology
• Master’s or PhD preferred, or equivalent hands-on industry experience
• 5+ years of experience in R&D roles involving system design, simulation, hands-on experimental work, data collection and analysis, and iterative design refinement
• Deep expertise in RF and microwave engineering, including s-parameters, material permittivity, impedance matching, chamber modeling, and multimode and single-mode wave propagation
• Expert proficiency with industry-standard RF/microwave modeling software such as COMSOL or ANSYS HFSS (we use COMSOL), combined with a track record of validating models against physical experimental results. Proficiency with SolidWorks preferred
• Ability to design and execute test procedures, interpret experimental data, and translate findings into design improvements—working fluidly between the model and the lab
•  Knowledge of microwave safety standards and practices, including RF leakage detection, arc prevention, and high-voltage electrical safety
• Self-directed and resourceful: you identify what you need, make the case for it, find a way forward when the obvious path is blocked, and take full ownership of your projects without waiting to be directed
• Outstanding collaborative abilities: communicates proactively and directly across disciplines, receives feedback constructively, raises concerns through appropriate channels, and works effectively alongside mechanical, electrical, controls, and R&D colleagues

Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace.  Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences and viewpoints and makes us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.

At Aircapture we’re creating and scaling a circular carbon economy to solve what we believe to be our lifetime's most pressing challenge: the climate crisis. We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds–be it thought, education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation–to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.

As a Process Engineer you will be instrumental in the development of novel Direct Air Capture “DAC” systems onsite in our development and production facility in Berkeley, California. You will partner with the Electrical and Manufacturing teams and use your innovative thought process and optimistic mindset to propel the conceptualization, design, prototyping and manufacturing of the DAC systems as we work together to mitigate the impacts of climate change. If you are excited to have a major impact at a groundbreaking climate technology startup, this is the role for you!

Salary: $90,000-100,000 per year

What You’ll Do Here

• Work on a variety of projects from start to finish 
• Design, simulate and engineer novel process systems in the carbon capture space
• Design and plan equipment layouts
• Estimate capital and operating costs
• Evaluate process and equipment to ensure compliance with environmental and safety regulations
• Prepare PFDs and P&ID’s, including control loops
• Prepare line, valve and equipment sizing
• Conduct detailed reviews of vendor drawings/documents for accuracy
• Communicate and interface openly and frequently with other team members

Your Skills and Abilities Include

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering, or similar area of study
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Ability to review and verify peer calculations
• Experience with CAD software
• Experience with process modeling software such as Aspen+
• Strong written/verbal communication skills

Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences and viewpoints and makes us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.

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