Internship in near-infrared spectroscopy for life science applications (F/M/D)

Facing the challenges of our time

Help us grow and be more impactful!

We are looking for a passionate person who wants to co-develop products for biotech and life science applications.

The commercialisation of biological therapeutics and drug screening assays based on engineered cells and tissues holds tremendous potential for transforming drug production and diseases treatments. To facilitate and optimise the organoid treatment, real-time, reagent-free and contactless bio-analyte concentration monitoring, such as glucose, is required to ensure product quality and to improve the efficiency and reliability of biomanufacturing operations.

At CSEM, our team of engineers is developing a spectroscopic monitoring platform capable of real-time bioanalyte detection in cell culture bioreactors and organ‑on‑a‑chip devices. The system has been designed, developed, and evaluated with commercialization potential in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

We are offering two internship positions focussing either on optical system engineering and validation or signal processing and data analysis.

Each internship is planned to last between 4 to 6 months The internship can start from April / May 2026.

Your mission

In this project, you will join a multidisciplinary R&D team and work alongside experts in biotechnology, optics, and systems engineering. You will gain hands-on experience in chemical and optical laboratories, as well as in systems engineering and data processing, i.e. chemometrics. Your responsibilities will include validating state-of-the-art spectroscopy setups for biomarker detection, preparing materials for functional testing, conducting experiments for real-time bioanalyte detection, and performing data analysis.

Your responsibilities

• Co-development and validation of an NIR / MIR spectrometric setup
• Conduct experiments and prepare samples in a chemistry laboratory
• Developing and validating algorithms (Python code-based) to improve system performance (chemometrics)
• Summarise, visualise and present experimental results
• Support ideation for set-up/ data processing improvements

Your profile

Know-how

• Bachelor or Master student in Biochemistry, Chemistry, or Physics
• Knowledge in optical spectroscopy and spectral data analysis
• Hands‑on experience in chemical or biological laboratory work
• Python programming skills (advantage: experience in signal processing)
• Good knowledge of English

Interpersonal skills

• You are ready to work in multidisciplinary and dynamic team
• You want to collaborate and communicate with colleagues
• Are you inspired to advance state-of-the-art bio-analyte monitoring technology?

CSEM mission and values

Our mission is the development and transfer of innovative technologies to the Swiss industry. Our objective is to make an impact on our customers and on society at large in the fields of precision manufacturing, digital technologies and sustainable energy. Our strength is the excellence of our people, about 650 passionate specialists dedicated to innovation and technology transfer. We believe that strong values support the successful development of our organization as well as the harmonious and balanced development of all our employees.

We are

• A unique place between research and industry at the cutting edge of new technologies
• An innovative, non-profit, and employee-driven company
• A dynamic, multidisciplinary, and multicultural environment
• A solar team focused on enabling solutions to energy challenges for a sustainable world

Working@CSEM means

• being part of a passionate community
• incredible flexibility, attractive working conditions, and great opportunities of development
• benefit from a management style based on trust & feedback and that favors a work-life balance

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity.

We look forward to receiving your complete application file via (CV, cover letter, certificates & diplomas) our job page. Preference will be given to professionals applying directly.