Fire Science Intern

Summary

Stand is a technology and insurance company reimagining how society assesses, mitigates, and adapts to catastrophic risk for homeowners. They are seeking a Fire Science Engineering Intern to support fire experimentation and simulation validation efforts, which includes designing and running controlled fire experiments and converting raw experimental outputs into validation-ready datasets.

Responsibilities

• Design and support controlled fire experiments by defining test conditions, configurations, and instrumentation layouts
• Operate experimental instrumentation, DAQ systems, and cameras during live fire tests to ensure complete and synchronized data capture
• Troubleshoot sensor, DAQ, and timing issues under real test-day constraints
• Process raw experimental outputs into clean, reproducible, validation-ready datasets using repeatable workflows
• Support numerical simulations and perform experimental–simulation comparisons for fire model validation
• Maintain clear run logs, data documentation, and experimental runbooks to ensure repeatability and knowledge transfer

Skills

• Hands-on experience setting up and operating experimental instrumentation and DAQ systems
• Familiarity with fire-related experiments and strong laboratory safety discipline
• Experience operating sensors or diagnostics and aligning multi-channel data in time
• Proficiency in time-series data processing, visualization, and basic data quality checks
• Strong documentation habits, including run logs, data notes, and clear technical summaries
• Ability to work independently and troubleshoot issues during live experiments
• Experience with CFD / fire modeling tools
• Familiarity with experimental validation of numerical or physics-based models
• Experience working in test-day or field-like experimental environments under time pressure

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Hands-on experience setting up and operating experimental instrumentation and DAQ systems
• Familiarity with fire-related experiments and strong laboratory safety discipline
• Experience operating sensors or diagnostics and aligning multi-channel data in time
• Proficiency in time-series data processing, visualization, and basic data quality checks
• Strong documentation habits, including run logs, data notes, and clear technical summaries
• Ability to work independently and troubleshoot issues during live experiments

Nice to Haves

• Experience with CFD / fire modeling tools
• Familiarity with experimental validation of numerical or physics-based models
• Experience working in test-day or field-like experimental environments under time pressure

Benefits

• Above-market Health, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Weekly lunch stipend
• Flexible time off + holidays
• 401(k) plan
• Commuter benefits
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Monthly team gatherings
• In-office perks