Mechanical Engineer Co-Op

Storion Energy•Wilmington, MA

9d•$25 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking to hire a Co-Op starting in July and working through December 2026. Storion Energy is a joint venture between Stryten Energy and Largo inc. and is at the forefront of commercializing Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries (VRFBs) within the United States. Largo is a vanadium mining company with the only western-friendly vanadium mine in the world, located in Brazil. Stryten is a leading lead-acid battery manufacturer supplying energy storage solutions to the automotive, industrial, and stationary power markets. Storion Energy was formed from the VRFB divisions of each company and is focused on supplying specialty VRFB components to the long-duration energy storage (LDES) market. We are uniquely positioned to drive down costs to allow new entrants into the flow battery market, which will drive competition with lithium-based LDES products. VRFB LDES products help address renewable energy intermittency issues, provide grid resiliency, and enable a cleaner electricity grid. This position pays $25 per hour.

Requirements

Working towards BS in Mechanical Engineering
Minimum GPA of 3.0
You must have housing and transportation to our Wilmington, MA location. Public transportation is not available to our office.
You must be able and willing to work with battery electrolyte, which is acidic and requires wearing PPE (lab coat, gloves, safety glasses or goggles, and other job specific PPE)
Ability to lift 30 pound boxes of parts
Students entering their second or third co-op preferred
We expect our co-ops to be hands on self-starters who can take a project from start to finish with ease. The successful candidate should already have excellent problem solving, communication, and teamwork skills that can be applied to cross-functional teams. The individual should be skilled at problem identification, prototyping and iterative design, validation testing, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

Working on product development
Hands-on testing in the electrochemical lab and shop floor
Operation of pilot-scale equipment and machinery
Data collection, processing, and analysis
Designing and modeling stack parts, GD&T, and subassemblies within SolidWorks
Generating and modifying manufacturing drawings and applying GD&T
Performing tolerance stack-up analysis
Performing preliminary structural analysis within SolidWorks
Performing design calculations related to strength, temperature, and flow for the stack parts
Design for Manufacture and Assembly
Assembly, testing, debugging, and documentation for mechanical fixtures and devices
Experimental design (DOE)
Root cause analysis
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis