Cochlear
Manufacturing Stream - Summer Student Internship Program (Nov 2025)
Sydney
Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- AUD 38 / Hour
- plus Super
- 2-3 vacancies
- Apply by 30 Mar 2025
- Start date 23 Nov 2025
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?
In our Manufacturing Stream, you will have the opportunity to work in Cochlear’s renowned Supply Chain and Operational Excellence department
There are 2 separate teams within Manufacturing Stream, each with their own specialisation. You could:
- Join the Manufacturing Support Team, analysing and providing solutions to issues concerning our production line such as Manufacturing yield quality and throughput OR
- Join the Manufacturing Network Optimisation Team and manage project deliverables across our manufacturing sites to ensure Cochlear continues to have capacity and capability to manufacture our products
Most suitable academic disciplines for the Manufacturing stream are: Manufacturing Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Project Management disciplines
Who are we looking for?
To be eligible for our Summer Student Internship Program – Manufacturing 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
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Engineering & Mathematics +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
I was responsible for coordinating a project to gather regional market access business intelligence into a central database. His was my first opportunity to lead a project and required frequent communication with market access leaders across north america, apace and latin america. By other main project was to write a value rosier to persuasively capture the clinical evidence for trochlear plants for a target population in europe. Of approved, this document would enable thousands of people to get cheaper access to their best treatment option. Finally, i conducted an analysis of survey data to understand how field staff interact with clinicians, visualized the data, and presented the results to the global clinical marketing team
By role is to support various departments and tears with the work they are currently working on and progress new ideas that the team has raised in supporting. By day-to-day responsibilities are to work on the projects that i've been assigned and seek out opportunities within the company to further develop my understanding of the medical devices industry and the company itself
Helping to write and conduct test methods to verify products. Helping to design and implement new features on our products
About the employer
Cochlear
4.4
1,000 - 50,000 employees
R&D and Manufacturing
At Cochlear we are passionate about hearing. Our mission is to help people hear and be heard.
Pros and cons of working at Cochlear
Pros
The people and culture are very nice. Good work-life balance.
Very flexible working arrangement. The leadership actively communicates the company's vision with everyone.
Everyone is extremely supportive and helpful. They care about your career and try to provide many opportunities and prospects.
We have access to a wide range of interesting projects and are constantly challenged with new problems.
I have an exceptionally high proportion of projects I really enjoy.
Cons
There is a lack of work especially for grads, and unrealistic utilisation expectations.
Too much bureaucracy. Not enough promotions & raises
Not all the teams have the same level of leadership. This leads to varying levels of being overworked or under-managed.
Progressing slowly. There are not many opportunities for rotations in different teams.
Pay is below my experience level.