Oxara is an ETH spin-off with the vision of enabling access to sustainable construction and affordable housing. To achieve this, we use our patented admixture technology to transform mineral waste materials into sustainable building materials. Thanks to this process, we can help create a future-oriented and circular construction industry with low CO2 emissions.

Join us on our mission and build a greener future with us!

To strengthen our admixture innovation team and to reach our business targets, we are looking for a committed personality who wishes to make a difference as Scientific Collaborator.

Starting from now at Oxara in Dietikon (Canton of Zurich).

Your responsibilities:

• Design, evaluate, and implement new methods for performance tests with excavation materials at laboratory scale.
• Support the Laboratory Manager with laboratory experiments/results to develop new products formulations and applications.
• Execution of rheological tests to assess the performance of our admixtures on excavation materials.
• Writing of protocols and scientific reports

Your skills and assets:

• Bachelor degree in chemistry, material science or related field preferable with background in clay minerals and building materials
• Experience in physico-chemical analyses and familiarity with rheological tests on paste and mortar.
• Good knowledge of reporting, interpretation and documentation of scientific results
• Self-driven personality, creativity, adaptability towards a rapidly growing environment and good team-oriented working capability
• Hands-on mentality and a sense of ownership and responsibility
• Interest in social, sustainability topics and green chemistry
• Proficiency in English and German, additional languages are a plus.

What Oxara offers you:

• International, young, diverse and motivated team
• Stimulating, learning and innovative environment
• Technological, research-oriented challenges, and growth opportunity
• Startup that contributes to a better built environment and sustainable future
• Flexible and value-oriented working environment
• Market salary

Being a member of Oxara means promoting the values of Oxara: welcoming one another’s differences, favoring low environmental impact habits, working in the respect of person and material, advocating gender equality.

“We do not make concrete, we save the planet one building at a time”, Clara Campo Cid

learn more about us on www.oxara.earth or on Linkedin.

If you are interested in this position and would like to shape our and your future, we are looking forward to receiving your application including all relevant documents (Cover Letter, CV, Diplomas and references).