Metallurgical Engineering Intern

Job in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 94110, USA

Listing for: Solcoa Industries

Apprenticeship/Internship position
Listed on 2026-07-08

Job specializations:

Engineering
Materials Engineering, Process Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Quality Engineering
Manufacturing / Production
Materials Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer, Quality Engineering

Metallurgical Engineering Intern

Join our process team and help turn rare earth magnet waste into high-purity metals. You'll support our reactor operations, assist with alloy production, and keep our documentation tight—working with metallurgists, chemists, and technicians to move quickly from lab scale to production.

What You'll Do

Assist with high-temperature and high-vacuum reactor operations.

Help characterize feed materials and products using ICP-OES, SEM-EDS, LECO O/N.

Run furnace cycles, collect process data, and summarize results to inform design iterations

Maintain organized logs of process parameters, equipment conditions, and sample tracking

Support equipment maintenance: vacuum systems, induction coils, thermocouples, and gas handling

Contribute to safety-first culture and continuous improvement on the facility floor.

What You Bring

Required

Pursuing a BS/MS in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field
Exposure to pyrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, or high-temperature processing (coursework or labs).
Hands-on experience from labs, foundry work, internships, or personal projects (furnaces, casting, heat treatment)
Detail-oriented, disciplined documentation, and reliable follow-through
Comfortable in a fast-paced, hardware-centric environment and willing to get your hands dirty
On-site availability; able to start soon

Preferred

Experience with vacuum or inert-atmosphere furnace operation
Familiarity with rare-earth metallurgy, molten salt electrolysis, or reactive metal processing
Basic thermodynamic analysis skills (Ellingham diagrams, phase diagrams, Fact Sage/HSC a plus)
Welding or basic machining experience (mill/lathe)
Python/MATLAB for data analysis

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive hourly pay.
Insurance provided.
Support relocating to the Bay area.
Company-provided lunch daily.
J1 Visa sponsorship available if needed.