Chemical Engineering Intern


Job Details

Our team at Bloom Energy embraces the unprecedented opportunity to change the way companies utilize energy. Our technology empowers businesses and communities to responsibly take charge of their energy. Our energy platform has three key value propositions: resiliency, sustainability, and predictability. We provide infrastructure that is flexible for the evolving net zero ecosystem. We have deployed more than 30,000 fuel cell modules since our first commercial shipments in 2009, sending energy platforms to data centers, hospitals, manufacturing facilities, biotechnology facilities, major retail stores, financial institutions, telecom facilities, utilities, and other critical infrastructure customers around the world.

Our mission is to make clean, reliable energy affordable globally. We never stop striving to improve our technology, to expand and improve our company performance, and to develop and support the many talented employees that serve our mission!

We are looking for a Chemical Engineering Intern to join our team in one of today's most exciting technologies, based in San Jose, CA. This is a fully on-site, in office role. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in machine learning, deep learning systems and software engineering. Background in dynamic control systems and data science would be a plus.

Role and Responsibilities:

As a part of engineering product development team, the individual is expected to perform routine gas analysis of different process streams in Bloom's hotbox.

Work within the Hotbox Engineering team to develop new fuel processing materials, fuel processing systems and solutions, and lead the implementation of new technologies in production

Draw on extensive expertise in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science to identify promising catalyst materials, define functional requirements, establish and execute test plans and characterization studies on the component level, and evaluate performance and degradation against established metrics

Evaluate gas processing solutions and/or systems for cleaning up incoming or process gas and design new, improved or optimized design for cost, form, fit and function.

Generate and review process flow diagrams and plumbing and instrumentation diagrams for gas processing systems

Support Bloom Energy Supply Chain team members with vendor selection and evaluation

Participate in project meetings to provide status updates on material and design deliverables

Apply statistical techniques to analyze production and/or field data to learn about product performance, reliability, and yield

Conduct cross-functional FMEA reviews (failure mode and effects analysis) to quantify risks of new technologies and processes, identify risk mitigations, and lead risks to closure

Education, Skills and Experience:

BS/MS degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science

Exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail

Proven ability to successfully manage multiple projects and meet deliverable deadlines amidst changing requirements, deadlines, and priorities

Strong self-starter and team player, with a "can-do" attitude. Highly resourceful, and a "big picture" thinker

This internship is scheduled to begin June 2024 and end on approximately August 2024.

For more information visit: www.bloomenergy.com and view a video on What Powers Us!

Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants, will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.
Salary Ranges:
$20.70 - $31.55





 Bloom Energy

 04/21/2024

 San Jose,CA