Analytical Chemistry Intern (m/f/d)

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Join our Mass spectrometry team as an Analytical Chemistry Intern for a 6 to 9-month period, where you will play a role in supporting internal customers with cutting-edge analytical instrumentation. Your primary responsibilities will include measuring and analysing metabolite samples from the In Vitro Molecular Screening (IMS) group using UPLC-HRMS. Your contributions will be vital in ensuring the safety of our fragrance molecules.

You will be part of a diverse team and located in Givaudan’s state-of-the-art Innovation Center in Kemptthal (Zurich). You will report directly to an experienced chemist, gaining valuable insights and mentorship throughout your internship.

You will:

• Measure experiments conducted by IMS, analyse the data and report the results
• Keep track of progress and deadlines
• Discuss and or explain results within the team and to internal customers
• Run optimization experiments to increase method performance
• Learn to work with the laboratory information management system
• Grow your experience in the field of fragrance research

You have:

• Recently completed your master’s degree with practical experiences in liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry
• Experience with Thermo software, e.g. Xcalibur, Compound Discoverer or Freestyle is a plus
• A strong interest in working with state-of-the-art instrumentation to deliver high-quality results with an eye for detail
• Excellent communication skills to effectively share and discuss findings
• Proficiency in English is required; fluency in German is a plus
• A passion for contributing to the team’s success in a constructive, creative, and enthusiastic manner

Your benefits in Kemptthal:

• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development
• Additional paid days off
• Favorable pension fund contributions
• Subsidized meals in the Staff restaurant / You benefit from a discounted catering offer (incl. lunch)
• Sport and leisure club (amenities/showers on site)
• Discounts at the company shop
• Free Staff Parking
• Subsidized: REKA vouchers and SBB half fare travelcard
• Worldwide private accident coverage and free choice of hospital
• Worldwide private accident insurance
• Additional family/education allowance (if applicable)

Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity.
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.