Position: Cost Accounting Intern (Engineering Background Preferred)

Location: New Berlin, WI

Status: Full-Time, Summer

Reports to: CEO

Position Summary: We are seeking a highly motivated Cost Accounting Intern with an engineering background to join our finance team. This internship provides a unique opportunity to apply both financial and engineering knowledge to real-world business operations. The intern will assist in analyzing projections for manufacturing costs, preparing reports, and improving cost efficiency. This role is ideal for students pursuing an MBA, or a related field who are eager to gain hands-on experience in cost analysis, technology development, scale up and financial reporting.

Essential Functions of the Position:

• Assist in analyzing cost structures, material costs, and labor costs for manufacturing or engineering projects, in the context of a technology that has to scale up, and is identifying new manufacturing partners, developing process.
• Collaborate with engineering and production teams to evaluate process efficiencies and cost-saving opportunities.
• Conduct in-depth competitor landscape analysis, evaluating both startups and established players in the industry.
• Perform comparative analyses of our technology and business model against competitors, considering cost structures, scalability, innovation potential and overall market viability.
• Provide insights to guide product development, pricing strategies and competitive positioning.
• Other duties as assigned.

About Advanced Ionics:
Our mission is to decarbonize the "hard-to-abate" heavy industrial sectors of the world economy with a new class of electrolyzers. Advanced Ionics is seeking a highly motivated people to join our growing team that is dedicated to developing transformational “green hydrogen” industrial electrolyzer systems.
At Advanced Ionics, we’ve created a green hydrogen platform that allows industrial hydrogen producers and users to achieve sustainability and decarbonize, without sacrificing profit. We combine our patented Symbiotic electrolyzer technology with our customers’ onsite process and waste heat to produce the lowest-cost green hydrogen on the market.
We’re a thoughtful, venture-backed, and mission-oriented team of engineers, creatives, and business people looking to change the world. And, we’re proud to say we’re headquartered in the great city of Milwaukee, in the heart of the industrial Midwest.

Professional Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing an MBA with a focus in Accounting, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• Basic understanding of cost accounting principles, financial analysis, and engineering processes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, data analysis) and familiarity with ERP systems is a plus.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience or coursework in manufacturing processes, cost estimation, or process optimization.
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or operational efficiency methodologies.
• Prior internship or project experience involving cost analysis or financial modeling.
• Scientific, engineering, on manufacturing background.