I. Company introduction:

Yama is solving the biggest threat humanity ever faced: Climate Change with the ambitious goal to remove a billion tons of CO2 by 2050.

Yama’s purpose is to scale up, industrialize, and launch on the market the lowest energy consumption scalable Direct Air Capture technology.

DAC is a necessary technology to keep the Earth’s temperature below 1.5°C, but today’s processes would consume unsustainable quantities of energy, land or water if deployed at the required scale. We are solving that.

The technology is based on a novel integration of two CO2 desorption technologies, which allows Yama to undercut the thermodynamic and kinetic limits of existing processes.

Yama is a spin-out from Deep Science Ventures and is funded by the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, which was incorporated in May 2023. Current operations are based in Paris, France with pilot activities taking place in Nanterre (92000).

II. Main achievements/Missions/Objectives:

Yama is looking for a pilot technician in its R&D team to operate its pilot facility (10kgCO2/d capture capacity) in Nanterre.

The role will be to organize and perform the operations on-site on Yama’s DAC pilot facility to demonstrate continuous operation in collaboration with the R&D team (chemist, electrochemist, absorption specialist, engineers). You will report directly to the CTO.

Concretely, the main responsibilities will include:

• Manage on-site operations at the pilot facility (approx. 50m2 footprint) during installation, commissioning and operation
  • Involves core process (CO2 absorption and desorption units) and utilities (water, electrical supplies)
• Operate the DAC pilot facility on a day-to-day basis (start/stop the units, perform routine checks, report data, take samples)
• Ensure the maintenance of the pilot and calibration of the sensors (air speed, T/RH sensors, pH, conductivity, liquid flowmeters, level sensors…)
• Contributing to the definition of R&D tests in collaboration with the team
• Conducting R&D tests as defined by the experimental plan
• Structure documentation of the operations and tests at the pilot facility (protocols, safety and results)
• Ensuring continuous improvements of the pilot facility