Product Management Intern

Join the MaxWell Biosystems Team

Have you ever wanted to work with cutting-edge technology involving both engineering and biology? Do you enjoy working in an international, multidisciplinary, and interactive team, be it marketing, operations, research, or product development? 

Then we might have a position for you. Join us in innovating the future of electrophysiology for drug discovery and basic research.

Please have a look at the job openings listed below or send your inquires directly to hr@mxwbio.com.

Open Positions

• Technical Sales Intern (100%)
• Product Management Intern (100%)
• Account Manager (100%)
• Executive Assistant for our CCO (100%)
• Software Engineer Python Internship (100%)
• Software Engineer C++ Internship (100%)
• Internships

Technical Sales Intern (100%) 6-9 months

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We are seeking a highly motivated Technical Sales Intern to join our Sales Team, where you will have the opportunity to work on your own project with a focus on optimizing the technical sales process as well as providing support in planning and organizing sales-related events.

Your Responsibilities

• Assist with general management of key performance indicators (KPIs) related to Sales leads.
• Prepare, summarize, and present the KPI analysis results and findings to the Sales Team.
• Support leads generation in collaboration with Marketing Team.
• Support the Sales Team in events organization (such as conferences and roadshows worldwide) in collaboration with Marketing Team.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s, Master’s in biology, neuroscience and/or business, marketing or related.
• You are available for a duration of 6-9 months.
• Basic technical understanding of our products and their applications.
• Ability to work independently within a dynamic, international team environment and with diverse group of people.
• Strong detail-oriented, organizational, time management, and communication skills.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, proactive person and is a quick learner.
• You can communicate fluently in English, other languages are a plus.

What we offer

• Centrally located workplace, flexible working hours model incl. home office as well as training and further education opportunities.
• A collegial working environment with a flat hierarchical structure, including regular team events.
• You can expect a varied, fulfilling task in an interesting, dynamic environment.

Are you motivated, innovative and committed to delivering first-rate performance? Do you enjoy working in an international, multidisciplinary, and interactive team? Then we might have a position for you. Join MaxWell Biosystems in innovating the future of electrophysiology for drug discovery and basic research.

Silvia Oldani looks forward to receiving your application documents (cover letter, resume, and letter(s) of recommendation if available) by email at hr@mxwbio.com.

Product Management Intern (100%) 6-9 months

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At the forefront of high-content electrophysiology, MaxWell Biosystems enables the research of a wide range of users across many interconnected disciplines with our combined expertise in hardware, software, and applications across our teams. Our innovative technology and instruments face competition from traditional and contemporary tools.
We are seeking a highly motivated Product Management Intern to join our Product Management Team.

Your Responsibilities

• product and market research
• improve existing tools to maintain an up-to-date competitor analysis
• support the Product Managers with their activities
• streamline and improve operational processes

Your Profile

• University degree (BSc/MSc) in science, engineering, or a related field
• Alternatively, University degree (BSc/MSc) in business management or a related field with an interest in biotechnology would also be considered
• Excellent command of English, especially written
• Precise, detail oriented, proactive, and open-minded spirit
• Experience or familiarity with electrophysiology is a plus
• Experience or familiarity with the commercial aspects of the biotechnology industry is a plus
• Experience or familiarity with scientific communication is a plus

What we offer

• Centrally located workplace, flexible working hours model incl. home office as well as training and further education opportunities.
• A collegial working environment with a flat hierarchical structure, including regular team events.
• You can expect a varied, fulfilling task in an interesting, dynamic environment.

Are you motivated, innovative and committed to delivering first-rate performance? Do you enjoy working in an international, multidisciplinary, and interactive team? Then we might have a position for you. Join MaxWell Biosystems in innovating the future of electrophysiology for drug discovery and basic research.

Ed (Zhuoliang) Li looks forward to receiving your application documents (cover letter, resume, and degrees including transcripts) by email at hr@mxwbio.com.

