Tandem PV
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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
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