Co-Op, Breakthrough Technology (2025)

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.

The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

Are you ready to get your career started? Alcoa is seeking a Co-Op for the year 2025, to participate in our program that involves material and process development for the Alcoa Technical Center, located in New Kensington, PA! The main activities will include but not be limited to ceramic powder synthesis, powder processing, materials characterization, materials processing development, working with high temperature furnaces, data processing, material purification and materials performance testing.

We are looking to fill multiple roles for the Spring/Summer Semester 2025 or Summer/Fall Semester 2025.

If you are a student who wants to live the everyday challenges and conquests of a pioneering and innovative company, this is the opportunity you've been looking for!

About the Role:

This is your opportunity to help share the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies.

Become a valued part of the team that’s shaping the future of aluminum, revolutionizing the way the world lives, builds, moves and flies.

Be part of it and shape your world. During this co-op, the selected candidates will:


* Work closely with engineers on a variety of projects crafted to contribute technologically to the assigned group.


* Support process data analysis using a variety of software.


* Optimize existing, new, or future equipment and processes.


* Research current technology, design and execute experiments, and collect, analyze and present data.


* Be accountable for the defined project as assigned by the supervisor.


* Publish an internal formal written report authored or co-authored by the student.

What you can bring to this role:

Our values – act with integrity, operate with excellence, care for people, lead with courage – are at the foundation of everything we do.

To be successful in this role and to play a part in our ongoing success we desire the following background:


* A junior/senior level or above student in chemical engineering, materials science, ceramic engineering, analytical chemistry or related science field.


* Strong organization, math and writing skills.


* Ability to learn and grow in a technical environment with constant challenges.

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About the Location

Every day is a new and exciting challenge at the Alcoa Technical Center in New Kensington, PA, just north of Pittsburgh.

We develop new technologies with our Breakthrough Technologies team that has the potential to impact the life of millions of people and foster the sustainable footprint from Alcoa to the world.

It was here where we developed the technology recently announced in partnership with Rio Tinto, called ELYSIS™, where we will produce aluminum with ZERO emission of greenhouse gases.

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