Software Engineering Intern

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? 

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.  You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making—we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Software Engineering Intern is responsible for design and development tasks related to software applications and tools for Beckman Coulter’s ICE software platform. ICE is a software platform that provides common framework and functionality for BEC’s next generation instrument and automation products. In this role, you will work with ICE R&D team to design, refine, and test applications, dashboards and tools for ICE Software Platform. You will develop quick prototypes to demonstrate the design concepts and product ideas to team, management, product management, Customers etc.

Furthermore, the candidate will work independently as well as with SME’s, Architects, product managers etc.

This position reports to the Senior Software Engineering Manager and is part of the Global Technology Organization - Digital Solutions located in Chaska, Minnesota and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Work on a project under the direction of a mentor and in collaboration with other highly talented data and software engineers

• Provide regular updates covering progress, problems and solutions.

• Document your findings and present your work to the team at the end of term

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering and equivalent program (3rd year and later)

• Experience with strongly typed languages (e.g. C++\ JAVA\C#) as well as experience with HTML-JS variants

• Strong documentation, communication, and interpersonal skills

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Public Github profile\stack overflow threads to show their contribution

• Outlook towards Medical Devices and Healthcare.

• Outlooks towards agile software development practices.

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.

The hourly rate for this role is $30 per hour. This is the rate that we in good faith believe is the rate of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This rate may be modified in the future.