Biomedical Engineering Student (Co-op) (Non-Union)

Lower Mainland Biomedical Engineering (LMBME) is excited to offer a Summer 2026 (May to August 2026) Clinical Engineering full-time Internship position on our Regional Engineering Team for a Biomedical/Clinical Engineering student!

About LMBME

LMBME focuses primarily on Healthcare Technology Management by providing a wide range of technical support and engineering expertise. It serves four Health Delivery Organizations (FHA PHC PHSA and VCH) in the Lower Mainland of BC Canada by managing medical devices throughout their life-cycle: from acquisition planning and development of technical specifications through the purchasing implementation maintenance and end-of-life and disposal/recycling.

LMBME also plays a key role in technology related to patient safety. It conducts incident investigations monitors medical equipment recalls and alerts and identifies potential hazards associated with medical technology.

LMBMEs Engineering Team has regional responsibilities providing engineering support across 27 major hospitals and additional smaller sites. LMBMEs Biomedical Engineering Technologists have site-specific and hands-on responsibilities supporting 110000 medical devices spread across these sites.

Student enrollment in a Masters program in engineering is preferred. Students in their 4^thyear of a Bachelors program in engineering may be considered. Recent graduates in engineering programs may also be considered (up to 12 months from graduation date).

Day to day:

LMBMEs Regional Engineering Team will supervise the successful applicant and the student will be assigned a project involving the application of engineering principles to healthcare technology problems. Potential projects are scoped to meet their institutions academic requirements and LMBMEs strategic priorities.

Examples of previous student projects include:

• Development of a risk assessment tool for using 3rd-party batteries in electromedical devices
• Assessment of infusion pump flow and redistribution in hospitals
• Investigating discoloured tubing in anesthesia machines
• Development of a capital prioritization scoring tool
• Investigating premature AED battery failures
• Development of an incident investigation procedure for Technologists

General internship activities and experiences may include:

• Internship projects are commonly data driven with opportunities to take on other smaller projects based on the interns interests.
• Observation of clinical procedures involving medical technology (e.g. open heart catheterization lab electroconvulsive therapy procedures)
• Exposure to a patient safety incident investigation
• Tours of areas of hospitals with unique technologies (e.g. hyperbaric chamber operating rooms)
• Interaction with healthcare professionals
• Exposure to LMBME business processes (e.g. medical device alerts management preventative maintenance program)

We acknowledge that Providence Health Care and the new St. Pauls Hospital site is located on the traditional ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples including the territories of the xʷməθkwəyəm (Musqueam) Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səlílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.