Internship - Optical Sensing for Smart Instruments & Medical Robotics
Publication date:
15 August 2024Workload:
100%- Place of work:Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Motivation of the work
Turning today’s research into tomorrow’s applications – together
With a clear focus on user needs, the ZEISS Innovation Hub @ KIT explores new technology and application fields, enabling the transformation of ideas into innovations. Here, students, researchers, entrepreneurs, and ZEISS employees meet at eye level and practice an open-innovation culture.
For our team of researchers and engineers, we seek for a student to support our research and experiments for optical sensing, with a focus on smart instruments & optical coherence tomography (OCT) for medical applications and medical robotics.
We offer
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Young, motivated team with a large and active student community
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Agile work environment with the possibility to work on various tasks for innovative medical applications.
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Option for subsequent master thesis
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Modern office culture with flexible working hours
Your Role
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Develop cutting-edge smart instruments and medical imaging devices, utilizing multiple optical sensing modalities with a focus on medical robotics applications
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Test concepts, core functionalities, and analyze data generated by optical sensing-based hardware and software
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Help with the development of a state-of-the-art research-grade prototypes in lab settings
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Research existing solutions in the scientific and patent literature and tailor solutions to our needs
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Conduct and evaluate experiments based on free space and fiber based optical systems
Your Profile
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A bachelor’s and are enrolled in a master’s program in mechanical, electrical or (bio)medical engineering, optics & photonics, computer science, physics, or similar
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Good understanding of the fundamentals of optics and ideally OCT and smart instruments
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Programming knowledge in at least one of the following: Python, Matlab, C/C++, or CUDA
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First hands-on experience with optical systems and signal processing algorithms
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Ideally experience in the development and integration of data acquisition electronics and scanners
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Ideally experience in setting up and aligning fiber based or free space optical benchtop systems
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Excellent organization, problem-solving & communication skills (English and/or German)
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Passion for innovation and enthusiasm for new technologies as well as motivation to work in agile, interdisciplinary teams
Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Franziska GansloserContact
Carl Zeiss AG