Business Development Summer 2026 Internship (Apply by 3/6)

Laminar; Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities for growth and professional development

Access to Greentown Labs' network

Innovative and dynamic work environment

Job summary

A leading cleantech startup is seeking a Business Development Summer Intern for 2026 in Massachusetts. The role focuses on lead generation, market research, and supporting product development. Candidates should be undergrad or graduate students with strong communication skills and a passion for sustainability. This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing team that promotes innovation and empowers interns to contribute to impactful projects. Join us to help transform industrial efficiency and sustainability!

Qualifications

• Undergrad or Graduate student studying business, finance, operations, or a related field.
• Strong communication and writing skills.
• Excitement for fast-paced learning and work.

Responsibilities

• Lead generation and outbound sales for top-of-funnel.
• Conduct market research and strategize on go-to-market sales.
• Work with customers and engineers to guide product development.
• Strategize and execute go-to-market, especially on sales.
• Work with customers and engineers to guide product development.

Skills

Sales

Market research

Strong communication skills

Social media management

Creativity

Education

Undergrad or Graduate student in business, finance, or related field

Job description

Business Development Summer 2026 Internship (Apply by 3/6)

At Laminar (formerly H2Ok Innovations), we're leading the charge in cleantech innovation, reshaping process industrials and manufacturing to drive operational efficiency and sustainability for our world’s most foundational industries. Powered by our Laminar AI Co-pilot models and state-of-the-art sensors, our solutions optimize facility performance across various processes, including process manufacturing, production, water management, energy reduction, and waste minimization. Based at Greentown Labs, North America's premier cleantech innovation community, we're a woman-founded startup backed by renowned investors like Greycroft, Construct Capital, 2048 Ventures, and Flybridge Capital. Our groundbreaking technologies have earned accolades and adoption from industry giants like Unilever, The Coca-Cola Company, ABinBev, and Mitsubishi Electric. We're committed to unlocking untapped data for our customers, empowering them to gain a competitive edge and create Industry 4.0.

Transforming our most foundational sectors of society is hard. Very hard. But we’re building an empire. And empire building is not easy. It’s deeply fulfilling, and you will learn and grow tremendously while driving sustainable impact globally with some of the largest players that make everything we eat, use, and wear. Our culture is to foster extraordinary growth within our teammates. We believe in autonomy, ownership, empowerment, demanding excellence, being mission-driven. We believe in creativity, authenticity, and extraordinary growth. We’re looking for relentless, ambitious, creative, and exceptional people to join our team and build the factory of the future.

As we scale and grow, we’re looking for an exceptional Business Development Intern to join our team.

What You Will Do

• Sales: lead generation and outbound sales for top-of-funnel
• Content and marketing: branding and materials; building social media on LinkedIn, blogs, etc.
• Conduct competitor and market research
• Strategize and execute on go-to-market, especially on sales
• Work with customers and engineers to guide product development

About You

• Undergrad or Graduate student studying business, finance, operations, or a related field
• Passion for sustainability and creating a more efficient world
• Empathy
• Excitement for fast-paced learning and work
• High energy
• Strong communication and writing skills
• Summer internship opportunity with potential for full-time conversion
• Dynamic and inclusive work environment.
• Opportunities for growth and professional development.
• Access to Greentown Labs' extensive network of cleantech startups.

Why Laminar (formerly H2Ok Innovations)?

Impact: Work on cutting-edge AI and sensor tech that’s already transforming how factories use water, energy, and chemicals. Join a tight-knit, ambitious team where your contributions can reshape the industry.

Growth: Join a fast-growing startup where you’ll have the opportunity to shape our content strategy. We value fostering extraordinary growth in our teammates.

Innovative Culture: Work in a high-performance environment that values empowerment, creativity, ownership, autonomy, innovation, excellence, passion, and continuous growth.

Sustainability Focus: Play a key role in promoting sustainability and Industry 4.0 advancements in manufacturing.

Build the intelligence layer powering the next generation of industrial efficiency – with a team that moves fast and delivers real impact.

Our Interview Process

1. Phone screen with Laminar Head of Ops or Recruiter (15-20 minutes)

2. Intro call with Hiring Manager (30 minutes)

3. On-site interview, including short tour of GTL, overview of tech, and interview/presentation with the Hiring Manager and a few team members. Depending on the role, a skills exercise that should take no longer than an hour to prep, would be sent ahead of time. We record your skills exercise to share with any team members who could not join the interview and/or with Founder's ahead of their Founder's Interview. If you are not local, we can conduct this virtually.

4. Finalists for Full-Time positions will have a Founder’s Interview in-person

Final steps:

Two professional references are requested, ideally one from your current organization and one who served as your Manager

If an Offer Letter is extended, a Background check is conducted

A recent study from LinkedIn showed that most women apply to jobs only when they meet 100% of the requirements, whereas men will hit the apply button if they hit 60%. Laminar (formerly H2Ok) is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. So, to the women and nonbinary folks out there feeling unsure if you're a perfect fit, we strongly encourage you to apply! If you're ready to play a key role in scaling a game-changing company that’s transforming the industrial sector and advancing sustainability, we want to hear from you!

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