Internship Robotics for 12 months

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The Position

Who We Are
Roche Diagnostics International Ltd in Rotkreuz is one of the world’s leading providers of diagnostic system solutions for clinics, laboratories and doctors’ offices. The company employs over 2200 people in Rotkreuz and is one of Roche Diagnostics main sites.

The position
In a global, cross-functional environment, the System Development (SD) department is responsible for workflow optimization and the successful integration of hardware, software, consumables and reagents to finally perform the system verification of diagnostics instruments.

As an Internship you will work as a part of a cross-functional team on automating and tooling in the context of development and product care of complex diagnostics systems, consisting of mechanical, electrical, thermal and fluidics, robotics, software and biochemistry elements.

In this position, you will be responsible for the following areas:

• Support our team elaborating on (Cobots-)Robotics concepts within a laboratory environment, towards our vision of a dark lab by fully automating laboratory operation and workflows.
• Programming, testing and maintaining of new created and existing automated solutions within our laboratories.
• Supporting our Integration Teams in installation of Robotics Solutions within our laboratory environment.
• Plan, coordinate and execute small work packages within your area of responsibility including reporting and escalation of topics or issues to the team.
• Be able to work as an individual and as part of a team

Who you are

• You are currently enrolled as a student or have recently graduated (within the last 12 months), with a bachelor or master preferably in computer science with specific knowledge in e.g. robotics and/or vision, electrical engineering or systems engineering or equivalent.
• Knowledge in one or more programming languages (e.g. UR-Polyscope, Python, C#/NET, LabView)
• You are excited to start your professional career in the medical diagnostics industry.
• Excellent spoken and written command of English (German is advantageous).
• You are able to communicate appropriately with different target groups.
• You are motivated to build, manage and foster relationships and networks within the department and the related projects.
• Quick grasp and understanding of complex issues, conceptual and creative thinking.

Start date: by agreement, for 12 months

Due to regulations non-EU/EFTA citizens must provide a certificate from the university stating that an internship is mandatory as part of the application documents.

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Roche is an equal opportunity employer.

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.