
Dunia is a company focused on accelerating the discovery of electro-active materials for the chemical industry, aiming to support a sustainable future and the energy transition. They achieve this by integrating cutting-edge robotics and advanced algorithms, creating an autonomous laboratory environment named Iris. This platform facilitates a closed-loop Design-Make-Test-Analyze cycle, significantly reducing the R&D timeline for material innovation from years to months and potentially lowering costs. Their mission is to decarbonize chemical processes, with an initial goal of developing the world's first cost-effective CO2 electrolyzer. They work with industries like fuels, plastics, fertilizers, and textiles to innovate carbon-neutral processes and create new markets for sustainable chemicals and fuels.

Dunia is a company focused on accelerating the discovery of electro-active materials for the chemical industry, aiming to support a sustainable future and the energy transition. They achieve this by integrating cutting-edge robotics and advanced algorithms, creating an autonomous laboratory environment named Iris. This platform facilitates a closed-loop Design-Make-Test-Analyze cycle, significantly reducing the R&D timeline for material innovation from years to months and potentially lowering costs. Their mission is to decarbonize chemical processes, with an initial goal of developing the world's first cost-effective CO2 electrolyzer. They work with industries like fuels, plastics, fertilizers, and textiles to innovate carbon-neutral processes and create new markets for sustainable chemicals and fuels.
Mission: Accelerate discovery of electro-active materials to decarbonize chemical processes
Core product: Iris — an autonomous closed-loop Design-Make-Test-Analyze (DMTA) laboratory platform
Founded: 2022
Recent funding: $11.5M (Oct 2024)
Headcount (approx.): 51
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Accelerating discovery and manufacturability of electrochemical materials for chemicals, fuels, and related industries to enable carbon-neutral processes.
2022
DeepTech
$11,500,000
Syndicate included Elaia, Redalpine, Kindred Capital, Anglo American, Deep Science Ventures, Pace Ventures and others.
“Investor syndicate includes corporate and VC participation (e.g., Anglo American, Elaia, Redalpine, Kindred Capital, Deep Science Ventures, Pace Ventures)”
Your mission Design and scale manufacturing systems for AI-native materials discovery Dunia is building a new kind of materials company, where discovery is driven by tightly coupled experimentation, automation, and AI. As our materials move from discovery toward scale, manufacturing systems must be designed not just for output, but for learning, reliability, and iteration.
As Manufacturing Systems Engineer, you will design and build the systems, processes, and flows that allow Dunia’s materials platforms to scale from lab-level validation to repeatable, industrially relevant production. You will think in systems: processes, equipment, data, controls, and people.
This role exists to ensure that scale does not break what makes Dunia so fast.
Your tasks will include: Design scalable manufacturing systems
Bridge discovery and manufacturing
Build manufacturing readiness
Embed data and learning into manufacturing
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About Us Dunia , meaning “world” in over 20 languages, reflects our focus on building technologies that deliver abundance globally. By combining physics, AI, and automation, we accelerate materials discovery for next-generation energy and industrial systems. Our work helps make energy more accessible and materials more affordable and resilient while reshaping how science moves from idea to impact. Join us to work on problems where progress truly compounds.
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We strive to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and safe to be their authentic self. Non-traditional career paths are welcome and valued. If you share our vision, you can be certain that we want you to succeed. You might be just the right candidate for this or for other roles that have not opened yet.
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