Intern – R&D Front-End Innovation Intern - Oral Healthcare – Bothell, WA – Summer 2027
About The Position
This paid, three-month internship at Philips’ Bothell, Washington site is for students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees. The intern will work across scientific and engineering disciplines to research, develop, and evaluate new healthcare technologies, with an emphasis on biomedical engineering, optics, prototyping, and experimental testing. The role involves designing, fabricating, assembling, and refining prototypes, test fixtures, and experimental setups using CAD, additive manufacturing, optical systems, metrology, and other hands-on engineering methods. The intern will plan and conduct experiments; assess product performance, accuracy, repeatability, reliability, and usability using image processing, data analysis, and statistical methods; and support prototype verification and user or clinical studies. The intern will also develop measurement methods and test protocols, prepare equipment and study setups, apply human factors principles, interpret findings to inform design improvements, document methods and results, and communicate recommendations to cross-functional technical, clinical, and product development teams. This is an office role based in Bothell, WA. Office-based teams work in person at least three days per week. Candidates must reside in or within commuting distance of Bothell. US work authorization is required; sponsorship is not available. Relocation benefits are not provided. The hourly pay range is $29.00–$32.00, with overtime eligibility.
Requirements
- Be actively pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related STEM discipline.
- Undergraduate candidates must have completed at least three years of coursework.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong technical documentation and communication skills.
- Careful attention to data quality, accuracy, and traceability.
- US work authorization; candidates requiring work-authorized visa sponsorship now or in the future will not be considered.
- Reside in or within commuting distance of Bothell, WA.
Nice To Haves
- Coursework or hands-on experience in prototyping, optics or optical instrumentation, metrology, image processing, data analysis, engineering statistics, or human factors, preferably through laboratory work, research, or engineering design projects.
- Interest in biomedical devices, experimental testing, clinical or human-subject research, and translating test results into practical engineering improvements.
- Enthusiasm for learning and applying new scientific and engineering methods.
Responsibilities
- Conduct research and support the development and evaluation of healthcare technologies, particularly in biomedical engineering, optics, prototyping, and experimental testing.
- Design, fabricate, assemble, and refine prototypes, test fixtures, and experimental setups using CAD, additive manufacturing, optical systems, metrology, and hands-on engineering methods.
- Plan and execute experiments to evaluate product performance using image processing, data analysis, and statistical methods.
- Assess product accuracy, repeatability, reliability, and usability.
- Support prototype verification and user or clinical studies by developing measurement methods and test protocols and preparing equipment and study setups.
- Apply human factors principles to connect technical performance with user and study outcomes.
- Analyze experimental and study findings and translate them into design improvements and refined product concepts.
- Document methods and results and communicate recommendations to cross-functional technical, clinical, and product development teams.
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