Tetracore Information Session - Summer Internships

Summer Internship Information Session

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

12 noon -1 pm

UC312

Pizza will be provided

Tetracore, a leading biotechnology company whose mission is to create and develop highlyinnovative diagnostic reagents, assays, and instruments for thedetection of infectious diseases and bio-terrorism threat agents is seeking 4 interns for Summer 2013. Tetracore's focus is on veterinary, domestic preparedness, clinical, antibody and ELISA products.  Positions are at the Tetracore headquarters in Rockville, MD.

Positions include:

Research and Development Biology Intern

Seeking an R&D intern that will work in collaboration with the R&D team on various projects. He or she will make detailed observations, analyze data, and
interpret results. The intern will help prepare technical reports, summaries,
protocols, and quantitative analyses. The intern will be expected to maintain
familiarity with current scientific literature and may also be responsible for
conducting his or her own experiments.

Software / Bioinformatics Engineering Intern

Tetracore’s next generation diagnostic platform requires software development for embedded systems, graphical user interfaces, algorithms, and data analysis. The Software Engineering Intern will assist the team in the planning,
design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of software solutions in support of biotechnology R&D and Product Development.Assist in the design and implementation of new products or enhance current designs of software modules and components that meet functional specifications and target due dates.Support and/or participate in component, subsystem and system concept design to help the team in verifying key design
parameters and evaluating design options. Assist the team in setting up and maintaining infrastructure for the software development process including revision control, continuous integration, and testing. Participate on multi-functional product research and development teams.

The functions of the Software Engineering Intern will be performed under supervision, in a timely manner and with acceptable quality. 

Electrical / Computer Engineering Intern

Tetracore’s next generation diagnostic platform requires the development of mechanical, electrical, and software systems for novel diagnostic instruments.The Electrical Engineering Intern will assist the team in the planning, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of device solutions in support of biotechnology R&D and Product Development.

The functions of the Electrical Engineering Intern will be performed under supervision, in a timely manner and with acceptable quality. 

All positions are posted in UMBCworks - deadline to apply: February 27, 2013.

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