Location: Bangalore, India
Experience: 3–8 years of hands-on experience in designing, scaling, or operating high-temperature thermal or biomass conversion systems, including pyrolysis, gasification, kilns, or industrial furnaces.
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About Alt Carbon:
Alt Carbon is a deeptech science and data company, building agri-infrastructure for climate action. We aim to make South Asia a hub for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) through technology pathways like Enhanced Rock Weathering and Biochar. We work with farmers and scientists across the Global South to turn underutilized land into carbon sinks.
Our flagship initiative, the Darjeeling Revival Project (DRP), is a first-of-its-kind effort to unite climate action with cultural and ecological restoration - by reviving degraded soils, restoring livelihoods, and rebuilding ecosystems. This year, we also launched the Bengal Renaissance Project (BRP), a large-scale biochar program that is building a network of biomass banks, pyrolysis, and gasification plants across Eastern India, with a mission to weave hope back into the lands of India.
Rooted in science, powered by community, and driven by the belief that revivals require ambition and audacious bets, our mission is to remove 5 million metric tons of CO₂ by 2030.
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Alt Carbon was started by sibling tea planters Shrey and Sparsh Agarwal, in order to rescue their family’s tea estate from being at-risk of climate impact to becoming the frontier of climate action.
Read about our journey below:
Our Journey to Revive Darjeeling
To read more about our work, check out this news feature about us, go through this twitter thread, or have a look at our work in Darjeeling.
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The Pyrolysis Engineer will own the core thermal conversion process that transforms biomass into high-quality biochar. The role sits within the Biochar Engineering function and focuses on process design, optimisation, troubleshooting, and systematic learning transfer across plants. This is neither a plant-operator role nor a research-only role. It is a systems engineering position that bridges physics, operations, and scale.
Pyrolysis is central to biochar credibility. Errors at this stage impact yield, permanence, MRV defensibility, and long-term trust. This role ensures that what we scale is what we deeply understand.
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Pyrolysis Process Ownership
Design & Scale-Up