About the company

Foundation Alloy is building the world's most advanced metal parts supplier. Our mission is to enable innovation in the physical world and unlock safer, greener, and more exciting generations of products across critical industries such as space, aerospace, automotive, energy, and defense. Leveraging materials technology from MIT and UC Irvine, combined with advanced manufacturing and automation, we create more sustainable parts that surpass the performance limits of legacy materials and processes.

What you'll be working on

Foundation Alloy is seeking a part-time Manufacturing Operations Intern to join our manufacturing team for a 6-month internship. You will be working closely with a talented and collaborative group of engineers and materials scientists to operate and support our proprietary powder metal manufacturing processes and systems. Your tasks will include:

• Being the subject matter expert for operating and maintaining our production equipment
• Charging, operating, and discharging the multiple units according to the production schedule
• Conducting baseline powder testing such as apparent and tap density, PSD, flowability tests, and LECO
• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on all powder production and ancillary equipment like vacuum pumps and gas delivery and monitoring systems
• Helping define standard work for machine operations, lean manufacturing processes for powder production, and mechanical requirements for our factory floor
• Supporting the development of powder handling methods and developing schedules for powder production based on customer orders

Qualifications

• Mechanical and manufacturing mindset; You enjoy understanding how things work, fixing things, and improving on processes
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail with a desire to work in a task oriented environment
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with engineers and PhDs
• Ability to handle and lift 50 lbs.