MSC Internship - Laboratory Digitalization & Research Data Management

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze laboratory data flow and identify opportunities for automation.

• Support the design and implementation of a research-data environment.

• Develop or adapt scripts and interfaces for importing and organizing scientific data.

• Define and test metadata structures that connect experiments, samples, materials, and measurement results.

• Evaluate solutions together with scientists and lab users and incorporate feedback.

• Document workflows, technical decisions, and user guidance.

• Present project results and recommendations to (international) stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a master’s program in computer science, electrical engineering, information systems, or a related discipline.

• Basic programming experience, preferably in Python.

• Interest in research-data management, and laboratory and workflow automation.

• Structured and careful working style with attention to documentation and data quality.

• Ability to work independently while collaborating with scientists and lab users.

• Good written and spoken English.

Advantageous Qualifications

• Experience with SQL, Linux, databases, APIs, or data-transformation workflows.

• Familiarity with laboratory information management systems, electronic laboratory notebooks, or FAIR data principles.

• Experience handling data from different instruments or file formats.

• Interest in battery technology, materials science, or practical laboratory workflows.

• German-language skills are helpful but not required.

What We Offer

• A practical digitalization project with direct relevance to day-to-day battery R&D.

• The opportunity to work at the interface of software, scientific data, and laboratory operations.

• Collaboration with, and access to, real user requirements and research workflows.

• Scope to propose, prototype, and evaluate your own technical solutions.

• Experience working in an international industrial R&D environment.

• Flexible working arrangements, including partial remote work depending on project phase and operational requirements.

• Competitive compensation according to the applicable student arrangement.

At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.