Hardware Engineering Intern

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

Pay Range

$19.20 - $26.40

All internship positions are designed to give college students an opportunity to apply techniques learned in an academic setting while obtaining new skills. This is a paid internship offering full-time hours during the summer months. All interns are required to conclude the program by giving a formal presentation on their work. Please note that no relocation assistance or sponsorship is provided for the internship program at this time.

Pay Rate: $25/hour

Position Summary

The Hardware Engineering team is a part of the development team and continuously pushes out new products, instruments, consumable devices, and manufacturing automation solutions to generate growth and value for the company. You will be working with a diverse, dynamic, curious, fun loving, and innovative team to brainstorm ideas and apply your engineering skills towards our new products.

This position provides great opportunities to obtain hands-on experience for good engineering practice and disciplines. It will give you exposure to common engineering product management tools useful for any industry. Previous interns have owned their own projects and implemented features that are included in final product designs. We have many members who are passionate about mentoring interns and will introduce you to other functions of the company to give you a well-rounded summer experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Documentation using our product lifecycle management system
• Design, build, and test components in instruments, manufacturing automation, and consumable devices
• Data analysis and presentation of results, status, and conclusions
• Attending meetings to brainstorm and contribute ideas
• Attend meetings and seminars to understand different departmental functions and impact to business
  
  

Program Requirements

• Must be a currently enrolled student pursuing a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, physics, Bioengineering, or an equivalent
• Must have completed (at minimum) the sophomore year of college
• Must be able to work full-time in person during the duration of the internship program
  
  

Experience Qualifications

• Strong logical thinking and good problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
• Excellent data analysis and presentation skills
• Ability to learn and act independently with good judgement of when to get help
• Experience with MS Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Familiarity to programming languages (Python, Adruino, Labview) a bonus
• Familiarity to CAD (Solidworks) a bonus
• Familiarity with 3D printing techniques, soldering, and electronics a bonus
  
  

Why Join Bio-Techne

• We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
• We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
• We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
• We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
• We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
• We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.
  
  

Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.