About florrent
florrent is a Massachusetts-based, minority-owned deep-tech company innovating to design and build the next generation of high energy density ultracapacitors that will stabilize electrical grids and address critical bottlenecks for the adoption of renewable energies, electric vehicles, and net-zero buildings. Our ultracapacitors are manufactured in Western Massachusetts from abundant and regenerative hemp biomass, grown domestically in the US by Black and Indigenous farmers.
About the Culture
At florrent, we are passionate about bringing the benefits of a decarbonized future to everyone. That passion drives everything we do, and how we do it. We are building a team propelled by ambitious goals, and committed to seeing them come to reality…to reach those goals, we need to stay connected to what motivates us, and always be real about the challenges ahead.
Our R&D headquarters is centrally located on the UMass Amherst campus in the IALS building. There is student housing available nearby and public transportation available through the PVTA so no car is needed for this co-op opportunity.
Responsibilities
florrent is looking for an R&D engineer, with experience working in a wet lab setting running materials processing and characterization, to help us build and optimize the energy storage technology in our next-generation of ultracapacitors. In this role, you will
- Work in a small, interdisciplinary R&D team to run processes, experiments, and workflows that will help florrent quickly iterate towards commercialization of our first product.
- Help to map ultracapacitor prototype-scale innovation into production scale quality
- Gather data to allow R&D efforts to quickly converge on commercializable innovation
Required Qualifications
- Pursuing a BS, MS, or PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related fields
- 2+ years of experience in industry laboratories performing research
- Experience in running and interpreting results from physical characterization methods such as SEM, XRD, BET, Raman, FT-IR, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, etc.
- Excellent and proactive communication skills
Desired Qualifications
- Experience mapping R&D-level lab innovation into scaled, semi-automated processes
- Experience creating and testing electrode or electrolyte formulations for energy storage technologies
- Hands-on experience with electrochemical testing methods such as galvanostatic charge-discharge, cyclic voltammetry, and EIS
- Experience working with high-voltage systems
Our R&D headquarters is centrally located on the UMass Amherst campus in the IALS building. There is student housing available nearby and public transportation available through the PVTA so no car is needed for this co-op opportunity.