Account Manager (100%)

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As an Account Manager, you will be a dedicated point of contact to MaxWell Biosystems’ customers. You will be involved in sales and support activities, offering the best solutions to ensure the needs of our customers are met. You will be responsible for creating and managing long-term, trusting relationships with our users, as well as developing new business from existing clients with the aim of increasing our sales. Your scientific expertise is valued by our users and is essential for the success of MaxWell Biosystems.
You will be part of the team in Zurich, with a focus worldwide. Our ideal candidate should be communicative, energetic, and goal-oriented. If you can build strong business relationships and have a passion for working with people, we are looking forward to receiving your application

Your Responsibilities

• Actively develop strong relationships with new and existing customers to maintain high-standard of customer service
• Build and maintain customer relationships worldwide
• Identify, advance, and close business opportunities
• Manage inside sale activities, customer contacts, and account management internal processes
• Monitor market and competitors
• Analyse customer needs and user profiles
• Cooperate with other departments at MaxWell Biosystems to achieve sales goals and participate in customer engaging activities
• Represent MaxWell Biosystems at conferences and roadshows, as well as travel for onsite customer visits
• Comply with company policy and maintain a positive brand image
• Communicate all relevant customer information, including product and/or customer experience to Product Management, Sales, and Marketing, keeping CRM up-to-date with customer information and interactions

Your Profile

• MS/PhD degree in fields related to neuroscience / biotechnology / physiology
• Established experience in using microelectrode arrays and analyzing microelectrode array datasets – experienced users of MaxWell Biosystems’ HD-MEAs are encouraged to apply
• Knowledgeable in the field of iPSCs / organoids / neuroengineering
• Fluent in English; other languages are a plus
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, experienced in interacting with scientists
• Willingness to travel for conferences, roadshows, and onsite visits
• Ability to analyze client needs and propose solutions with a customer-centric approach
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint)
• Ability to work under time pressure
• Proven ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Enthusiastic, dynamic, self-motivated, multi-tasking and proactive person

What we offer

• Centrally located workplace, flexible working hours model incl. home office as well as training and further education opportunities.
• A collegial working environment with a flat hierarchical structure, including regular team events.
• You can expect a varied, fulfilling task in an interesting, dynamic environment.

Do you enjoy working in an international, multidisciplinary, and interactive team? Then we might have a position for you. Join MaxWell Biosystems in innovating the future of electrophysiology for drug discovery and basic research.

Then, our Senior Key Account Manager, Laura D’Ignazio, looks forward to receiving your application documents (cover letter, resume, publication list, letter of recommendation and degrees including transcripts) by email at hr@mxwbio.com.

Executive Assistant for our CCO (100%)

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MaxWell Biosystems develops and provides world leading innovation in imaging platforms for in-vitro neuroscience to advance pharmaceutical drug discovery and academic life science research. We help to bring cures for the brain to patients earlier. We are a fast-growing technology scaleup and seek highly motivated and talented individuals who will contribute to shape our future.

We are a dynamic, international, fast-growing scale-up company passionate about innovation, excellence, and community building. As the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) here at MaxWell Biosystems, I am looking for an exceptional and highly motivated assistant to work closely with me, help in organizing my activities, and support our commercial team, with the possibility to start in June 2024. In our business, our customers in the pharma and academia is at the center, and it is an interesting opportunity to be able to support me and the team day-to-day—experiencing and learning both business and neuroscience, and helping us achieve our goals. Does this sound like something you would like to be part of?

Your Responsibilities

• General administrative support: Be a reliable support system for me and the sales team to ensure everything runs smoothly in our fast-paced environment. Ensure that activities and projects that need my attention are on-track.
• Calendar management and event planning: Help keep my schedule organized by coordinating meetings, appointments, activities, and events (internal and external). Assist in planning and organizing team events, workshops, and important meetings. Handle time differences across different customer regions around the world.
• Communication: Be the go-to person for facilitating smooth communication between me and internal and external stakeholders, especially during travel season. Handle incoming calls, support in correspondence via emails, prioritizing and responding appropriately. Coordinate and communicate effectively within the team and across departments to facilitate the execution of projects and initiatives. Can represent our team spirit and culture internally and externally.
• Document preparation: Assist with the preparation of reports, presentations, and other documents for internal and external meetings, client presentations, and partner discussions. Presentations may be either scientific and non-scientific and will be arranged upon alignment with me and other team members, if necessary. Maintain shared folders where all files are archived.
• Travel arrangements: Support in my travel arrangements and in handling expenses. Provide similar support to the sales team, if necessary.

