# R&D Test Engineering Intern (SoFuel)

About Tempo Based in San Diego, California, Tempo develops thermochemical energy storage (TCES) systems designed for energy-intensive industries. The platform enables industrial operators to shift energy use over time by sourcing power when it is most cost-effective and enables the electrification of high-temperature industrial heat at a cost advantage to using fossil fuels. By storing electricity thermochemically, the system delivers a continuous stream of combustion-free, high-temperature air at up to 1,200°C. Tempo is backed by leading climate and energy investors, including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Prelude Ventures. For more information, visit www.tempoenergy.com. Tempo is seeking a motivated, hands-on Engineering Intern to support the development and experimental validation of its high-temperature thermal energy storage technology. The intern will work primarily on the SoFuel test stand, an experimental system designed to investigate high-temperature solid pellet storage, gas-solid heat transfer, granular material flow, and thermal system performance. This position offers an opportunity to work directly with experimental hardware, operate and improve

- **Id**: 4304149
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/tempo-rd-test-engineering-intern-sofuel>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: intern
- **Employment type**: internship
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Diego, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-14T01:52:58Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T05:50:29Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 9430
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Fitness, Fitness Equipment

## Company

- **Id**: 171946
- **Name**: Tempo
- **Domain**: tempo.fit
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/tempo-3>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Salary

- **Min**: 30
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: hour
- **Usd annual**: 60000

## Technologies

- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: yes
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T05:50:29Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 38
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 60000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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