Food Biotechnology Intern

vor 2 Wochen

Konolfingen, Schweiz Nestle Vollzeit

**Position Snapshot**

Location: Konolfingen, Switzerland

Act. Rate: Full-Time

Type of contract: Internship, 12 months

Start date: ASAP

**Position Summary**

As a Food Biotechnology Intern, you will support scientific research projects in probiotic manufacturing.

We offer a dynamic, inclusive, and international working environment with many opportunities across different companies, functions, and regions. Don’t miss the opportunity to join us and work with different teams in an agile and diverse context.

**A Day in the Life of a Food Biotechnology Intern**
- Optimize fermentation process for maximal growth of probiotic bacteria
- Perform literature search related to the project topics to build scientific hypothesis
- Plan and conduct fermentations with probiotic bacteria at laboratory scale
- Document, analyze & present results internally to the company
- Optimize subsequent downstream process to limit losses in the process and throughout the product shelf-life
- Assess different drying strategies/parameters through a Design of Experiment
- Plan & perform trials for drying of probiotics at lab scale
- Conduct analysis of dried bacteria using both classical and diverse modern microbiological methods
- Optimize genome sequencing-based molecular methods for strain detection during probiotic production and in finished product.
- Perform experiments identifying probiotic strains using rapid sequencing technology
- Carry out DNA extractions and sample preparations

**What will make you successful**
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in biology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Food Sciences or related sciences
- Strong interest in fermentation technology; First experience in microbiology is an asset
- Cooperating well in a team, autonomous, structured, and proactive
- Good command of MS Office tools, especially Excel
- Fluent in English, basic German is an asset

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win.

We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.

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