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QUALIFICATIONS - EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Ongoing or finished university degree with chemical sciences background
• Or more specifically: Polymer or Materials Engineering student (min. 2 years of study) with polymer-synthesis or polymer-physical expertise.

QUALIFICATIONS - SKILLS:

• Must have basic understanding of polymer chemistry and physics.
• Interest in the areas of product development and medical devices
• Fluent in English and German
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a matrix organization and participate effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Capacity to work under strict timelines
• Skills design, mechanical testing and validation
• Basic statistical knowledge
• Basic programming experience in MATLAB and/or Python
• Comfortable with reading and reviewing technical documents and drawings

As an intern you will be a part of our R&D team and support the team in chemical analysis and prototyping of our next generation products. Tasks include but are not limited to:

• Provides support in research and development of products and processes like
• synthesis of polymers, coating, surface modifications
• 3D printing, injection molding
• Executes protocols for testing product performance (Tensile testing, DSC, NMR, XPS, XRD, etc)
• Conduct small sets of experiments (e.g. solubility, swelling, surface modification, and surface analysis)
• Collect and document results to statistically analyze and validate parameters of established processes.
• Support in scouting scientific/technical papers and patents on topics relevant to work
• Assistance with maintenance of equipment/devices