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What they do

Charm Industrial removes carbon dioxide from the air. It turns plant waste that nobody can eat into bio-oil, a liquid rich in carbon. Then it pumps the bio-oil into wells deep underground, where the oil stays. The same machines make biochar, a charcoal that farmers put on soil. Charm started carbon removal in 2020.

What they value

• First, do no harm: serve the Earth and keep teammates safe.
• Gigatons or bust: take bold, calculated risks to reach a very large scale.
• Radical resilience: stay open-minded and learn from mistakes.
• Solve the right problem: go to the problems with the biggest impact.
• Weird and full of wonder: stay curious about the unknown.
• You are not alone: ask others for help and learn from them.

Where they hire

All ten open roles are at the Charm facility in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Eight are onsite and two are hybrid. The biochar sales role travels about half the time in Colorado, Kansas, Texas, and Louisiana. Charm also has locations in San Francisco and Louisiana. The postings say that Charm sponsors only E3 and TN visas.

Teams and roles

Five of the ten open roles are in the R&D team, which covers engineering and subsurface work. There are no software roles on the board.

• Engineering: a mechanical engineer who designs the next pyrolyzers, the machines that turn plant waste into bio-oil. A staff project engineer leads the design and construction of production facilities. A senior technical program manager runs schedules across the biomass, pyrolysis, and injection programs. A senior electrical and instrumentation technician repairs automation equipment and wires control cabinets.
• Subsurface: a reservoir engineer who models how the wells behave and writes the Class V injection permit applications for regulators.
• Lab: an analytical lab specialist who builds test systems and runs experiments on how bio-oil behaves in rock and brine.
• Measurement: an MRV analyst who reports carbon removal data and manages the audits of that data. MRV is measurement, reporting, and verification.
• Sales: a biochar market development manager who sells biochar to growers, ranchers, and co-ops and documents each tonne for carbon credits.
• Supply and site: a senior buyer who sources parts and manages suppliers, and a shipper and receiver who moves freight and inventory on the site.

Every posting states a pay range and offers stock options.

What they look for

Charm asks for hands-on people. Engineers and technicians build, test, and repair the equipment that they design or maintain. Most engineering and lab roles need a bachelor's degree in engineering or science. Experience ranges from three to five years for the mechanical engineer and the technician to eight or more for the staff project engineer. The reservoir engineer needs five or more years of subsurface work.

Several postings ask for a safety-first approach. Most ask for clear communication and work across teams such as engineering, operations, and procurement. Many ask for comfort with change and unclear problems in a fast environment. Experience in oil and gas, chemical processing, or other heavy industry is a bonus in several roles. The sales role needs two to five years of field sales and a driver's license. The postings do not describe the interview steps.