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Cochlear

4.4
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Electrical Stream - Summer Student Internship Program null

Macquarie Park

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Design and develop electrical hardware components!

Opportunity details

Opportunity Type
Internship, Clerkship or Placement
Number of Vacancies
5
Salary
AUD 38 / Hour

plus super

Application dates

Minimum requirements

Accepting International Applications
No
Qualifications Accepted
E
Aerospace Engineering & Aviation
Automotive & Transport Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering & Construction
Communications Engineering
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Engineering Management
Environmental Engineering
Fire & Safety Engineering
Geomatic Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Marine Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mathematics & Statistics
Mechanical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Renewable Energy Engineering
Robotics & Mechatronics Engineering
Engineering & Mathematics (all other)
Geotechnical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Hiring criteria

Penultimate-year student

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Working rights

Australia

  • Australian Citizen
  • Australian Permanent Resident
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Why us? 

Cochlear is a world-leading medical device company that offers you an unmatched, global platform to launch your engineering career! 

You will have the opportunity to actively collaborate with the brightest engineering minds in the world as they mentor and support you to develop your skills and follow your passions. 

Join us and get real-world engineering projects that give you hands-on experience working as a professional engineer. Our Summer Student Internship Program the is the only pathway to a full-time graduate position commencing in February 2026.

What will you do?

In the Electrical Stream, you will have ownership of a work package that involves designing and developing electrical hardware components for Cochlear implants and sound processors.

Tasks in your project would likely include:

  • Conducting background research
  • Executing design, prototyping & programming of electronics
  • Performing various testing
  • Analysing & reporting results obtained from electrical designs.

Most suitable academic disciplines for the electrical stream are: Electrical Engineering, Electronics or Mechatronics Engineering

Who are we looking for?

To be eligible for our Summer Student Internship Program – Electrical Stream, you will need to:

  • Be a penultimate-year student, completing your degree in calendar year 2025
  • Possess the right to work in Australia without sponsorship after graduation
  • Available to work full-time from late November 2024 to mid-February 2025

Hiring criteria

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Penultimate-year student
Degree or Certificate
Minimum Level of Study
Bachelor or higher
Study Field
E
Engineering & Mathematics
I
IT & Computer Science

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

country
eligibility

Australia

Australia

Australian Citizen

Australian Permanent Resident


Graduate Success Stories


  • Graduate stories
Cochlear builds devices that help people to hear and I am responsible for developing some of the code that lives on those devices.

Matthew Lim

  • Graduate stories
I felt drawn towards a job where I could both make something physical, as well as use my skills to help people in a more direct way.

Harry Kreicers