A Nona RECOVER pilot unit installed beside cooling water piping

Build the hardware that keeps water in the loop.

Spun out of MIT, Nona Technologies is an early-stage climate tech startup headquartered in Cambridge, MA. Our employees, co-ops, and interns work on real systems, spanning automation software, pilot deployments, commercial installations, and R&D.

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)

Proud host of the Clean Energy Internship Program

About the program

Meet our recent co-ops and interns

Students at Nona work on real hardware, software, and business problems from their first week.

Nigel Purvis in a Nona shirt next to a Nona system in the Cambridge lab

Nigel Purvis

Software Engineering Co-op

Fall 2026 · B.S. Computer Science candidate, Northeastern University

Nigel works on the control software that runs our systems in the field, plus the alerts and dashboards our engineers use to manage that equipment remotely. He studies computer science at Northeastern with a concentration in artificial intelligence and works on the software team at Northeastern Electric Racing.

Read more
Ajith George, R&D Engineering Intern at Nona Technologies, in a Nona t-shirt

Ajith George

R&D Engineering Intern

Summer 2026 · B.S. Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University

Ajith built programmable logic controller (PLC) software that turned physical test feedback into quick software fixes and will speed up our prototyping. He joined after co-ops at Bose and Keurig Dr Pepper and starts an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon next.

Read more
Elizabeth Smith, Summer Associate at Nona Technologies, in a Nona t-shirt

Elizabeth Smith

Summer Associate

Summer 2026 · MBA candidate, MIT Sloan School of Management

Elizabeth led cross-functional workstreams from fundraising to operations. She brought a consulting background in commercial strategy and digital transformation to a small, purpose-driven team. At MIT Sloan, she focuses on finance, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

Read more
A Nona software co-op and engineer reviewing live data on a laptop beside a Nona system in the Cambridge lab

Inside a Nona co-op

  1. 01

    Paid, in Cambridge

    Co-ops and internships are paid positions based at our lab.

  2. 02

    Hands on the hardware

    Write control software, program PLCs, and monitor systems running in the field.

  3. 03

    Engineering or business

    Past students have worked in R&D, software, fundraising, and operations.

Want to join Nona?

No roles are open right now. Seasonal co-op and internship roles are available through Handshake and your university or college's job board.