What are the responsibilities and job description for the Battery Engineering Summer Intern position at factorialenergy?
Empowering a Sustainable Future
Factorial Energy is a dynamic venture-backed company dedicated to creating a sustainable future. With a passionate team of engineers and business professionals, Factorial is developing breakthrough solid-state battery technology to enable safe, scalable, and high-performance cells for electric vehicles. Operating out of its research and development facility in the Greater Boston Area. Factorial holds a portfolio of solid-state innovations, including its segment-leading FEST® (Factorial Electrolyte System Technology). The company entered joint development agreements with Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, and Hyundai Motor company and was recently featured in The Boston Globe and The New York Times.
Your Role in achieving this will be as our Battery Engineering Summer Intern
Responsibilities:
- Support our Battery Engineering group and will be responsible for battery fabrication, material preparation, battery assembly, battery testing and lab maintenance.
- Performing lithium battery fabrication according to a strict standard of procedures in order to produce batteries of consistent excellent quality.
- Operating mass balances, micrometers, die punches and vacuum sealers to produce lithium battery pouch cells.
- Recording all activities in a technical record book and working with researchers to further develop consistent procedures.
- Interfacing with computer systems to enter and retrieve data and analyze basic operational information.
- Maintaining safe work environment, obey all safely requirement and regulations and quality systems.
- Coordinating and executing equipment maintenance per manufacturer’s guidelines
Qualifications:
- Good dexterity; sufficient to work with small components.
- High school diploma required.
- Minimum of 1 years’ hands-on experience working in a team setting.
- Experience working in a chemical laboratory setting, and or quality control environment is preferred.
- General knowledge of equipment calibration and procedures regarding chemical safety. Must be comfortable with operating benchtop machinery and performing repetitive tasks.
- Basic understanding or interest in lab analytical equipment and test methods.
- Technically proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Excellent people skills and demonstrated ability to work in teams.
- The role will entail work within Factorial's dry room facility. Technicians must be capable of working in low moisture conditions (-60°C dew point).
- Capable of meeting OSHA standards for manual lifting guidelines <50lbs.
- Working hours - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Internship Location: 805 Middlesex Turnpike, Billerica, MA 01821
Factorial Energy is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All qualified applicants, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.
To request a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, job interview, and/or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact recruitment@factorialenergy.com
