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Process Engineering Intern
CompanyAircapture
LocationBerkeley
Work ModeOn Site
PostedJanuary 26, 2026

Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
As a Process Engineering Intern, you will collaborate with engineering teams and prepare process flow diagrams for direct air capture applications. You will also design and simulate novel process systems and analyze data from operational plants.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
49
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Aircapture is creating a circular commercial carbon economy utilizing novel Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology. Our modular, on-site DAC machines capture CO2 from the atmosphere and make it immediate available for our customers' production processes. The result is a cheaper, cleaner and greener supply of CO2.
Previously, commercially available CO2 was produced and distributed only in ways that generate large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, result in product impurities and include the often-substantial friction costs from transportation.
For every tonne of delivered CO2, we estimate two or more tonnes of CO2 are emitted into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming and creating significant supply chain emissions, the cost of which are likely to materially increase.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone is not enough to avoid catastrophic climate change. Atmospheric carbon dioxide removal addresses legacy emissions and drives the development of critical, sustainable carbon-negative infrastructure.
By utilizing atmospheric CO2, we can actually turn back the hands of time – reversing much of the damage that has already been done – while enabling our customers to economically build new carbon-to-value industries and alleviate energy poverty on a global scale.
Our mission is to use Direct Air Capture (DAC) to help achieve these goals. DAC can be sited practically anywhere. There are no natural or technical limits to its scale, the quantity of carbon dioxide it removes is verifiable and it is cost-effective today.
About the Role
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At Aircapture we’re creating and scaling a circular carbon economy to solve what we believe to be our lifetime's most pressing challenge: The climate crisis. We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO2 captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds--be it thought, education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation--to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a Process Engineering Intern you will be instrumental in the development of novel direct air capture “DAC” systems onsite in our development and production facility in Berkeley, California. You will work alongside our mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineering teams and use your innovative thought process and optimistic mindset to propel the design and manufacturing of DAC systems. If you are excited to mitigate the impact of climate change at a groundbreaking climate technology startup, this is the role for you!</span></p>
<p><strong>This is a full time, Summer opportunity at our research and development facility in Berkeley, California.</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><strong>Pay rate: $25 per hour, plus up to $400 in travel reimbursement for those relocating from outside of the Bay Area.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Please Note–due to the requirements of our federal contracts, we can only hire a U.S. Citizen for this role.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>What You’ll Do Here</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collaborate directly with project teams including engineering, supply chain, and project managers</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Work hands-on with experienced chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineers--y</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ou will get real world experience in our state of the art facility in Berkeley, California</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prepare PFDs and P&IDs for innovative DAC applications</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Design, simulate, and engineer novel process systems using Aspen Plus </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Analyze data from operational plants</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Your Skills and Abilities Include</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">All of your work experience is interesting to us–please include part time jobs, summer jobs, work/study, entrepreneurial endeavors, and volunteer work on your resume.</span></em></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Completed Junior year or equivalent studying Chemical Engineering or a related field, by Summer 2025</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Motivated, curious, and detail-oriented</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent problem solving and communication skills</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong drive to seek out your own projects and opportunities within the company</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with AutoCAD preferred–if you don’t know it, you’ll learn it here</span></li>
</ul>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This position requires physical activities including climbing stairs or ladders, stooping, crouching to work on equipment, operating machinery and lifting and carrying loads of 50 lbs or more.</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences and viewpoints and makes us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.</span></p>
Key Skills
Process EngineeringCollaborationProblem SolvingCommunicationData AnalysisAspen PlusAutoCADDetail-OrientedMotivatedCurious
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