Cryogenics Engineer Intern

Commonwealth Fusion Systems

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Posted on: 9/7/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Massachusetts

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💰 $23 - $35 per hour

Entry Level

About the role

Lead and cross-coordinate with stakeholders on design-build, test, and/or analysis projects to meet requirements and system objectives
Develop test plans for cryogenics equipment and subsystems
Identify, purchase, and install hardware for test configurations
Run testing of industrial-scale cryogenics equipment and subsystems
Analyze data from testing industrial-scale cryogenics equipment and subsystems
Read and develop engineering documents: process flow diagrams (PFDs), piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), test plans, test procedures
Perform thermohydraulics analysis and develop calculations, tools, and models (Excel, 1-D thermohydraulic models, CFD/COMSOL)
Build project-management tools, manage small budgets, and report on project milestones
Hands-on building and testing of flow instrumentation panels, vacuum carts and headers, swagelok tubing setups, helium leak testing, oil removal bakeouts, helium purity measurement and calibration

Preferred majors: Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Software Engineering, Computer Science
Currently enrolled college student (BS, MS, or PhD) eligible
Interns must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer
Exposure to fluid dynamics and thermodynamics
Exposure to programmable logic controllers and electrical schematics
Exposure to CAD software
Exposure to FEA and/or CFD software
Enthusiasm to learn and collaborate in a group setting
Interest in entrepreneurship
Willingness to travel or work required nights/weekends/on-call occasionally
Ability to perform activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time
Dedication to safety to mitigate industrial hazards (heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead (Pb), high voltage, cryogenics)