R&D Summer Intern- Battery Materials

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow's needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!

Your Role at Cabot

The Battery Materials Group at Cabot Corporation is seeking a motivated technical intern to join our team developing advanced conductive additives for high performance lithium-ion batteries. This internship provides an opportunity for a qualified undergraduate or graduate student to gain industrial experience at the forefront of materials innovation, linking chemistry, engineering, and application testing to accelerate nextgeneration energy storage.

This role is expected to provide hands-on experimental support and product characterization for key projects within the Battery Materials Group. Candidates will work closely with battery scientists to evaluate the performance of conductive carbon additives and their dispersions, using various analytical methods and electrochemical testing. You will be responsible for all or some of the following: sample preparation, material processing, measurement, and analysis. Due to the technical nature of the work involved, this position requires a strong technical background with hands-on lab experience, preferably in the fields of chemical engineering, materials science, or chemistry with great laboratory skills.

How You Will Make an Impact
* Assist with the planning and execution of experiments to produce high quality lithium-ion battery electrode slurries and coatings with various conductive additives.
* Assist in the characterization of slurry and electrode properties, including rheology, stability, morphology, peel strength, resistivity, etc.
* May be trained to produce battery cells to evaluate electrochemical cell performance.
* Analyze experimental data, generate reports, and present results to the R&D team.
* Document results in a final presentation or research report at the end of the internship.

What You Will Bring to Cabot
* Currently enrolled in undergraduate/or graduate program in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
* University-level experience in a laboratory environment
* Strong focus on lab and chemical safety, basic chemical safety training experience preferred
* Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and willingness to learn
* Experience writing formal laboratory reports
* Computer skills (MS-Excel, PowerPoint)
* 10-12 week commitment
Preferred
* Relevant coursework in materials engineering, chemistry, or chemical engineering
* Familiarity with carbon additives (carbon black, carbon nanotubes, etc.)
* Understanding of or experience with materials testing, electrode preparation, or electrochemical techniques (cycling tests, CV, EIS)

At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, "Creating for Tomorrow," we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability - today and into the future.

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Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees' and applicants' disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law.

Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.

Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of Pay
This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employee's essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or other action, including an investigation conducted by Cabot, or otherwise as required by law.

Pre-Employment Drug Testing and Background Checks
Cabot is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. All applicants conditionally offered a position must (a) complete and pass a background check and (b) complete a drug test and receive an acceptable test result. For certain manufacturing, quality and production positions, a pre-employment physical may be required.