Advanced Innovation Stream - Summer Student Internship Program null

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 the Advanced Innovation (AI) Stream - one of Cochlear’s R&D teams developing new technologies for the future of hearing implants. Work in the early exploration phase of R&D, where we try to push the boundaries and sometimes “fail” in the process of learning what is possible.

There are 5 separate teams within AI, each with their own specialisation.  

As a Summer Student Intern, you could:

• Join the 3AC team and analyse a dataset from a research study to discover the key learnings, or use machine learning approaches to design and test algorithms for cochlear implant systems and clinical care OR
• Join the Implants Science team and test new materials or designs for implanted medical devices OR
• Join the Surgery and Electrodes team and work with a surgical robotic arm or new electrode designs in human cadaveric temporal bones OR
• Join Incubation Operations and work in a fast-paced start-up environment on a new epilepsy monitoring implant OR
• Join Biosciences and work on gene therapy to improve CI outcomes, or new ways to deliver drugs to the cochlear

Most suitable academic disciplines for the Advanced Innovation stream are: Data Science (Statistics and Machine Learning, Electrical/Biomedical Engineering (signal processing), Mechanical/Biomedical engineering, Computer Science or Material Science

Who are we looking for? 

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

• Be a penultimate-year student, completing your degree in calendar year 2026
• Possess the right to work in Australia without sponsorship after graduation
• Available to work full-time from late November 2025 to mid-February 2026