Co-op - Material Scientist - New Kensington, PA - January-June 2027

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Hours: Full time
Where: New Kensington, Pennsylvania, United States
Posted: Sep 3

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Job Description

Are you interested in a co-op opportunity with Philips? We welcome individuals who are currently pursuing an undergraduate (BS) and/or graduate (MS) degree to participate in 6 month co-op opportunities at our site in New Kensington, PA. Through this role you will gain meaningful, hands-on experience working for a HealthTech company.

Your role:

You're the right fit if:

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an office role.

What you'd do

Perform material assessments and testing needed to assess biocompatibility for product development and design changes.
Investigate material failures and coordinate corrective actions with project teams.
Review new materials, manufacturing processes, finishing technologies, and reprocessing methods which make new designs and functions in Philips Sleep & Respiratory Care (S&RC) products possible and safe.
Contribute to long term competence development in materials science at S&RC. Learn from and adhere to internal quality manual (Quality System Procedures, Work Instructions, Forms).
Work cross-functionally and collaborate with R&D, NPD, CRO’s, Regulatory Agencies internal/external scientists and other stakeholders.
You are pursuing a Bachelor’s/MS Degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering or similar disciplines.
You have detailed experience analyzing chemical and physical properties of materials to draw scientific conclusions.
You have experience using test instrumentation and equipment in and out of a Lab environment.
You’re able to collaborate with other (technical) disciplines, external partners, and companies.
You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others. Philips Transparency Details The hourly pay range for this position is Bachelor: $26.00-$29.00, Masters: $33.00-$46.00, plus overtime eligible.

Starts: 2026-09-03