Emerging Technologies CO-OP

BAC (Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.); Jessup (MD); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay

Job summary

Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc. invites interns to join the Emerging Technologies team in Jessup, MD to explore thermal energy storage, heat transfer, water treatment, and related technologies.

You will design and assemble small to medium test modules, run performance and reliability tests, and support numerical modeling using available data sets. Ideal candidates are seniors or MS students in engineering with hands-on machining experience, CAD skills (Autodesk Inventor), and data acquisition

Qualifications

• Majoring in Engineering (Mechanical, Aerospace, Mechatronics, or Materials preferred).
• Seniors or MS students preferred.
• Experience with 2D and 3D CAD required; Autodesk Inventor preferred.
• Hands-on machining experience required.
• Working knowledge of DOE principles, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, and fluid dynamics.
• Working knowledge of data acquisition equipment setup and operation.
• Proficient in Excel; advanced knowledge of Excel VBA, Matlab, or similar programming language preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Emerging Technologies team to develop and validate new thermal energy storage, heat rejection, heat transfer technologies, water monitoring and treatment, carbon capture, and/or related technologies
• Design and assemble small and/or medium scale test modules
• Design and run small and/or medium scale performance and reliability testing equipment and procedures
• Support development of numerical performance modeling tools based on the available data sets
• Identify and qualify alternative design and materials of construction options
• Support technology scale-up activities (e.g. product concept development, cost modeling…)

Skills

Hands-on machining

Excel

Excel VBA

MATLAB

DOE principles

Thermodynamics

Data acquisition

Design of experiments

Thermal energy transfer

Education

Engineering major (Mechanical/Aerospace/Mechatronics/Materials)

Senior or MS student

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

• Work with the Emerging Technologies team to develop and validate new thermal energy storage, heat rejection, heat transfer technologies, water monitoring and treatment, carbon capture, and/or related technologies
• Design and assemble small and/or medium scale test modules
• Design and run small and/or medium scale performance and reliability testing equipment and procedures
• Support development of numerical performance modeling tools based on the available data sets
• Identify and qualify alternative design and materials of construction options

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

• Work with the Emerging Technologies team to develop and validate new thermal energy storage, heat rejection, heat transfer technologies, water monitoring and treatment, carbon capture, and/or related technologies
• Design and assemble small and/or medium scale test modules
• Design and run small and/or medium scale performance and reliability testing equipment and procedures
• Support development of numerical performance modeling tools based on the available data sets
• Identify and qualify alternative design and materials of construction options
• Support technology scale-up activities (e.g. product concept development, cost modeling…)

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Majoring in Engineering (Mechanical, Aerospace, Mechatronics, or Materials preferred)
• Seniors or MS students preferred
• Experience with 2D and 3D CAD required; experience with Autodesk Inventor preferred but not required
• Hands‑on machining experience required
• Working knowledge of design of experiments principles
• Working knowledge of thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, and fluid dynamics
• Working knowledge of data acquisition equipment setup an operation
• Proficient in Excel; advanced knowledge of Excel VBA, Matlab, or similar programming language preferred

BAC Hiring Compensation Range $22 - $28 per hour.

BAC provides additional earnings in the form of overtime as applicable under law.

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