You assist with research and development tasks related to food safety, focusing on laboratory procedures, bacterial studies, and validation processes to ensure product safety and quality.
Anforderungen
- •Bachelor’s degree in Food Microbiology
- •Microbiological laboratory experience
- •Strong interest in nutrition and dairy
- •Good communication skills
- •Digital Savviness
- •Fluent in English, any other language is a plus
Deine Aufgaben
- •Support R&D experiments and protocols.
- •Assist in developing lab procedures.
- •Help define surrogate strain testing procedures.
- •Investigate new surrogates for process technologies.
- •Contribute to refining validation tools.
- •Help create training materials.
- •Study bacterial growth in non-dairy solutions.
- •Assess non-dairy matrix effects on bacterial growth.
- •Perform challenge tests on sugar-based solutions.
- •Determine nitrate-to-nitrite reduction during storage.
- •Assist with thermal inactivation studies.
- •Conduct experiments on Salmonella in high-oil solutions.
Deine Vorteile
International and inclusive environment
Impactful team contributions
Endless learning opportunities
Strong professional mentorship
Entry-level position networking
Original Beschreibung
# Food Safety Microbiology Intern
**Food Safety Microbiology Intern**
**Position Snapshot**
Location: Konolfingen, Switzerland
Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100%
Type of contract: Internship, 6 months
Start date: ASAP
**Position Summary**
As a **Food Safety Microbiology Intern**, you will contribute to experimental design, method development, and validation activities supporting food safety and process innovation. Your work will span lab protocols, microbial behavior studies, and thermal inactivation testing.
**A Day in the Life of a Food Safety Microbiology Intern**
**Support R&D experiments and protocols** **for method development, validation, and technical assistance**
* Assist in developing lab procedures for process and product validation
* Help define and verify surrogate strain testing procedures
* Investigate qualification of new surrogates for novel process technologies
* Contribute to refining validation tools and protocols
* Help create training materials
**Study bacterial growth and nitrate-to-nitrite reduction in non-dairy solutions**
* Assess effect of non-dairy matrix on bacterial growth
* Perform challenge tests on sugar-based non-dairy solutions
* Help determine nitrate-to-nitrite reduction during storage
**Assist with thermal inactivation studies**
* Conduct experiments on Salmonella and surrogates in high-oil solutions to determine inactivation kinetics
**What will make you successful**
* Bachelor’s degree or master’s student in Food Microbiology, Food Biotechnology, Food safety or related field
* Microbiological laboratory experience acquired in corporate or academic environment
* Experience or strong interest in working with nutrition and dairy products
* Good communication skills
* Digital Savviness
* Fluent in English, any other language is a plus
Konolfingen, CH