Internship – Help Build the Future of Smart Automation!
Internship – Help Build the Future of Smart Automation!
Netherlands - Breda Apply NowReady to turn curiosity into innovation? This is your chance to shape the future of automated packaging.
At Amgen, we’re driven by one powerful mission: to serve patients. Every improvement we make in our systems and technologies helps medicines reach people faster, safer and more efficiently. As a global biotechnology leader with ~28,000 colleagues worldwide and over 900 on our Breda site alone, we believe in empowering students to explore, experiment, and build what’s next.
With more than 40 nationalities under one roof, you’ll find yourself in a diverse, inspiring, and highly innovative environment — and now, we want you to be part of it.
LIVE
This could be your everyday
Join our Engineering department and dive into a highly technical and hands-on challenge: researching and developing a semi‑automated infeed solution for packaging equipment. If robotics, smart sensors, automation, prototyping, and cool gadgets make your heart beat faster… this internship is your playground.
Your mission will include:
- Exploring the technical feasibility of a semi-automated infeed station
- Assessing financial feasibility to support a business case
- Designing and building a Proof of Concept using Amgen’s in-house resources — think robotics, cameras, 3D printers, and digital innovation tools
- Presenting your findings and demo to real stakeholders
Yes, that’s right — you won’t just study the future of automation; you’ll build it.
Deliverables:
During your internship, you will deliver:
- A well-structured technical & financial feasibility study
- Documented research and validation outcomes
- A working Proof of Concept prototype
- A compelling stakeholder presentation summarizing results and next steps
This is your chance to combine engineering, creativity, and innovation into something tangible and impactful.
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What we expect of you
To thrive in this internship, you’ll bring:
- Affinity with technology, automation or robotics
- Basic understanding of coding (any language is fine — curiosity matters more!)
- Strong communication skills in English
- Interest in building or evaluating business cases (nice-to-have)
- Enthusiasm to experiment, prototype, test, fail fast, and try again
Fields of study that fit well: Mechatronics, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, or similar. Open to pre-final year and final-year students
THRIVE
What we offer
As we create treatments that take care of others, we ensure our teammates thrive — personally and professionally.
You’ll benefit from:
- A dynamic and international environment at one of the World’s Best Workplaces
- A supportive manager and team to coach your journey
- Professional development opportunities through the Amgen internship program
- Monthly Lunch & Learn sessions and a Final Poster Session
- Vibrant on-site facilities: gym, vitality program, healthy cafeteria
- A flexible work arrangement (office + work-from-home)
- An internship fee
- Opportunities to apply for temporary or permanent roles at Amgen
🎓Eligibility
You must be currently enrolled at a Dutch HBO or WO university.