Chemical Engineer Spring 2026 Co-op
Found EnergyBoston, Massachusetts
Internship
Posted August 26, 2025
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Job Description
This role involves designing, building, and testing reactor prototypes and subsystems to support the scale-up of hydrogen generation technology for industrial applications, while collaborating with partners to develop customized solutions and ensure safety and performance standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and test reactor prototypes for scale-up and pilot projects
- Develop and validate test platforms for subsystem iteration
- Analyze reactor test data to optimize operating conditions
- Create process flow diagrams, models, and simulations of units
- Produce and maintain P&ID and system documentation
- Specify, select, and modify commercial off-the-shelf components for subsystems
- Lead design reviews of chemical process subsystems
- Operate and maintain separation and other subsystems of the pilot reactor
- Develop safety protocols for prototype and production systems
- Translate R&D work into functional prototypes and specifications
- Collaborate with partners to customize technology to meet technical requirements
Requirements
- Pursuing education in chemical engineering, materials science and engineering, or related fields
- Deeply motivated by the climate crisis and its downstream impacts
- Experience in one or multiple of the following: chemical reactor design, assembly, and validation
- Familiarity with process control systems, PID controllers, and PLC controllers
- Experience with chemical separation and purification processes
- Experience with solid-liquid separation and filtration
- Experience sourcing and integrating pumps, valves, and other essential equipment for fluid control and transport within the process system
- Ability to create process flow diagrams and chemical system simulation models
- Experience with hydrogen handling and safety equipment
- Ability to operate and maintain the separations and other subsystems of the pilot reactor
- Ability to develop safety systems and protocols for the prototype and production systems
- Ability to develop and maintain SOP documentation for prototype and production systems
- Ability to translate R D work into prototype functional requirements and specifications
- Ability to translate partnership specifications into design requirements
- Proficiency in using AutoCAD to generate P IDs and other system documentation
Benefits & Perks
6-month co-op duration (January - June)
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