Computational Materials Engineering Intern

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Computational Materials Engineering InternWhat will you get out of this internship? At CoorsTek, our summer internship program is more than just a job — it’s an opportunity to make a real impact. As an intern, you’ll take on an intentional project that directly contributes to our business goals, gaining hands-on experience in your field while working alongside industry experts. You’ll have the chance to present your work to leadership at the end of the summer, showcasing your accomplishments and growth. Beyond the meaningful work, our program includes exciting events, networking opportunities, and a supportive environment that makes learning fun and engaging. Join us to build your skills, grow your career, and be part of a company that’s shaping the future with advanced ceramic solutions!

As part of the Computational Materials Engineering (CME) team, you will contribute to CoorsTek's global mission – to explore and optimize materials for our customers – by helping design, build, and deploy data pipelines that fuel materials informatics. This effort involves enhancing our data foundation and expanding our analytics capabilities. You will gain hands-on experience employing your collaboration, critical thinking, and technical skills in a research environment.

Job Description

Role & Responsibilities: (Overview of project/work)

As a CME Intern, you will own your own project, collaborating with CME teammates to support the current efforts of CoorsTek Global Research & Development (R&D). Responsibilities can include:

• Data Engineering: contribute to our R&D data infrastructure
  • Build Databricks ELT pipelines to structure data from machine-generated sources
  • Develop validation and monitoring tools to enhance data integrity
  • Employ CI/CD methods to deliver well-documented and tested code
• Data Science: collaborate with R&D researchers
  • Architect pragmatic data science solutions, considering all stakeholder needs
  • Deliver exploratory data analyses to gain practical insights
  • Train, validate, and deploy machine learning models to guide materials development

Job Requirements
Education & Experience:

• Must be currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in engineering, computer science, or related STEM field
• Previous internship or related professional experience a plus but not required 

Functional/Technical Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Experience with at least one query, object-oriented, and/or scripting language (Python and SQL preferred)
• Interest and/or coursework in engineering or materials science.
• Data organization: Be able to clean, validate, and organize data from various sources into a centralized, tidy format
• Data analysis: Demonstrate the ability to interpret and analyze data with a programming language, extract meaningful insights, and offer actionable recommendations.
• Problem-solving: Be able to analyze complex problems, identify potential solutions, and implement effective strategies to address issues that arise in the course of your work.
• Teamwork: Be able to work with a diverse group of people from different cultures and educational backgrounds towards achieving common goals
• Effective Communication: Be able to communicate complex ideas to a broad range of audiences
• Not required but nice to have:
  • Experience with version control and contributing to an existing codebase
  • Experience with cloud data platforms, like Databricks
  • Experience with data science and/or machine learning techniques

Target Hiring Range

Hourly: USD 20.78 - USD 25.00

Actual compensation is commensurate with experience, skills and education. CoorsTek strives to give all qualified applicants equal opportunity and to make selection decisions on job related factors. Do not provide any information on the application which will indicate your race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law or regulation.

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