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The Position

Immerse yourself in the fascinating everyday working life at Roche Diagnostics surrounded by beautiful mountains, not far from the scenic Lake Zug and yet close to the cities of Zug, Zurich and Lucerne. Here, where we have been rooted for over 50 years, we develop and produce diagnostic solutions and help to find answers to health questions.

The Rotkreuz site, where a wide variety of disciplines work hand in hand, is a meeting place for over 2,700 talented employees from 70 different nations. Our campus invites people to work together, be creative and realise their full potential. We believe that a positive work environment, employee satisfaction, inclusion and sustainability are key to growing together and improving the lives of patients around the world. Welcome to Roche in Rotkreuz.

Embark on a transformative learning experience with Roche Diagnostics through our Aligned Internship Program in Rotkreuz. Designed to nurture emerging talent, this program offers a dynamic and immersive opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field of diagnostics, fostering personal and professional growth.

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Our Team «BGE Sensors & Electrodes» develops, characterizes and optimizes different electrochemical sensors for medical devices in the area of IVD diagnostics (measurement of blood gases, electrolytes and metabolites) to measure various parameters in whole blood.

To be able to deliver the desired products, we select electrochemical, optical or enzymatic measuring principles and develop the corresponding sensors.

This internship position is located in Rotkreuz, Switzerland, on site.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with our technical experts in the development and improvement of sensors for blood gas analytics.

• Help investigate aspects of the sensor design by planning and conducting different physical and chemical experiments and tests. You support the synthesis and characterization of different functional components of the sensor.

• Support the development of new sensor technologies and evaluate new sensor concepts, from the selection and preparation of materials, to the formulation and production of the sensors and the functional testing of our electrochemical and optical sensors and the corresponding data analysis.

• Support the development team with your scientific background and you will learn to understand, characterize and optimize complex, electrochemical sensors and processes.

• Work on your own work packages, plan and conduct experiments and write the corresponding analysis and documentation. For this, you have access to different analytical methods and tools to analyze sensors (or materials) and use data analysis tools to compile a report on your technical work.

• Be offered a very interesting introduction into the complex and challenging world of sensor development for sensors that are used in medical devices around the world.

Who You Are

You are enrolled or have completed your Master’s studies at a university, preferably in the field of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Material Science or related fields after February 2024 and are interested in applying your knowledge in a modern working environment as part of an internship.

Furthermore you are…

• …looking to gather first experiences in an industrial environment and want to get the opportunity to get insight into the development environment in a leading medical device company.

• …interested in learning to develop electrochemical sensors based on polymeric sensing layers/films, which you help produce in the lab, measure (with chemical and electrochemical methods) and analyze the gathered data.

• …working in a structured and self-reliant way when executing experiments and documenting their results.

• …an open, flexible and team-oriented person

• …speaking and writing well in English (and German).

Technical details:

The start date for the internship is March 2025 with a duration of 6 months.

Part-time employment is not possible

It is possible to write a thesis during the internship

The application deadline is November 11th. Interviews will take place in late November and early December.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Diagnostics International in Rotkreuz is a leading provider of diagnostic systems solutions, and the largest manufacturer of fully automated in vitro diagnostic systems in Switzerland. We are more than 2’700 passionate colleagues from over 65 nationalities. Find out more about our site in Central Switzerland, here .

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.