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Cochlear

4.4
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Systems Engineering Stream - Summer Student Internship Program null

Macquarie Park

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Discover how our products work together and interact as a system!

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
Air Traffic Control
Aircraft Maintenance Engineering
Aircraft Operation & 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

Entry pathway

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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?

Join our Systems Engineering Stream to discover some of the complexities of our systems - and untangle them! Learn that Cochlear delivers systems to our customers, not individual products.​

You will own a business relevant section of system design and see it through to fruition. 

Examples of designs a Summer Student Interns could work on are:

  • Bluetooth and other wireless connectivity
  • Power model verification / modelling / optimisation
  • Cochlear implant product self-diagnostic tests
  • Device field data collection and analysis
  • User interface design work considering shrinking products, buttons, connectors.

All engineering disciplines are suitable for the Systems Engineering Stream.

Who are we looking for?

To be eligible for our Summer Student Internship Program – Systems Engineering 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.

Entry pathway
Degree or Certificate
Minimum Level of Study
Bachelor or higher
Study Field
E
Aerospace Engineering & Aviation
Automotive & Transport Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering & Construction
Communications Engineering

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