Process Automation Engineering Intern

About us

At the forefront of farming and food, UPSIDE Foods is innovating new ways to produce real meat, without the need to breed, feed and slaughter animals. Our process begins with an animal cell, which is cultivated and harvested as meat. The founding company of the industry, UPSIDE Foods is a mission-driven organization focused on bringing to meat lovers an authentic product that is truly humane, sustainably produced, nutritious and delicious! We are now expanding our team of dedicated professionals across disciplines to make better meat for a better world.

About this internship

The Process Automation Engineering Intern will work with scientist, engineers and manufacturing operators on projects involved in day-to-day manufacturing operations and automation of a complex and novel pilot plant for cell-based meat production. 

They should be willing to learn new processes, programming languages, integrate various software solutions into a unified platform, and collaborate closely with the MSAT and data engineering teams. They should be passionate about creating logical, efficient and user-friendly solutions. You should be creative, structured, enthusiastic and a self-manager.

Duties include

• Work with Senior Engineers to integrate various pieces of equipment and instrumentation into Rockwell PlantPAx Batch system
• Work with end users from cross functional teams to create SCADA graphics and PI dashboards that allow end users to easily navigate to the data of interest for specific part of the process or equipment.
• Create or update existing engineering specification documents
• Work hands on developing several downstream processing technologies utilized for separation and drying of biomass

About you 

• Pursuing Bachelor’s (junior or senior) in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical)
• Strong intellectual curiosity and resourcefulness with a bias for action!
• You have excellent communication, organizational, attention to detail and problem-solving skills

Length of internship

• 10-12 weeks

UPSIDE Foods is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Our company-wide mission is to create a product for everyone, so we are deeply committed to having teams and leaders that reflect this mission.