Chemical Engineer Co-Op

About the role

We are looking to hire a Co-Op starting in January 2027 and working through July 2027. 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.

Pay

This position pays $25 per hour.

Schedule

This is an in-person role requiring on-site daily work in Billerica, MA, 5 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Support Storion’s product development team with a focus on electrochemistry development needs
• Support sub-scale and full-scale product development efforts, which may include:
  • Investigating the performance of VRFB cells and stacks
  • Determining electrolyte properties and performance
  • Developing processing techniques and operations for eventual scale-up
• Work under the direct supervision and guidance of senior engineers in support of engineering projects
• Contribute to projects by performing a wide range of assignments, which may include:
  • Product development, including concept development and testing
  • Hands-on testing in the electrochemical lab and shop floor
  • Operation of scale, sub-scale, and full-scale equipment and machinery
  • Data collection, processing, and analysis
  • Chemical process design, control, and operation development
  • Kinetics determination and modeling
  • Unit operation design and equipment specification
  • Process documentation
  • Statistical process control
  • Test method development
  • Root cause analysis
  • Material compatibility testing

Qualifications

• Working toward BS in Chemical Engineering or BA/BS in Chemistry
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Must have housing and transportation to our Billerica, MA location (public transportation is not available to our office)
• Ability and willingness 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
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or at any time in the future

Preferred skills and attributes

• Hands-on self-starter able to take a project from start to finish
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills applicable to cross-functional teams
• Skilled at problem identification, prototyping and iterative design, validation testing, and troubleshooting
• Ability to challenge ideas and provide creative approaches to projects