Ferrous

Team & careers

Sixteen people, one facility, four open roles

Ferrous was founded in 2024 by Lena Park and Marcus Bell — two engineers, one in battery systems and one in freight logistics, who kept meeting the same problem from two directions.

The team

Leadership works in the building. Every manager has run a route, a bench or a dock shift.

Lena Park, Co-founder & CEO

Lena Park

Co-founder & CEO

Former battery systems engineer. Spent six years designing pack validation lines before starting Ferrous in 2024. Sets the compliance bar and still signs off on every new route.

Marcus Bell, Co-founder & COO

Marcus Bell

Co-founder & COO

Industrial engineer who spent eleven years designing and running regional freight networks, and still holds his CDL. Built the Hatfield Street facility, the crew training program and the shared-route model.

Dana Kowalski, Head of Compliance

Dana Kowalski

Head of Compliance

Fifteen years in hazardous-materials regulation across state and federal programs. Owns our DOT, RCRA and state-level permits across all 14 states.

Eli Whitfield, Director of Test Engineering

Eli Whitfield

Director of Test Engineering

Designed the grading bench that decides second life vs. recovery. Previously ran diagnostics for a utility-scale storage integrator.

Rosa Delgado, Logistics Lead

Rosa Delgado

Logistics Lead

Dispatches every route from the Pittsburgh hub and keeps each pickup inside the window we confirm.

Jonah Chen, Recycling Partnerships

Jonah Chen

Recycling Partnerships

Negotiates downstream agreements with smelters and second-life buyers so every lot has a destination before it is picked up.

The Ferrous Hatfield Street facility with battery modules staged on labeled pallets

Open roles

Salary ranges are posted and honored. Health coverage starts day one; hazmat and CDL training is on us.

Life at Ferrous

An engineer works at a test bench with a battery module connected to test leads and a laptop
The grading bench
Five crew members in plain hi-vis vests gather around a table with tablets in a bright warehouse
Morning route briefing
A plain white box truck climbs a highway on-ramp through Pennsylvania hills
On the road

Operations Technician

Full-time

Pittsburgh, PA — Hatfield Street facility

$52,000 – $64,000

Receive, weigh, scan and crate battery modules. Train toward hazmat handling certification on us. Forklift experience a plus, not required.

Apply by email

Battery Test Engineer

Full-time

Pittsburgh, PA — hybrid

$95,000 – $120,000

Run and improve the grading bench: capacity, internal resistance and thermal profiling. Write test plans and publish recovery data per lot.

Apply by email

CDL Driver, Hazmat Endorsement

Full-time

Pittsburgh, PA and Columbus, OH

$58,000 – $70,000

Run certified pickup routes across the 14-state footprint. Home most nights. We cover endorsement renewals and DOT medicals.

Apply by email

Compliance Specialist

Full-time

Remote within service footprint

$70,000 – $88,000

Maintain manifests, state permits and audit files. Work directly with Dana Kowalski on multi-state regulatory tracking.

Apply by email

How hiring works here

  1. 1. Apply by email

    Send a resume or a plain note about your background to dispatch@ferrous.eco with the role in the subject line. No portal, no account.

  2. 2. Meet the hiring manager

    A 45-minute call with the person you would work for — Lena, Marcus, Dana, Eli or Rosa. We walk through the actual job, not a competency matrix.

  3. 3. Paid working session

    Facility roles spend half a day on the floor, paid at the role’s hourly rate. Office roles get a realistic take-home exercise, capped at two hours.

  4. 4. Offer within a week

    One decision-maker, one offer conversation, salary range honored as posted. Most offers go out within five business days of the session.

Do not see your role?

We hire operators before titles. If you can run a dock, a bench or a route, write to us anyway.

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