Laboratory Technician Intern (Summer 2026)

Marathon Fusion • San Francisco, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Laboratory Manager Intern, your work will sit at the heart of our experimental work by supporting ongoing research, maintaining a highly organized and productive workspace, and helping our engineering and research teams move faster by keeping tools, components, and experimental setups ready to use.
You will create and maintain organizational systems for lab equipment and materials, assist with the preparation and teardown of experiments and test assemblies, and help catalog and manage inventory, including selling excess equipment where needed. This position is ideal for an ambitious college student or new grad with an interest in experimental science or startups. As a member of a small team, you’ll get to see cutting-edge fusion research up close and be part of an evolving field in clean energy development.

Requirements

• Ability to think holistically about systems and act proactively rather than reactively.
• Capacity to learn new subjects quickly, collaborate cross-functionally, and consider problems from inter-disciplinary perspectives.
• A high degree of conscientiousness, integrity, and follow-through.
• Comfort with the inherent uncertainty of breakthrough technology and a rapidly changing startup environment.
• Experimental mindset - ability to form and test hypotheses, proposing creative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lab Organization and Operations: Develop and maintain systems to organize tools, components, and experimental hardware across the lab and broader facility.
• Experimental Support: Help engineering and physics teams prepare, assemble, and dismantle test assemblies and experimental setups, including basic fabrication or component preparation where needed.
• Equipment and Inventory Management: Maintain inventory of technical equipment and components, including logging new items, tracking usage, and supporting simple refurbishment or coordination with external vendors for maintenance and repairs.
• Surplus and Asset Management: Build and operate an inventory system to identify, list, and help offload excess or unused equipment.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with experimentalists and engineers across several teams, understanding their short- and mid-term needs, and proactively ensuring the lab environment supports ongoing and upcoming work.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed