Software Engineer Intern

Wondering what’s within Beckman Coulter Diagnostics? Take a closer look.

At first glance, you’ll see that for more than 80 years we’ve been dedicated to advancing and optimizing the laboratory to move science and healthcare forward. Join a team where you can be heard, be supported, and always be yourself. We’re building a culture that celebrates backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all our associates. Look again and you’ll see we are invested in you, providing the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and try new things with the support you need to be successful.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges. 

Summer Internship Program

The program is a 12-week paid internship immersive experience that provides functional learning working on robust and challenging project work, Executive and Senior leadership engagement, and exposure to Danaher Business System fundamentals. The program culminates with a report-out presentation to leaders from the organization. After successful completion of the program, interns will have the opportunity to return as a full-time associate upon graduation.

This position is part of the clinical chemistry and immunoassay R&D department located in Chaska, MN and will be hybrid (on-site at least 3 days a week). At Beckman Coulter, our vision is to relentlessly reimagine healthcare, one diagnosis at a time.

You will be a part of the DxI 9000 software team and report to the software manager responsible for console and embedded software development. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and want to work to build a world-class engineering organization—read on.

In this role, you will have the following opportunities, but are not limited to:

· Participate on an Agile Scrum team, working as a team member and independently

· Troubleshoot issues and fix software bugs

· Collaborate on requirements, design options and root cause of failures with partners and teammates

· Give/Receive feedback in peer code inspections to ensure quality

· Produce documentation required for medical device regulatory clearance

The essential requirements of the job include:

· Enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Biomedical Engineering with computational focus, or other relevant engineering degree

· Preference will be given to students that have completed at least 3 years of study

· Experience with C#, Python, Java, C++ or other object-oriented programming languages

· Ability to write code including basic design, test driven development, logic/flow, compiling and troubleshooting

It would be a plus if you also have:

· Familiarity working with a version control system, like GIT

· Knowledge of common object-oriented design patterns

· Provided a solution to a Stack Overflow question or annoyed roommates and friends with the rigorous application of the scientific process

The hourly range for this role is $30.00. This is the rate that we in good faith believe is the rate of compensation for this role at the time of this posting.

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Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. 

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