Intent Internship Programme 2025

**Key Facts**:
**Location**: DNAir AG, Office Zurich
**Duration**: Starting June/July 2025, for approximately 3 months
**Format**: Onsite
**Sector**: Biodiversity Tech / Environmental Engineering / Sustainability
**Salary**: Paid internship

**About DNAir AG**:
**DNAir AG** is pioneering a new frontier in **biological intelligence**. By capturing **environmental DNA (eDNA) from the air**, DNAir reveals hidden biodiversity patterns and tracks pest and pathogen dynamics. The data generated powers smarter decision-making in **conservation, agriculture, and land-use planning**. Based at the Switzerland Innovation Park in Zürich, DNAir merges cutting-edge science with engineering to solve one of today’s most urgent sustainability challenges.

**About the Position**:
This **Engineering for Impact** internship places you at the heart of hardware innovation for biodiversity monitoring. Working directly with DNAir’s co-founders and external engineering partners, you'll enhance the design, efficiency, and performance of next-gen air filtration devices. You’ll test new systems, optimize both electrical and mechanical components, and directly influence how biodiversity data is captured from the air.

**Your Role & Responsibilities**:

- Optimize electrical and mechanical components, with a focus on performance, durability, and environmental fit
- Lead or support part and assembly design (CAD), hands-on prototyping, and mechanical testing
- Engage in **PCB design**, **embedded firmware development**, and **electronics assembly**
- Integrate microcontrollers, sensors, and power solutions for **off-grid operations**
- Conduct **assembly testing**, performance analysis, and share feedback with engineering partners
- Present your progress and results during internal team meetings
- Support rapid prototyping and hardware iteration in a hands-on environment

**About You**:

- You’re currently studying **Electrical Engineering, Microengineering**, or a related field
- Students in **Mechanical Engineering** with strong electronics/firmware skills are also welcome
- Comfortable with:

- PCB design, electronics assembly, embedded firmware
- Microcontroller/sensor integration
- Power management for autonomous, off-grid setups
- You’re practical, independent, a clear communicator, and thrive in a **start-up atmosphere**
- You care deeply about **sustainability** and want to use your technical skills to drive positive impact

**Your Benefits**:

- ** Impact**: Hands-on opportunity to shape next-gen biodiversity monitoring tech
- ** Personal Growth**: Develop your engineering and professional skills in a fast-paced startup environment, working directly with the co-founders
- ** Community**: Be part of a community of impact innovators at Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich
- ** Future Opportunities**: Potential for an extended contract based on performance
- ** Mentorship and guidance** from a passionate engineering and scientific team
- Participation in the **InTent Internship Kick-Off (mid-July)** and the **Geneva Summit (end of September)**
- Join a **global community of like-minded students** who are passionate about making a real difference—challenging the status quo to create a more sustainable future for our planet and society

**About IIP - Ready to Make Waves in Sustainability?**:
By joining, you’ll become part of a global community of changemakers, all working to build a more fair, resilient, and nature-positive world. This is more than just an internship—it's your chance to help shift the status quo and create real impact.

**#TakeAction** and shape the future of environmental monitoring with **DNAir AG**.

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