Senior Technical Advisor – Mineral Processing & Extractive Metallurgy at Axyde Analytics — NeverHard

About the opportunity Axyde Analytics is assembling a U.S.-eligible team for USTDA Global Critical Minerals Project Scoping Services. The anticipated 24-month assignment may include concept screens, assessments, TORs and budgets, project reports, sector deep dives, stakeholder consultations and limited international travel. This is a contingent, project-based consulting opportunity; engagement depends on contract award and assignment demand. What you will do Lead rapid technical screens of ore-to-product pathways, recovery assumptions, process maturity, scale-up risk and infrastructure dependencies. Evaluate comminution, flotation, gravity/magnetic separation, leaching, solvent extraction, precipitation, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy and refining routes as applicable. Review metallurgical testwork, mass balances, recoveries, reagent/water/energy demand, residues, emissions, product specifications and marketability. Develop or review scopes, schedules and budgets for test programs, pilot plants, feasibility studies and technical assistance. Contribute defensible findings, risk registers, cost assumptions and implementation recommendations to concise USTDA deliverables. Minimum qualifications At least 10 years of directly relevant metallurgy, mineral-processing or refining experience; critical-minerals experience strongly preferred. B.S. or higher in metallurgical, mineral-processing, chemical, mining or closely related engineering discipline. Demonstrated work on scoping, prefeasibility/feasibility, pilot, due-diligence or operating-improvement assignments. Ability to distinguish conventional, emerging and unproven process technologies and explain scale-up and integration risks to decision-makers. Preferred qualifications Experience with lithium, nickel, cobalt, copper, rare earths, graphite, gallium or other U.S.-designated critical minerals. Emerging-market project experience and familiarity with U.S. equipment, technology and service suppliers. Professional registration, graduate degree, Qualified Person experience or recognized industry credentials. Required eligibility U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident; able to certify eligibility before proposal use or engagement. Available for short-turn remote assignments, on-call work during an anticipated 24-month period, and international travel when requested. Able to sign confidentiality, conflict-of-interest, commitment/consent and other required representations. How to express interest Apply through the posting platform or the Axyde Analytics contact that shared this announcement. Include: Resume or CV limited to three pages, emphasizing directly relevant projects and personal responsibilities. A 150-word summary connecting your experience to this role and identifying critical-minerals commodities and countries supported. Availability through the anticipated performance period, travel capacity, and confirmation of U.S.-citizen or lawful-permanent-resident status; do not send identity documents. Proposed hourly/daily rate or rate range and any known organizational or financial conflicts. Axyde Analytics may contact only candidates whose qualifications match an anticipated assignment. This announcement is not a promise of employment or subcontract award.