Product Development Intern

Solid Power • Thornton, CO

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Solid Power is seeking a Product Development Intern to work with engineers and scientists developing next-generation all-solid-state rechargeable batteries. The role supports experiments at laboratory and production scales, separator and slurry development, material characterization, and cell assembly and testing. The intern will communicate results and roadblocks to the broader team and follow facility and laboratory safety rules. The position is onsite. The schedule is 15–20+ hours per week during the fall semester and up to 30 hours per week during the summer. Compensation is $25 per hour. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s program in engineering, chemistry, materials science, or a related STEM discipline. Employment is conditioned on maintaining any required government authorization to access export-controlled technology and information; the employer is unable to sponsor work visas.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in at least a bachelor’s or master’s program in engineering, chemistry, materials science, or a related STEM discipline.
• Prior academic or industrial laboratory experience.
• Ability to safely work with hazardous materials, laboratory equipment, gloveboxes, and dry rooms.
• Comfort with safe handling of hazardous materials and equipment.
• Experience with DOE, data analysis, and interpreting battery performance results.
• Strong communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience in small-format cell assembly and electrochemical testing.
• Experience with electrochemical characterization techniques such as CV, EIS, and galvanostatic cycling.
• Familiarity with some combination of CV, EIS, galvanostatic cycling, XRD, SEM/EDS, DSC/TGA, light scattering, and rheology.
• Python or Minitab experience.

Responsibilities

• Work with and under the direction of scientists and engineers to run experiments at laboratory and production scales.
• Support separator fabrication by mixing and hand-casting separator slurries.
• Support slurry development by filtering slurry, collecting rheological data, and using Hegman gauges to understand binder–particle interactions.
• Characterize composite electrodes and separators using 90-degree peel testing, tensile testing, mandrel bend testing, and nanoindentation.
• Build pellet, coin, and pouch cells to evaluate the stability and performance of individual components and overall slurry formulations.
• Communicate results and roadblocks to the broader team and audience.
• Follow all facility and laboratory safety rules and regulations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern