Internship positions available for students

Working at the interface of Food and Chemical Technology

Are you interested in experiencing the dynamic world of a scale-up? Look at our internship possibilities! We have many projects running and in consultation with us, we can look for a suitable assignment for you. Below you find some of the projects, either in our shared lab at Amsterdam Science Park or at Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo

Starting dates can be agreed upon. The internship will take at least 4 months.

Internship topics

    ● Application development

    ● Product optimization

    ● Process development

Application Development

In this project you will work on applications of Dutch Gum®. During your internship, you will develop recipes with our product and benchmark Dutch Gum® against other ingredients. You will work on the application of Dutch Gum in ice-cream, confectionary and muesli bars. The product development will mainly consist of lab work and some literature research.

Educational profile: eg. Food technology
Location: Amsterdam Science park

Product optimization

During this R&D project you will work on the product to market fit. First, you will dive into the existing data to better understand our product, and what it does in the application. You will investigate the composition of our product, and how the purification of the product can be optimized. You will investigate several possibilities to improve our product and will bridge the product and process development. The work will be a combination of literature research, practical lab work and organizing and analyzing data.

Educational profile: eg. Chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, Industrial Engineering & Management
Location: Amsterdam Science park, Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo

Process development

You will work on several topics related to our water- based extraction process. Topics you will work on include yield optimization, optimization of our purification process. The work will be a combination of practical work in our R&D facility, lab work, data analysis and literature research.

Educational profile: eg. Chemistry, chemical engineering
Location: Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo

Who are we looking for?

You are a selfstarter, hands-on, flexible and independent person who is excited about our scale-up company. As we are a diverse team, we expect that you are fluent in English, both written and spoken. 

More information?

Of course, we are happy to have a cup of coffee with you, and tell more about our company and our projects. Do you want more information on working at this exciting scale-up, please contact Irene Bouwman, Application Development specialist, by email: irene.bouwman@pectcof.com.