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Position: TomKat Engineering Intern
Location: San Jose, CA
Innovation Area: Generation and Conversion
Position Type: TomKat Center-supported
Compensation: $8000
Internship Term: 8 weeks

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Tandem PV is a leading developer of high-efficiency thin-film solar cells and modules using metal-halide perovskites in tandem configurations. TPV is scaling perovskite technology that combines exceptional product performance and durability. The company has demonstrated efficient durable cells, monolithic multi-cell submodules and packaged modules using scalable low-cost processing on R&D size samples and is transitioning to product-size pilot development by expanding its team, acquiring production-style tools, and building out a pilot manufacturing facility.

Responsibilities

  • Develop new packaging methodologies for our solar cells to protect them from the ambient environment and maximize their performance lifetime
  • Investigate the failure modes of these packages using our suite of characterization tools to correlate method with failure mode
  • This will be a hands-on, in the lab project embedded in our research & development solar cell fabrication and testing lines

Who Should Apply

  • Do-it-today individuals with hands-on laboratory skills
  • Desire to work on projects that drive the photovoltaic industry
  • Analytical, opinionated, and able to think independently & innovatively

Required expertise

  • Experience in basic chemistry/materials lab operations and safety
  • Basic understanding of solar cells

Preferred skills/ majors

  • Majoring in a technical field (science, tech, engineering, or math). 
    • Best matches would be chemistry, physics, materials science/engineering, electrical, mechanical, or chemical engineering but all fields considered
  • Hardware engineering, automation, software programming, semiconductor processing, materials or device characterization or device fabrication experience