Pilot system assembly & testing intern

Application deadline: December 18, 2024

Since spinning out of MIT, we have completed two field demonstrations in brine disposal and wastewater re-use, in the process winning two technology bake-offs (the More Water Less Concentrate Challenge and the Pop-Up City Contest). Over the next year we are putting together pilot systems in several new applications (seawater desalination, groundwater desalination for agriculture, produced water disposal) as the final step before we go to market.

We are looking for two interns to assist us with various aspects of pilot system delivery. This will be a totally hands-on internship which will focus primarily on assembly and testing of water desalination systems during the spring.

Work will primarily take place at our workshop in the Boston area. You will be working together with another intern and closely with the founding team.

Some useful skills are included below, but are not requisites:

• Experience working with water desalination systems or other high-pressure fluid systems
• Experience with plumbing
• Experience with electronics assembly (e.g. sensors, valves, motors, VFDs, microcontrollers)
• Experience with electric wiring
• Experience with equipment skid design & fabrication
• Experience with 3d CAD assemblies, especially piped systems
• Experience with hydraulic components (e.g. valves, victaulic fittings, etc.)
• Ability to read flow diagrams or process and instrumentation diagrams

Harmony Desalting

At Harmony, we are advancing the state-of-the-art in water treatment using a combination of new processes, membranes, and insights. In doing so, we will help secure clean water for people all around the world.

Since spinning out of MIT in 2021, we have demonstrated our batch RO process in two award-winning field deployments: Reclamation’s More Water Less Concentrate Challenge and the IDEaS Pop Up City Contest. In 2023, we won an Impact Medal at the Global Prize in Desalination.

Over the next year, we are focused on deploying additional pilot demonstrations supported by the Bureau of Reclamation, the National Alliance for Water Innovation, and the Saline Water Conversion Company. Following this next round of pilots, we anticipate selling our first commercial systems in 2025.

Apply

If interested, please send an introductory email with a resume to quantum@harmonydesalting.com.