Internship Continuous Improvement & Lean Management in Medical Technology / Mechanical Engineering (6 months | Start Sept./Oct. 2026)

Are you looking for a job that appreciates your talents? Discover the unique culture of Stryker. Description At Stryker, every role is crucial for our mission to improve healthcare. Our collaborative environment promotes growth and opportunities and ensures that each team member is able to contribute to our common goal. Become part of the team and set up to improve health care for everyone and everywhere. In your internship at an internationally leading medical technology company, you are in the middle of it only: you support our Continuous Improvement Team in innovative projects, deepen your expertise and gain practical experience that will bring you professionally and personally. Duration of your internship: 6 months (full time) Type of internship: We offer volunteer internships and compulsory internships/practice semesters as well as the combination of both. Your start with us: September or October 2026 Your place of work: Schönkirchen bei Kiel

You work under the direction of the Continuous Improvement (CI) team and support the manager Lean Continuous Improvement in optimizing production processes. Working with the engineers in the team and in the interface areas gives you a comprehensive insight into our activities and projects. Together with the CI team, you identify optimization potentials in the processes and support in process analysis. You develop concepts independently to make their progress and success transparent. You always keep your eye on the upstream and downstream processes to ensure optimal integration into the production flow. You get the opportunity to actively introduce yourself to your practical solutions in an international medical technology company.

You study engineering with the focus on mechanical engineering, medical technology, production technology, industrial engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering or are enrolled in a comparable course of study. With your high commitment, your team and communication skills as well as your structured and predictive way of working, you are a success in our dynamic team. Your strong interest in these topics motivates you to deal with complex issues in the field of CI. Ideally, you could already gain practical experience in Lean Management. Your safe handling of MS Office and your fluent knowledge of German and English allow you to communicate easily in our international environment.

Fair pay, holidays, exciting trainings & personal mentoring and flexible working hours. Diversity is important to us. We are pleased to receive applications from people regardless of their ethnic, national or social origin, gender, disability, age or sexual identity. .