Internship Photonics scientist

Eindhoven - Netherlands

Monthly Salary: € 500 - 700

Posted on: 14 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title

Internship: Photonics scientist

Job Description

Location: Eindhoven
Type:Internship (Suitable for thesis)
Length: 9-12 months
Time: 40 hours/week
Expected Start Date:January/February 2026

Job title:
Photonic integration of a biosensor in a medical device.

Your role:
During this internship you are part of the Clinical Applications & Devices (CAD) Research Team within the Hospital Patient Monitoring business.

You will do literature research in biosensors and photonic integration

You will be measuring prototypes and benchmark against commercially available devices

You will be analyzing the data and reporting out about the results and next steps

Youre the right fit if:
1. You are studying towards your Master in Sciences (MSc.) in Physics
2. You have good knowledge of optics optical components optical measurements photonics and/or quantum physics. Affinity toward an understanding of biosensing is a plus
3. Expertise and proven background in Matlab programming

4. You are fluent in oral and written English

In return we offer you

A great opportunity to gain experience within a high-performing team. You will gain insight into significant events within Royal Philips. You will work in a team which cooperates closely and there will be many learning and development opportunities.

Next to that we are offering a decent internship package:

Monthly full-time allowance between 500 - 700 gross depending on educational level and if you would need to relocate to The Netherlands. If you perform a part-time internship you will receive the allowance pro-rata.
Housing compensation in case of relocating to the vicinity of the office 300- net if location is in the vicinity of Amsterdam 255- net for all other Philips locations. You need to provide a rental contract of the landlord and your normal home-work travel distance need to be more than 50 km or travel time (one way trip) need to be more than 1.5 hours.
Travel compensation if you are not eligible for a free public transport card; you will receive max. 192- net.
Paid holidays per internship term.
The opportunity to buy Philips equipment at our Philips shop.

IMPORTANT:

Part of our selection procedure is a HireVue online interview recording. We are not able to share the outcome of this HireVue interview but will use this as extra selection criteria.

In order to be considered you have to be registered as a student during the entire internship period. Formal documentation will be requested. Students from outside the EU enrolled at a Dutch university need to fill in a NUFFIC agreement which needs to be signed by the student and the university.

Please note that the contents of our regular internship assignments are not suitable for professionals (and/or MBA students) with professional work experience.

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Job TitleInternship: Photonics scientistJob DescriptionLocation: EindhovenType:Internship (Suitable for thesis)Length: 9-12 monthsTime: 40 hours/weekExpected Start Date:January/February 2026Job title:Photonic integration of a biosensor in a medical device.Your role: During this internship you are pa...