Innovation & Development Summer Intern

AbouttheCompany:

Headquartered in San Francisco CACytovaleis a dynamic late-stage startup focused on developing a faster more insightful way to diagnose fast-moving and immune-mediated is pioneering a new way of quickly and accurately analyzing white blood cells to stratify a patients risk of sepsis. The test simply and clearlydeterminesriskof sepsis using a biomechanical evaluation of white blood cells collected from a standard blood draw generating results in under 10 minutes. This gives physicians actionable information when they need it most allowing them to confidently triage suspected sepsis patients quickly and spend more time with those in greatest need. It also helps strained health systems prevent unnecessary treatment preserve valuable resources and improve compliance with SEP-1 guidelines.

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TheInnovation & Development Summer Internwill be an individual contributorwiththe Innovation & Development group. This role splits time between hands-onbenchwork(running assaysexecuting experiments on in-house IVD systems and benchtop prototypes and supporting hardware feasibility and development projects)and desk-based work building AI-enabled process tools to streamline how the team runs experiments and analyzes data.A bioengineeringor relatedlife-sciences/engineering foundationis expected withexposure to wet-lab work andcomfortusing scripting tools () for data analysis. The intern should expectavaried mix of activities across bench experiments prototyping support data analysis and tool development.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Execute experiments and run theCytovaleSystem instrument to collect assay data on in-house IVD systems and benchtop prototypes.

• Support hands-on testing of instrument sub-systems and consumablestovalidatecore functionality.

• Maintain laboratory documentation including laboratory notebooks protocol documents and electronic laboratory records ensuring that all documentation isaccurate complete and in compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Provide broad support to ongoing Engineering workstreams; analysis part drawing updatesrequirementsand risk management etc.

• Build and iterate on AI-enabled process tools and scripts that wrangle experimental datasets automate routine analyses and surface trends for the broader team.

• Participate in cross-functional team projects to support the development and implementation of new processes and technologies and contribute to the generation of technical reports and documentation

Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors orMastersdegree inBioengineeringMechanical Engineering ora relatedlife sciences / engineering field.

• Hands-on wet-lab experience including pipetting sample prepworkingwith biological specimens and following written protocols

• Technical interestto developproficiencywith theCytovaleassay consumables and instrument

• Workingproficiencyin Python (or similar) for data analysis scripting and basic automation;

• Familiarity with using AI tools (e.g. LLM-based assistants) to accelerate coding analysis and documentation tasks

• Strong written and verbal communication; able to document work clearly and present findings to a cross-functional audience

Employment Expectations:

• This is a paid summer internship based onsite in the San Francisco Bay Area.

• Expected duration of approximately 12 weeks during summer 2026; full-time hours preferred.

• Ability to work in the United States.

• Role is 100% onsite to carry out role functions.