Fluidics Engineering Intern

At Element Biosciences, we are passionate about our mission to empower the scientific community with more freedom and flexibility to accelerate our collective impact on humanity. We have built a highly efficient product-driven organization where employees can learn, grow, and thrive in a challenging but encouraging environment. We are committed to scientific integrity, collegiality, honesty, objectivity, and openness.

We are looking for aFluidics Engineering Intern who is curious, loves to learn, and wants to make an impact on cutting-edge projects. Our program has multiple elements (no pun intended) to ensure that you have a well-rounded internship experience helping the Fluidics team by taking ownership of a portion of a large-scale project, utilize their expertise to address real-world issues, and gain valuable industrial experience while contributing to the development of an exceptional sequencing product. This internship will also provide opportunities to develop soft-skills as well as meet with Leaders across the organization to learn about their careers and gain insights on how to navigate your early career decisions.

This role is a San Diego based role. If you possess the following and want to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to explore this opportunity.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate within a cross-functional team to design, develop, and optimize fluidic devices that will aid next-generation sequencing technologies
• Design breadboards, prototype, and control fluidic critical components at both the modular and integrated system level
• Plan and execute experiments; collect data, validate hypotheses, and evaluate fluidic performance using characterization tools, with close mentorship from a senior fluidics engineer
• Apply foundational knowledge of fluid mechanics, microfluidics, and experimental/simulation methods to troubleshoot and resolve real-world engineering challenges
• Work alongside experienced engineers to gain hands-on experience and deepen your understanding of fluidic hardware, instrument development, and biotech R&D workflows
• Communicate findings clearly through organized data, presentations, or informal technical discussions

Education and Experience:

• Currently enrolled Senior-level Undergraduate or Graduate student in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Bioengineering, Physics, or a related department
• Good understanding of fluid mechanics, mechanics, electronics, and optics is preferred
• Device characterization experience, including fluidic hardware development with pumps and valves, instrument/device prototyping, or other microfluidic/biofluidic/optofluidic applications, is preferred
• Understanding of statistics and experience using programming tools such as Python, JMP, or MATLAB is required
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, with eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Experience publishing papers or presenting at conferences is a plus

Physical Requirements:

• N/A

Location:

• San Diego– on-site

Travel:

• N/A

Job Type:

• Intern/Non-exempt

Base Compensation Pay Range:

• $25 - 40/hr

Please note: Compensation will depend on multiple factors, including degree and experience level.

We foster an environment such that all people are afforded the freedom to pursue their passions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.