Research & Development Intern
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Job Location:
Easton, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
Minerals Technologies Inc.(MTI) is a leading technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops produces and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets including household and personal care paper foundry steel construction and environmental solutions around the world.
MTI focuses on two major segments Consumer & SpecialtiesandEngineered Solutions.
OurConsumer & Specialtiessegment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines.
OurEngineered Solutionssegment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines.
MTIis committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment for all our offices around the world our differences are respected and valued as essential to MTIs continued growth and innovation. Our goal is to ensure that all employees at MTI experience our workplace as a welcoming and respectful environment where they can achieve their full potential.
Are you looking to join a fast-paced collaborative team in a global manufacturing organization You will have an opportunity to work with an experienced group of professionals that will not only provide you with challenging work but will mentor and encourage you to learn and grow.
If you are a student looking for a challenging work experience consider this paid internship opportunity! You will not only have the chance to gain experience in your chosen career field but also gain an invaluable overview of our career opportunities and diversified product lines. Plus you will have an opportunity to learn the business fundamentals and contribute a fresh new perspective to us.
In addition to practical work experience our internship programs include various activities all intended to enhance your personal and professional development. We are interested in candidates who are highly motivated and have excellent interpersonal skills recognized leadership experience and outstanding academic records. Generally undergraduate students selected for the program have completed their sophomore year. Summer internships are typically 11 weeks in length but can vary.
Job Summary:
Our Specialty Minerals Inc. division currently has an opening for a Chemistry or Chemical Engineering graduate student level summer-internship at our Easton PA USA research laboratory.
Responsibilities
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Conceive of product concepts that may satisfy target applications or markets defined above.
- Construct lab-scale experimental designs to synthesize prototypes and test for feasibility in application.
- Execute experimental plans test/characterize products and conduct statistical analysis of results for meaning and conclusions from hypotheses.
- Experience with Precipitated calcium carbonate Ground calcium carbonate and talc in sealants rubber and personal care applications with emphasis on food and pharma.
- Will have a senior-level onsite as a mentor.
OE/Lean
Understands and/or actively participates in the implementation of sustainable improvement processes such as 5S Kaizen Daily Management Control Standard Work and Problem Solving.
Qualifications
Qualifications/Requirements
The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge skills and/or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.
General Requirements of the position are:
- Research Objective is to conceive and synthesize lab-scale functionalized mineral products that combine surface functionalization (organic and/or inorganic) with base mineral synthesis. This includes working with the research team to test feasibility of synthesized product concepts in targeted value-added applications.
- Candidates background will include Junior senior or graduate student attending a university studying a scientific field such as chemistry or chemical engineering material science mineral processing holding laboratory experience that demonstrates good safe laboratory practices combined with technical expertise in surface functionalization of inorganic synthesized minerals. Directly related graduate research experience is desired.
Work Hours: As agreed upon based on intern availability and business needs.
Safety Training: A new employee hired to perform the duties of this position is required to be provided New Employee Training by a qualified individual or through the online training system. Additionally an employee must be provided further training if a job duty/task has changes that will affect the health and safety aspects of that employees position.
Additional refresher safety training will be required as management deems appropriate or as dictated by government regulations.
Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
- Robotics
- Machine Learning
- Python
- AI
- C/C++
- Data Collection
- Research Experience
- Signal Processing
- Natural Language Processing
- Computer Vision
- Deep Learning
- Tensorflow
About Company
Minerals Technologies Inc. is a resource and technology-based company that develops and produces performance-enhancing minerals, mineral-based, and synthetic mineral products.
