Manufacturing Engineering Intern - Spring 2027
Manufacturing Engineering Intern - Spring 2027 at Thea Energy — Kearny, NJ, US
- Company: Thea Energy
- Location: Kearny, NJ, US
- Employment type: Internship
- Posted: 2026-08-27
About this role
About Thea Energy:
Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering to create a faster and simpler approach to commercializing fusion energy. The company is reinventing the stellarator using computer-controlled arrays of planar coils thereby replacing the intricate, complex modular magnets required in all other stellarator architectures. Thea Energy is on a mission to create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future.
Key Responsibility Areas:
- Assist in generating and updating test documentation, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and quality criteria for HTS magnet testing.
- Support design, prototyping, and commissioning of custom test fixtures and equipment.
- Work alongside test engineers, magnet designers, and manufacturing engineers to incorporate "lessons learned" from testing into future designs.
- Manage virtual and physical inventory, organize assembly areas, and update manufacturing Bills of Materials (BOMs).
- Assist hardware procurement, evaluating vendor specs, and ensuring incoming parts meet quality standards.
- Track test metrics and results, and progress against critical program milestones.
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