Job Title: Undergraduate Engineer
Sandoz Device Development Centre (SDDC), formerly Coalesce Product Development Ltd.) is offering a year-long placement for aspiring Mechanical Engineers between August 2024 and August 2025. SDDC is the Cambridge-based medical device design and development arm of Sandoz, a generic medicines company. Currently, around thirty people work at SDDC developing medical devices and drug delivery systems that are technically challenging. We have expertise in designing, analysing, building, testing, and optimising high-volume, injection-moulded, mechanical and electro-mechanical devices. This role is strictly for undergraduates with a university course that allows an industrial placement year.
The placement would suit an engineering student with an aptitude for mechanical design, underpinned by a solid grounding in engineering theory. A working knowledge of materials & tools, as well as an appetite for building, testing, and refining prototypes, would also be preferred. Some experience (outside of university studies) of product design, fluid dynamics, 3D CAD, and/or data acquisition & analysis would be welcome but not essential.
Throughout the placement, colleagues will provide guidance, help to identify and develop aptitude in areas of interest, and provide or organise training in valuable engineering skills. Working on a mixture of projects, the student will gain knowledge and experience of the entire product development process. The size of the company and the nature of the work require each member of the team to be bright, self-motivated, resourceful, action-oriented, and confident in taking on responsibilities; these will include time & workload management, problem solving, and achievement of specified deliverables.
Open collaboration is at the heart of SDDC's culture, so candidates will be expected to be personable and communicative, particularly in client-facing, or wider company-facing, situations. The environment, atmosphere, and dress code are informal & friendly is valued.
Interns have made significant contributions to both our projects and to our culture over the years, and we hope that a year at SDDC prepares them well for their remaining time at university and their subsequent careers. Several former placement students have joined us again as graduates.
The salary for this role is £24,000 per annum
SDDC also offers 24 holidays pro rata, and has very flexible working arrangements including office hours. However, it is expected that the candidate will live locally and keep fairly regular hours throughout the internship. Assistance can be provided to support any relocation needs.
Applications (cover letter, CV, portfolio) should be e-mailed.
Application closing date: 12th November 2023
Suitable applicants will be invited to an initial Microsoft Teams interview which is likely to be during December and will last a maximum of 30 minutes. Following these Microsoft Teams interviews successful candidates will either be invited to a face-to-face interview in Cambridge or possibly another Microsoft Teams interview. The arrangement will be decided closer to the time and will be dependant on the most recent government guidelines around COVID. Dates are still to be confirmed for these interviews.
Mechanical Engineering Internship (1 year)
SDDC, Cambridge, UK
Job Description
Sandoz Device Development Centre (SDDC) is the Cambridge-based medical device design and development centre of Sandoz.
SDDC develops medical devices and drug delivery systems that are technically challenging in support of Sandoz projects. Our expertise is in designing, analysing, building, testing, and optimising high-volume, injection-moulded, mechanical and electro-mechanical devices.
SDDC is offering a year-long placement for aspiring Mechanical Engineers between August 2024 and August 2025.
Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year. As part of Sandoz, you will have the opportunity to help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!
Key Responsibilities
The placement would suit an engineering student who:
Has an aptitude for mechanical design, underpinned by a solid grounding in engineering theory;
Has a working knowledge of materials & tools, as well as an appetite for building, testing, and refining prototypes;
Is bright, self-motivated, resourceful, action-oriented, and confident in taking on responsibilities such as time & workload management, problem solving, and achievement of specified deliverables; and
Is personable and communicative, particularly in client-facing, or wider company-facing, situations.Throughout the placement, SDDC colleagues will provide guidance, help to identify and develop aptitude in areas of interest, and provide or organise training in valuable engineering skills. Whilst working on a mixture of projects, the student will gain knowledge and experience of the entire product development process.
The environment, atmosphere, and dress code are informal & friendly, and a good sense of humour is valued.
Interns have made significant contributions to both our projects and to our culture over the years, and we hope that a year at SDDC prepares them well for their remaining time at university and their subsequent careers. Several former placement students have joined us again as graduates.
SDDC pays competitive salaries, offers holidays pro rata, and has very flexible working arrangements including office hours. However, it is expected that the candidate will live locally and keep fairly regular hours throughout the internship.
Desirable Requirements
Some experience (outside of university studies) of product design, fluid dynamics, 3D CAD, and/or data acquisition & analysis (welcome but not essential).
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