Solcoa Industries
Metallurgical Engineering Intern
Alameda, California · Intern · Internship
H1B sponsorship availableDetected 17 days ago
PythonMATLABData AnalysisSEM
About the role
- We've developed a new chemistry that converts rare earth oxides into high-purity metals - the materials inside every EV, fighter jet, wind turbine, and data center - cleaner, cheaper, and faster than any conventional process.
- Now we're scaling it to thousands of tonnes of annual production.
- THE ROLE - METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING INTERN Join our process team and help turn rare earth magnet waste into high-purity metals.
Responsibilities
- Run furnace cycles, collect process data, and summarize results to inform design iterations
- Maintain organized logs of process parameters, equipment conditions, and sample tracking
- Support equipment maintenance: vacuum systems, induction coils, thermocouples, and gas handling
- Solcoa is building the next generation of American metalmaking, starting with rare earths - the metals of power and motion.
- You'll support our reactor operations, assist with alloy production, and keep our documentation tight-working with metallurgists, chemists, and technicians to move quickly from lab scale to production.
- Support relocating to the Bay Area.
Requirements
- Pursuing a BS/MS in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field
- Exposure to pyrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, or high-temperature processing (coursework or labs).
- Hands-on experience from labs, foundry work, internships, or personal projects (furnaces, casting, heat treatment)
- Detail-oriented, disciplined documentation, and reliable follow-through
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, hardware-centric environment and willing to get your hands dirty
- On-site availability
- able to start soon
Nice to have
- Experience with vacuum or inert-atmosphere furnace operation
- Familiarity with rare-earth metallurgy, molten salt electrolysis, or reactive metal processing
- Basic thermodynamic analysis skills (Ellingham diagrams, phase diagrams, FactSage/HSC a plus)
- Welding or basic machining experience (mill/lathe)
- Python/MATLAB for data analysis
Compensation
- Competitive compensation.
- Now we're scaling it to thousands of tonnes of annual production.
Visa & Work Authorization
- J1 Visa sponsorship available if needed.
Apply directly at Solcoa Industries →Create a free account for alerts like thisView Solcoa Industries immigration profile
This listing is sourced directly from Solcoa Industries's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.