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 focused on developing advanced cathode, anode, and conductive additives for lithium-ion batteries, aiming to support a more sustainable future. This CO-OP position is designed for qualified undergraduate students seeking to gain industrial experience in a rapidly growing and impactful sector. The intern will provide experimental support and conduct product characterization analysis for important projects within the group. Responsibilities include collaborating with battery scientists to develop conductive carbon additive dispersions and evaluating their quality using various analytical methods and battery performance testing. Given the technical nature of the role, candidates are expected to have a strong technical background and hands-on laboratory experience, preferably in chemical engineering, materials engineering, or chemistry, along with excellent laboratory skills.

This is an onsite position in Billerica, Massachusetts.

How You will Make an Impact

• Assist with planning and executing R&D trials to produce high-quality conductive carbon additive and/or metal oxide nanoparticle dispersions in aqueous or solvent systems.

• Support characterization of particle dispersion properties.

• Help with battery electrode testing by producing electrodes and performing various measurements.

• Analyze experimental design results and organize findings in a structured format.

• Document results in a presentation or research report.

What You Will Bring to Cabot

• Enrollment in an undergraduate program is required.

• University-level laboratory experience.

• Experience in writing formal laboratory reports.

• Demonstrated willingness to learn new skills.

• Strong focus on safety; basic chemical safety training is preferred.

• Coursework in materials engineering, chemistry, or chemical engineering.

• Computer proficiency, including MS Excel and PowerPoint.

• Minimum commitment of five months.
   

How We Will Support Your Success

• The pay range for this role is anticipated to start at 25.00 an hour. The actual compensation offered to the successful candidate will depend on the candidate's skill, qualifications, experience and location.

• Dynamic, Flexible, Hard Working, Team Environment – We are busy, collaborative, growing, and we are doing really meaningful work.

• Growth –Training, great peer coaching and support, and the ability to personally grow your influence, your position, and your compensation.

• Meaningful Work that is Valued – Customers are demanding sustainable solutions without compromising quality or performance. The work we do is visible, and is helping to create a more abundant, affordable, and cleaner future. It is an awesome feeling to know you’re making a living by making a positive impact in the world; and to be able to say, “I was a part of that.”

• Feedback – We are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.

• Support – You are part of a team and deserve to feel encouraged and supported. We have a global team of engineers that are willing to help. You will be part of a team that cares about you personally and professionally. Our success depends on your success.

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.

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001
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.