We are fiercely proud of our talented workforce, whose creativity, tenacity and skills have enabled us to evolve into a successful, well-funded and rapidly growing company in just a few years. Our headquarters and lab space are at Milton Park, Oxford UK and we are continuing to grow our friendly and diverse global team. We strive to be an outstanding place to work – by maintaining a positive and inclusive culture, offering competitive salaries and benefits and by encouraging ongoing training and development.
Culture is important to us, and we will ask you at interview about your values and how they align with ours. We do our best to exemplify:
People First:
Our people are the centre of our business and drive our decision making.
We listen to our people, partners and customers to understand so we can support what they need to achieve.
Curiosity with Purpose:
We are passionate about what we do and are committed to achieving our company goals.
We are focused on meeting our deadlines, but also make time to have fun, experiment and explore the new.
Challenge Reality:
We are ready to challenge what is deemed impossible by exploring new ideas and technology.
We embrace different perspectives and are always willing to question the accepted viewpoint.
Interested?
If this sounds like you and you want to grow your knowledge, capability and ultimately performance then please apply!
This is an exciting opportunity to join our talented team in the UK as a summer intern. We are looking for interns studying a technical subject (mathematics, physics, engineering, software) who have a passion for gaining experience in a deep tech start up and contributing their knowledge and enthusiasm to help Living Optics revolutionise the world of hyperspectral imaging and computer vision. You will be either entering the final year of a master's degree or have recently completed your study.
Our internship programme is designed to help you integrate with our teams and ways of working quickly, before moving into taking on real responsibilities in one of our teams whilst receiving support, guidance and mentorship. Depending on your degree discipline and your appetite for learning you might be involved in some of these activities:
- Putting our camera to use by setting up field trials and experimenting in our lab.
- Working with our software development kit to explore new applications.
- Testing new technology components in R&D.
- Contribute to technical marketing documents and customer communications.
- Leading and completing a project to address a business or technical need.
Location and Commitments
- Onsite at our Oxfordshire HQ (Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxford. OX14 4RY).
- Full-time but we can accommodate when life means you might need some flexibility.
- Temporary: Up to 12 weeks, flexible dates between June – September 2024.
We pay our interns a salary and offer financial support so they can be within commuting distance of our HQ in Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
- Access to our fully stocked kitchen whilst onsite for snacks and drinks
- Complimentary team lunches a minimum of 2 days per week
- Reimbursement of reasonable accommodation and travel costs to allow you to participate fully in our on-site programme.
