BBSRC or MRC funded PhD; PIPs) Interns

Singer Instruments designs robots that empower scientists in laboratories in over 60 countries to accelerate their research efforts on global challenges such as cures for cancer and solutions for renewable energies.

We’re looking for PIPs interns ( BBSRC or MRC funded PhD)

Located in Exmoor on the UK's South West coast, Singer offers world class culture. An engaged team makes great products!

Please note, there are 2 conditions for being accepted on an internship with Singer Instruments.

(1) The industry placement has to be an explicit part of your programme of study

(2) You must have funding to support yourself for 3 months. Singer Instruments will provide all the resources required for your project and can help towards your accommodation costs. All other costs (e.g. travel, food) must be covered by the student or the student's institution. Students whose PhD programmes are supported by the British research council BBSRC or MRC automatically meet these 2 requirements.

We also welcome other applicants who meet these 2 requirements.

You don’t need any background knowledge for these roles, just a willingness to learn. Both our R&D Manager and Senior Scientist completed their PIPs internships here and came back to work full-time after finishing their PhDs… so we know just how rewarding a placement with us can be! Working with you, we will develop your project to suit you and deliver real business value whilst also ensuring you get exposure to the experiences that matter to you.

The project you end up working on and people you collaborate with will vary greatly depending on our own department priorities, which can change very rapidly. Due to the short-term nature of our projects, we often won’t be able to confirm exactly what you’ll be working on until only a few weeks before you’re due to arrive.

Examples of previous projects include:

Encoding an automated analysis report generation program to test our latest feature.

Proof of Concept experiments for high-throughput UV mutagenesis on the ROTOR+

Market Research and product testing of our new Liquid Handler

Design and testing of the user interface for our PIXL Zone of Inhibition beta feature.

Our Research department exists to make sure our products exceed the scientific capabilities our customers require from them. Our PIPs students have designed and implemented instrument testing procedures in our laboratory, developed scientific w

orkflows for existing and future products, worked alongside hardware and software engineers to drive product development and engineered data analysis platforms using R and Python.

Join our dynamic team and shape the future of our company's products! Collaborate with customers, sales, marketing, science, and robotics teams to gather insights, research competitors or work out business value for future products. Translate these findings into actionable requirements for our talented engineers to bring innovative instruments to life or help suggest what you think we should build next and why.

You’ll be interacting with scientists across a range of fields to conduct questionnaires and interviews to discover what drives them, highlight their biggest problems in the lab, explore product development solutions, and test the impact of any changes implemented. Let’s improve the experience of scientists so that their discoveries change the world quicker!

Are you ready to unleash your programming and technical skills on the world of lab automation? Join our talented engineering and software teams to bring innovative instruments to life! You will have the opportunity to get hands‑on experience…