People and Culture Intern (position available Summer 2025)

Why AeroShield might be great for you

AeroShield Materials is a collaborative team of 25 people bound by a mission to deliver innovative new materials to make our lives more sustainable and comfortable. Every year in the US, windows and doors lose an estimated $40 billion in thermal energy. We are developing super-insulating transparent aerogel inserts for windows to bring state-of-the-art thermal comfort and energy efficiency into homes at an affordable price.

As part of AeroShield, you would join an agile, passionate, and talented team focusing on realizing our mission in a sustainable, ethical, and innovative way. You'll be part of a growing team where everyone is familiar, collaborating closely to tackle impactful challenges. In this environment, you'll be surrounded by talented individuals who excel in their roles and are supportive team players.

What we are looking for in a People and Culture Intern

We’re in search of someone who is highly passionate about human resources and culture and wants to make meaningful changes through their work at an early-stage green-tech startup. We value an inclusive and welcoming team culture and are looking for someone who wants to play an active role in growing the positive aspects of our work environment as our team grows.

The People and Culture intern will be an integral member of the G&A team with a focus on assisting with day-to-day office management and helping to support the development of internal communications strategies to improve employee engagement. They will work closely with the People Coordinator to:

• Support employees, and be part of the full employee lifecycle process
• Help to develop operations processes
• Create and maintain documentation and data to support People management
• Audit and improve workflows and processes
• Support initiatives for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity

Throughout the internship, the intern will be exposed to all human resources procedures and assist with tasks throughout all stages of the employee life cycle process.

Reporting to the People Coordinator, the P&C intern will work closely with the CEO and the People Coordinator and assist with planning and organizing the company’s social and inclusive events.

Specific projects may include:

Human Resources and Team Strategy:

• Review time sheets and PTO requests and suggest implementation of new automated processes
• Work with team and consultants to audit AeroShield’s existing HR frameworks and identify gaps
• Gain familiarity with HR processes, such as identifying roles, recruiting coordination, orientation and onboarding
• Join the G&A meetings to meet everyone involved in onboarding and participate in projects to improve office efficiency

Hands Experience with Onboarding:

• Review the onboarding process
• Support hands-on problem-solving with end-user devices (e.g. laptops, monitors, conference equipment, etc.) for all employees
• Audit the onboarding process by collecting feedback from recently hired employees
• Work with the People Coordinator to document gaps in onboarding information and develop a plan to prioritize and address them
• Spearhead the creation of a new onboarding automated document that will streamline the onboarding process
• Work with managers to identify needs for interns and assist with role profile creations, connect with local universities, create and post job listings

Creating and Maintaining Documentation:

• Support the People Coordinator in identifying gaps in the learning resources available to employees
• Begin to update/improve and create standardized documentation for the organization
• Create engaging materials and content for company All-Team meetings and DEI/Culture presentations
• Research & propose a high-level implementation for a Learning Management System to support training and learning at the company – work with managers to find out their training needs and propose 2 different systems with learning modules.
• Support or co-lead an All-Team training or educational events

We expect this internship to be hybrid, with some work being conducted in-person at our facility in Waltham, MA. Some work (e.g. research) can be done on-site or remotely.

Qualifications:

Many great team members do not fit a “standard blueprint”. Even if you do not fit all aspects listed below, but feel that you can contribute to AeroShield’s team, please do not hesitate to apply or to reach out with questions. Great candidates for this role are passionate about human resources and operations and are excited about AeroShield’s mission to create sustainable materials which will one day have a huge impact in minimizing carbon emissions!

• The intern is a current student of a degree-seeking program specializing in:
  • Human Resources
  • Business Administration
  • Business Operations or related field
  • Communications
  • Engineering with an interest in People Operations and leadership
• The intern has a strong desire for real-world experience, and understanding of human resources and best practices, the importance of a great company culture and enjoys the start-up environment.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume via our career portal at: https://careers.jobscore.com/careers/aeroshieldmaterialsinc

Optionally, please include a few sentences or paragraphs about why you are interested in this role and why it looks like a good fit for you. This does not need to be a cover letter or anything formal, we just want to see what excites you about working at AeroShield! Contact for questions: Valerie Smith, People Coordinator

About AeroShield

AeroShield manufactures a super-insulating nanoporous form of glass for energy efficient windows. Based on silica aerogel technology, AeroShield is more transparent than glass and twice as insulating as air, enabling windows that are 50% more energy efficient and cost-effective, with the potential to save billions of dollars in energy. See www.aeroshield.tech and for more details.