About the Role
We are looking for a motivated and curious intern to join our SmartSense team, working on innovative medical monitoring solutions and long term care.
SmartSense helps healthcare staff monitor patients using sensors, alerts, and intuitive dashboards. As an intern, you will gain hands-on experience in both software development and testing, while working on a real product used in healthcare environments.
You will collaborate with developers, QA engineers, and hardware teams, learning how software integrates with sensors and patient monitoring systems.
What You Will Do
Software Development
- Help build and improve features in our applications
- Work with technologies like React, C#, Python and SQL
- Develop user interface components and dashboards
- Fix bugs and improve application performance
- Participate in team discussions and code reviews
Testing & Quality Assurance
- Create and run test cases (manual or automated)
- Validate new features and bug fixes
- Report issues and help track them to resolution
- Ensure the application works correctly with sensor data and alerts
- Learn how quality is maintained in a real product
What We’re Looking For
Technical Skills
- Basic knowledge of programming (any language)
- Basic understanding of how applications are built
- Familiarity with Git is a plus
Education
- Student in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronics, or related field
Soft Skills
- Eagerness to learn and take initiative
- Problem-solving mindset
- Attention to detail
- Good communication and teamwork
Nice to Have
- Some basic knowledge of Python or .Net
- Interest in healthcare or medical technology
- Familiarity with APIs or web technologies (HTML, CSS)
- Exposure to testing or Agile ways of working
What You Will Gain
- Real-world experience on a medical product
- Exposure to React and modern development tools
- Understanding of how software works with sensors and real-time data
- Mentorship from experienced engineers
- A chance to contribute to technology that improves patient care
Our vision is a world where the right information moves people forward. Our mission is to put the right information in the right hands at the right time so that people can make the best possible decisions.
We are a global provider of communication and collaboration solutions for the acute care, long-term care and enterprise sectors. Our solutions are based on intelligent integrations with software and hardware that are open source and compatible with third party solutions. Every single second, our systems generate large amounts of data, which we then turn into useful and actionable information. This helps us to bring data to life for people in the toughest operational environments, ensuring smooth, complete, and efficient workflows.
Ascom is headquartered in Baar (Switzerland), has operating businesses in 19 countries and employs around 1,400 people worldwide. Ascom registered shares (ASCN) are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich.
