Materials Trainee

Internship Overview

We are looking for an intern who will join for 6 months our Materials Team. newcleo's Material & Chemistry (MCX) laboratories generate the experimental data behind material qualification for the design of our lead-cooled fast reactors and is working towards preparing for ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation.
Join the Material & Chemistry Quality unit (MCQ) and help demonstrate that our results can be trusted: hands-on, in the labs, and in our Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), with outputs that stay in use and support the rest of the team.

Work Plan

• Month 1 – Onboarding: lab quality system, ISO/IEC 17025, nuclear QA principles, safety; shadowing in the labs.
• Months 2–3 – Equipment management: check calibration status, traceability and records; build a gap register with the lab teams.
• Months 3–6 – Validity of results: support setting up control charts, comparisons and measurement uncertainty evaluations for selected test methods. Support the laboratories in documenting and reviewing method validation against ISO/IEC 17025 requirements.
• Months 4–6 – LIMS quality data: load and verify quality master data (equipment, calibrations, methods) in the LIMS and check that its configuration reflects laboratory procedures.

Qualifications

Education

• MSc student or recent MSc graduate in Materials, Chemical or Nuclear Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or related fields.

Experience

• Hands-on lab experience with testing or analytical techniques is highly appreciated.
• Statistics applied to experimental data; Excel (Python or R is a plus).
• Rigorous and curious; knowledge of ISO 9001 or ISO/IEC 17025 is a plus, not a requirement.
• Programming or IT skills (e.g. software or database configuration) are highly appreciated.

Language Proficiency:

• English (CEFR C1+)
• Italian (CEFR C1+)
• French is a plus