Applications Engineering Co-op
About The Position
Blueshift seeks a Co-Op/Internship candidate starting in January who will utilize their technical knowledge and practical lab skills to advance Blueshift’s polymer aerogel technology to solve customer needs. During this internship, the candidate will work closely with the Application and Research team to design and develop processes, test methods, execute thermal experiments and thermal validation, generate, and analyze data, and prepare project reports, presentations and providing prereview conference paper. This will include the engineering development of lab-scale techniques for performing thermal tests such as thermal tests at a given environment with various aerogel products. The other key aspect of the internship will be providing samples to test. The intern will learn about material property requirements and work directly on customer projects to help develop product solutions.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a university-level bachelor’s program in Mechanical Engineering, Physics or similar disciplines.
- Classes/courses related to thermal engineering/management are a high requirement.
- Laboratory experience and basic understanding of laboratory safety required.
- Experience using Microsoft office excel and PowerPoint required.
- Excellent understanding of heat transfer theory and fundamentals is highly significant.
- Minimum experience with MATLAB software or Python programming for thermal validations.
Nice To Haves
- Proficiency in writing conference papers is preferred.
- Minimum experience with CAD (i.e. Fusion360) or thermal modeling software (i.e. COMSOL) is a plus.
- Additional experience with project management and/or design of experiments software preferred.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop processes
- Develop test methods
- Execute thermal experiments and thermal validation
- Generate and analyze data
- Prepare project reports and presentations
- Provide prereview conference papers
- Develop lab-scale techniques for performing thermal tests at a given environment with various aerogel products
- Provide samples for testing
- Learn about material property requirements
- Work directly on customer projects to help develop product solutions
- Fabricate sample prototypes based on customer requirements
- Plan and run thermal tests at different environmental conditions
- Work with a group of Application & Research for design and requirements of a given customer project
- Follow all lab safety protocols including use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
Benefits
- The expected hourly wage for this position is $18-$25.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
