
Bioprocessing Working Student
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Job description
MicroHarvest posted this role. Below, we break down what it means for a working student in Hamburg: your weekly hours, take-home pay and visa limits. You can also open ChatGPT or Claude with a ready-made prompt to tailor your CV, check your fit, draft a cover letter or prep for the interview.
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Description provided by MicroHarvest
Would you love to combine your background and motivation to work in a biotech lab? Then join us and tackle development challenges and continuously push beyond what was deemed impossible. And work in an energetic, highly ambitious, and international startup environment designing the processes and factories of tomorrow. Let´s change the world together!
Tasks
- Support I&D team on preparation and execution of upstream and downstream processing activities.
- Work with up to 1 L lab-scale bioreactors, shake flasks cultivations and microtiter plates.
- Learn, perform and execute analytical analysis by colorimetric, HPLC, and enzymatic methods.
- Perform data analysis, visualization, and reporting of your experimental results.
- Participate in overall lab management activities such as lab cleaning, equipment or material ordering, maintenance, and preparing SOPs.
- Follow the SOPs in place and suggest continuous improvements for process and workflows.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Bioprocess Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Chemical or Bioprocess Engineering, or related fields.
- Experience working in a laboratory is preferred but not mandatory.
- Analytical and creative thinking.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team
- Time management and organizational skills
- Ownership and accountability mindset
- You are passionate about sustainability and improving our food system
- You are fluent in English (spoken and written), German is a plus
At MicroHarvest, we value diversity and as such we do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable laws. MicroHarvest respectfully encourages people from all backgrounds and under-represented groups to apply for this position.
Working student essentials
What this Engineering working student role in Hamburg means for you: the weekly-hours rules, the social-contribution perks, and what international students should check before applying.
Weekly hours
Working students may work up to 20 hours a week during the semester and full-time during the breaks. Staying within this keeps your student status and the Werkstudent benefits.
Working student rulesSocial contributions
Under the Werkstudentenprivileg you're exempt from health, care and unemployment insurance contributions — only pension insurance applies. That leaves more net pay than a regular job.
Check your insuranceInternational students
Non-EU students can work 140 full or 280 half days per year (raised from 120/240 in March 2024). A working student contract usually fits within this — confirm the exact limits printed on your residence permit.
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