<p>Cosaic is developing food ingredients from its yeast-derived functionality platform, including products for plant-based and dairy applications. This internship works on extraction and analysis and helps move ingredients from bioreactor to customer-ready products.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Develop methods to improve extraction yield, product quality and process control.</li><li>Extract and develop versions of Cosaic’s ingredient from bioreactor through finished product for client needs.</li><li>Contribute to development of the company’s patented deodorization technology toward pilot scale.</li><li>Support startup operations for approximately 20–30% of the role.</li></ul><p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>Completed or nearly completed MSc in Process Engineering, Food Science or Bioprocessing.</li><li>Experience or interest in data analysis or AI tools in research or lab work, and lab bench experience through a thesis, internship or coursework.</li><li>Nice to have: downstream processing (centrifugation, filtration, UHT), bioreactors, fermentation or scale-up, analytical methods (particle sizing, rheology, pH, microscopy), Python or R, design of experiments, food formulation or sensory evaluation.</li></ul><p>The role offers ownership of projects that reach products, work across the ingredient pipeline, mentorship from the R&D team, exposure to early-stage operations and product commercialization. Based at Cosaic’s Zürich lake office.</p>
