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Marathon Digital Holdings: Research Lab Technician Internship
Company Description
Marathon Digital Holdings is focused on securing and supporting the development of the Bitcoin ecosystem by building one of the largest, most agile, and most sustainable bitcoin mining operations in the world. We are growing – quickly. At the start of 2021, we were operating 2,060 miners that were producing 0.2 EH/s. By early 2023, we expect to have deployed approximately 199,000 miners producing approximately 23.3 EH/s, potentially representing 7% of the total network according to some estimates (source). Additionally, our objective is for our mining operations to be 100% carbon neutral by the end of this year. We are here to help make Bitcoin more secure and more widely adopted by bringing a professional and innovative approach to securing the blockchain.
Position
Marathon is looking to build out a research team to test, strategize and evaluate the latest ESG technologies. We have partnerships with cutting edge companies where we will be testing mining hardware, firmware, blockchain and immersion technology. We are looking for individuals who have a strong science background and are willing to write programs to aid in the testing process. The position will be a mix of in-person and remote, no experience required.
- Receiving and organizing equipment
- Setup and installing laboratory equipment
- Designing and executing testing procedures
- Write computer programs to automate testing and data collection
- Research reports analysis and evaluations
- Writing white papers
- Assembly and deconstruction of equipment
- Shipping and receiving of equipment
- Organize electricians and or support contractors
- KPI and goal setting
Qualifications
- 5-20 hours / week minimum
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- Sublime / IDE text editor
- Ownership
- Organized and methodical
- Science background (plus)
- Operated crypto mining machines (plus)
- Electrician or electrical engineer background (plus)
What you will learn
- New technology in the blockchain space
- New ESG technology
- Scripting in python or similar language
- Testing procedures
- Writing white papers
- OSHA safety procedures