Practical Trainee

Who we are

You enjoy creating and innovating. You never stop striving for better. You take responsibility and you get results. You love being part of a team. Above all, you want your work to matter: Welcome to our world At Sonova we create sense by bringing sound to life. Our innovative hearing care solutions help millions of people enjoy life’s unforgettable moments.

We offer exceptional career opportunities through market-leading brands from consumer to medical, products and services that keep pushing hearing care forward, and a culture where you can quickly belong and perform at your best.

If you want the freedom to explore, opportunities to grow, and make positive change on people lives through your work, this is the place for you.

Join Sonova. Create sense.
- Staefa, Switzerland

Practical Trainee
- As an intern in the R&D “Biological Safety and Materials” team you will support the materials engineers in the characterization and performance evaluation of protective coatings for hearing instruments. You will prepare, run, analyze and report a variety of materials characterizations and coating performance tests, as well as improve existing test routines.
- This program is limited for 6 months.

**Your tasks**:

- Perform material characterization tests (e.g. contact angle, FTIR etc.)
- Execute and evaluate environmental resistance and reliability tests to assess the performance of different protective coating technologies on hearing aid devices
- Develop and/or improve test methods to assess ingress protection and optimize performance
- Support the evaluation of manufacturability and processability of different coating technologies
- Analysis, documentation and presentation of the results

**Your profile**:

- BSc or MSc student in the field of materials science, mechanical engineering or similar filed
- Interest in the field of coating technologies
- Flair for laboratory hands-on work
- Open minded and self-motivated, communicative
- Good communication skills in English

We can offer you a new challenge, with interesting tasks and much more - including an open corporate culture, flat hierarchies, support for further training and development, opportunities to take on responsibility, an excellent range of foods, sports and cultural facilities, attractive employment conditions, and flexible working time models in various roles.
- Sonova AG
Laubisrütistrasse 28
CH-8712 Stäfa
+41 58 928 01 01

Sonova is an equal opportunity employer.
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