The R&D Officer will support EarthEnable’s innovation and experimentation agenda, designing and executing experiments, documenting learnings, and piloting solutions across districts. This role requires hands-on technical work in labs and field sites, attention to detail, and strong collaboration with district teams.

The responsibilities of this role will include, but not be limited to:

Design and Implement Experiments 

• Design experiments and develop detailed protocols
• Execute and document findings of experiments in a detailed and organized database, in case of unsuccessful experiments, document reasons for failure 

Piloting experiment to different districts    

• Plan for pilots: Organize resources required to pilots a given project  in different districts. 
• Document learning whether successful or failure experiment to inform future workload. 
• Work with the construction/ district to ensure pilots are implemented collaboratively and new learning is captured and shared.  
• Develop manuals that will be used during the dissemination of the projects.  

Collaboration with District Team  

• Visit district to collect data and understand their needs, innovation challenges to inform R&D research agenda
• Help the district team to develop a protocol of experiments and oversee execution to ensure they are being done accordingly and all learnings are documented and shared with other districts. 
• Meet with clients and analyze other sources of feedback and data to identify product failure and product improvement 

Required qualifications & Key capabilities

• Chemistry, Physics, or Civil Engineering Background  
• Willingness to spend more time in our lab running different experiments. 
• Willingness to touch mud and work with mud 
• Understanding of R&D processes like protocol development or planning experiments, e.g. through previous experience or education
• Excellent attention to detail
• Hard-working and committed to do whatever it takes to get work done
• Curiosity-driven 
• Commitment to excellence and outstanding work ethic
• Ability to be creative, strategic, analytical, and think outside the box to solve problems
• Flexible and adaptable to changing environments; thrives in a bootstrapped culture
• An optimistic attitude, curiosity to learn new things
• Humble and patient team-player with a sense of humor
• Strong technology skills (e.g., Word, Excel, Salesforce, Google Docs, and Dropbox)

Why Join Us

• Contribute to innovative projects that improve health and dignity for rural families.
• Work in a dynamic, supportive, and learning-focused environment.
• Develop technical and field skills in sustainable building solutions.