Cooling is set to become the world’s single largest use of electricity in buildings by 2050. As a result, air conditioning (AC) represents one of the largest risks to our climate. Residential use alone is set to account for an increase of more than 0.5 ⁰C in global surface temperature. Transaera aims to reduce the global climate impact of ACs by innovating the 100 year old technology to be more efficient. Transaera is a small but fast-growing startup based in Somerville, MA that has demonstrated more than 40% energy savings in commercial air conditioners. With recently closed funding and scale-up imminent, Transaera is in an exciting period of growth and is looking for a passionate engineer to join our team as we grow through the spring.

Transaera is looking to hire a spring semester co-op to support in the development of our novel ACs through creating test fixtures and developing and executing test plans to continue our development. This position will include design and build of our test fixtures, as well as data acquisition and analysis for design validation. We are looking for someone who is organized, creative, and collaborative.

Things you may get to work on:

• Improving or iterating existing designs through CAD modeling and rapid prototyping techniques such as laser cutting or 3D printing.

• Ordering and assembling hardware for custom test fixtures.

• Running experiments, analyzing data, and reporting results.

• Creating and documenting test procedures and design processes.

• Management and organization of testing area, tool inventory and general test infrastructure upkeep.

Student must submit a cover letter
Submitting a portfolio is preferred but not required
Company may be relocating and is unclear if new location will be accessible by public transportation