Lab Intern/Co-Op - Quaker Houghton

About Us

At Quaker Houghton, we are experts in the development, production and application of industrial process fluids, lubricants and coatings for the manufacturing industry. We have been an integral part in the growth of the world’s largest industrial and manufacturing companies from aerospace and automotive to primary metal and energy. Today, we have a global presence, with our corporate headquarters located in Conshohocken, PA. Quaker Houghton is a global publicly traded company with a unique collaborative culture that supports career growth for its associates and offers competitive compensation and benefit programs.

Job Summary

As a co-op/ intern for the Center of Innovation (COI) you will focus on learning and help in physical and chemical characterization as well as different tribology tests with metalworking fluid samples for the new product development projects in Center of Innovation (COI) Global MWF group in Conshohocken.

What will you do

• Make metalworking fluid samples and formulas according to the instructions from the senior chemist or the manager
• Perform some tests to confirm the physical and chemical properties as well as performance properties such as foam, emulsion stability, stability etc. with the samples by wet chemistries and sophisticated instruments like Turbiscan, MEP and high-pressure foam tester etc
• Carry-out some tribological tests with state-of-art instruments such as Microtap, Bruker/Rtec tribometers and microscope/profilometers to obtain lubricity and surface roughness data
• Need to do some data treatment and scientific graphs with experiment data. Also, may need to write brief reports and presentations

What do we look for

• Second- or third-year student majoring in chemical engineering (preferred) or chemistry or material engineering.
• The knowledge and experiences in some programming with Python and the process of Design of Experiments (DoE) are preferred.

Quaker Houghton provides equal employment opportunity for all qualified candidates. Quaker Houghton does not discriminate against any candidate for employment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, affectional or sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, veteran’s status, physical/mental disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by U.S federal, state, and/or local employment law. Furthermore, Quaker Houghton is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates with physical and/or mental disabilities.