About Circulogy
Circulogy CleanTech Pvt. Ltd. is a DPIIT-recognised DeepTech circular economy company headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Circulogy works on recovering value from waste streams, with a focus on critical minerals and rare earth elements that are vital to India's clean energy and electronics supply chains.
Circulogy is setting up a hydrometallurgy R&D; laboratory in Meerut to develop and refine processes for recovering lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese and rare earth elements (neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, terbium) from Li-ion battery black mass and permanent magnets. The lab works alongside national research institutions and will feed into Circulogy's planned commercial-scale recycling and refining facility in Uttar Pradesh.

WHY JOIN US● Build from day one: Be part of the founding team of a recent hydromet lab, with real ownership of processes and outcomes.
● National priority: Work on critical minerals and rare earths, which are central to India's energy transition and supply chain security.
● Lab to plant:



See your work move from the bench into a commercial-scale facility.
● Robust collaborations: Work alongside leading national research institutions.

ROLE SUMMARYThe R&D; Lead will build and run Circulogy's hydrometallurgy laboratory in Meerut. The role owns process development for recovering critical minerals and rare earth elements from diverse feedstocks, mainly Li-ion battery black mass and sintered NdFeB magnets. The Lead will lead a team of two chemists (Analytical and Process), turn lab results into robust process recipes, and support the separate pilot plant team with technical transfer and troubleshooting.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES● Lab set-up & leadership: Set up the hydromet lab (equipment specification, layout, commissioning, SOPs) and lead, mentor and review the work of the Analytical and Process Chemists.
● R&D; roadmap: Define and execute the lab's R&D; plan, experiment priorities, timelines and recovery / purity targets in line with

📌 ● R&d Lead – Hydrometallurgy Noida
🏢 Circulogy
📍 Noida