Hardware Intern

As our Hardware Intern, you will work to:

• Adapt existing technology to allow rapid testing of different sortation approaches
• Develop laboratory testing approaches to validate sorting effectiveness
• Participate in the design and concepting of battery sorting system prototypes
• Assist in conducting laboratory trials
• As a requirement of the associated grant funding a final presentation of internship findings must be made and submitted as a grant artifact

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

The successful candidate will have:

Required:

• Proficiency in CAD software
• Mechanical assembly knowledge
• Familiarity with basic fabrication and tools

Preferred:

• Electrical circuit knowledge
• Basic motors and controls skill
• Welding/Machining/sheet metal experience
• Examples of personal design projects

Education: Completion of Junior level coursework towards a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline with a 3.0 GPA or better

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus, and ability to accurately see and label color.