Materials Science Development Intern
| Company | Bloom Energy |
|---|---|
| Location | San Jose, CA, USA |
| Salary | $34.5 – $37.5 |
| Type | Internship |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Internship |
Requirements
- BS/MS/PhD degree in Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Physics, or related field.
- Must be a junior or senior graduating by Summer 2026.
- Hands-on experience in an engineering testing or materials research laboratory environment required.
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to confidently present technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail.
Responsibilities
- Introduce and develop new solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) materials and components such as electrodes, electrolytes, seals, and coatings with superior performance or degradation characteristics.
- Use expertise in electrochemistry and/or high temperature materials to identify promising material sets, define functional requirements, and establish and perform characterization studies on the component and stack level.
- Evaluate performance and degradation of new materials against established metrics.
- Conduct failure analysis and/or root cause analysis (RCA) activities to advance learnings of degradation mechanisms in cell & stack materials; use learnings to motivate material or design changes.
- Communicate findings to technical and/or non-technical audiences.
- Explore new characterization methods and develop new metrology to advance technical learning and improve product quality.
- Establish new component-level testing, test equipment, and testing protocols as appropriate to study performance, robustness, and degradation mechanisms.
- Facilitate implementation of new technologies into production where applicable. Tasks may include DOE runs, corner point analysis for specification development, and first article/ lifecycle management.
- Introduce and evaluate new processing methods for powders, slurries, components, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the design, synthesis, processing, and/or evaluation of functional materials for high temperature applications or electrochemical devices; experience specifically with developing and characterizing materials for solid oxide fuel cells strongly preferred.
- Experience investigating or background knowledge of long-term degradation mechanisms in SOFCs, etc. strongly preferred.
- Experience with design of experiments (DOE) methodology and software such as JMP and/or Minitab a plus.
- Proven ability to work independently, self-start, work with cross-functional teams and drive results. ‘Can-do’ attitude.
- Experience in metrology development for mass production a plus.
Benefits
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No information provided on Benefits.