Your Profile

• Proven experience (3-5 years) in executive assistance or administrative support roles.
• Passion for Science and willingness to learn and adapt to scientific environment.
• Excellent communication in English both written and verbal. German and/or Japanese are a plus.
• Ease with MS Office and IT software
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Quality awareness, flexibility, enthusiasm, team spirit and a can-do mentality.
• Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.

What we offer

• Centrally located workplace, flexible working hours model incl. home office as well as training and further education opportunities.
• A collegial working environment with a flat hierarchical structure, including regular team events.
• You can expect a varied, fulfilling task in an interesting, dynamic environment.

Do you enjoy working in an international, multidisciplinary, and interactive team? Then we might have a position for you. Join MaxWell Biosystems in innovating the future of electrophysiology for drug discovery and basic research.

Marie Obien looks forward to receiving your application documents (cover letter – a must, resume, and degrees including transcripts) by email at hr@mxwbio.com.

Software Engineer Python Internship (100%) 6 months

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At MaxWell Biosystems, we develop advanced instrumentation for neuroscience and life sciences applications. Our instruments consist of custom-designed CMOS-based sensor devices, a data acquisition system with FPGAs and our software suite MaxLab Live.

The internship project offers a broad variety of tasks, including data analysis of neuroscience datasets, prototyping new algorithms, measuring their performance and testing. For these activities we are seeking a highly motivated software engineer to implement and work on some of these challenging tasks.

Your Profile

• Studies in computer science, data science or related field
• Experience with data analysis in Python
• Experience with Linux
• Enjoy working in an interdisciplinary and international team
• Enjoy pushing technology to its limits

YouGet

• Working with cutting-edge technology
• Freedom to come up with and work on your own ideas
• Be part of a fast-paced technology startup at the intersection between biology, engineering and data science

Are you motivated, innovative and committed to delivering first-rate performance? Do you enjoy working in an international, multidisciplinary, and interactive team? Then we might have a position for you. Join MaxWell Biosystems in innovating the future of electrophysiology for drug discovery and basic research.

Matej Juracka looks forward to receiving your application documents by email at hr@mxwbio.com (cover letter, CV).

Software Engineer C++ Internship (100%) 6 months

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At MaxWell Biosystems, we develop advanced instrumentation for neuroscience and life sciences applications. Our instruments consist of custom-designed CMOS-based sensor devices, a data acquisition system with FPGAs and our software suite MaxLab Live.

The internship project offers a broad variety of tasks, including processing and visualization of neuroscience datasets, prototyping new algorithms, measuring their performance and testing. For these activities we are seeking a highly motivated software engineer to implement and work on some of these challenging tasks.

Your Profile

• Studies in computer science or related field
• Experience with C++
• Experience with UI frameworks
• Experience with Qt is a plus
• Experience with Linux
• Enjoy working in an interdisciplinary and international team
• Enjoy pushing technology to its limits

YouGet

• Working with cutting-edge technology
• Freedom to come up with and work on your own ideas
• Be part of a fast-paced technology startup at the intersection between biology, engineering and data science

Are you motivated, innovative and committed to delivering first-rate performance? Do you enjoy working in an international, multidisciplinary, and interactive team? Then we might have a position for you. Join MaxWell Biosystems in innovating the future of electrophysiology for drug discovery and basic research.

Matej Juracka looks forward to receiving your application documents by email at hr@mxwbio.com (cover letter, CV).

Other Internships

We are interested in motivated individuals from a variety of backgrounds, including Biotechnology, Engineering, Computer Science, Sales and Marketing. For topics, contact us directly at hr@mxwbio.com.

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