About the placement
This internship is with Lyka Pet Food and is facilitated by the CSIRO’s Generation STEM Links program.
You will support formulation, trial, scale-up, and commission activities necessary to ensure product quality and performance. You will also provide support to organise and execute product development commercialisation. Activities involved as part of this may include; conducting palatability and digestibility trials, scale-up manufacturing trials, chemistry analysis and interpreting food regulations.
Throughout your internship you may also be asked to use customer-driven insights to drive product innovation and improvement. This involves researching innovative manufacturing technologies and ingredients for new product launches, providing nutritional information for relevant product labels, as well as working across new product artwork.
Work arrangements
- Start date: April 2025 (flexible)
- Working arrangement: 2-3 days a week part-time ideally mid-week
- Remuneration: $25/hour on a temporary contract with Lyka Pet Food
- Location: Alexandria NSW
Desired capabilities
- Studying a degree related to: Food Science, Chemical Science in Food, or equivalent.
- Experience running benchtop trials:
- Food textures and sensory properties
- Product shelf-life tests
- Understanding of food microbiological properties
- An innovative mindset and sound understanding of customer preferences.
- Strong interpersonal skills including written, oral, and presentation skills.
- Organised with an understanding of project management.
- Pet-obsessed candidates are encouraged to apply
Requirements
- Must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
- Must be in your penultimate or final year of an undergraduate qualification.
About the Industry Partner
Lyka is an Australian founded pet wellness company that’s shaking up an outdated industry and paving the way for happier, healthier pets. Sadly, statistics have shown us that approximately eighty percent of pets are suffering from dental disease, with one in every three being diagnosed with cancer, and forty-one percent overweight. As humans we are acutely aware of the positive impact fresh wholefoods can have on our health and wellbeing, however the same hasn’t always been said for our furry friends. We're on a mission to change that, starting with nutritionally balanced, wholefood meals delivered direct to doors around Australia. As the world’s most sustainable pet wellness company, we’re putting pets and our planet first.
Today, we are proud to share we’ve served and fed over 55 million meals to puppies and their parents across Australia, and this is just the beginning. Our vision is to create multiple nutritional products, adding disease prevention meals and supplements, and take Lyka into new markets.
Apply
If you are interested in this internship, please submit your EOI and CV online through the Student Application webform and please specify CODE0055b
About the placement
This internship is with Lyka Pet Food and is facilitated by the CSIRO’s Generation STEM Links program.
You will support formulation, trial, scale-up, and commission activities necessary to ensure product quality and performance. You will also provide support to organise and execute product development commercialisation. Activities involved as part of this may include; conducting palatability and digestibility trials, scale-up manufacturing trials, chemistry analysis and interpreting food regulations.
Throughout your internship you may also be asked to use customer-driven insights to drive product innovation and improvement. This involves researching innovative manufacturing technologies and ingredients for new product launches, providing nutritional information for relevant product labels, as well as working across new product artwork.
Work arrangements
- Start date: April 2025 (flexible)
- Working arrangement: 2-3 days a week part-time ideally mid-week
- Remuneration: $25/hour on a temporary contract with Lyka Pet Food
- Location: Alexandria NSW
Desired capabilities
- Studying a degree related to: Food Science, Chemical Science in Food, or equivalent.
- Experience running benchtop trials:
- Food textures and sensory properties
- Product shelf-life tests
- Understanding of food microbiological properties
- An innovative mindset and sound understanding of customer preferences.
- Strong interpersonal skills including written, oral, and presentation skills.
- Organised with an understanding of project management.
- Pet-obsessed candidates are encouraged to apply
Requirements
- Must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
- Must be in your penultimate or final year of an undergraduate qualification.
About the Industry Partner
Lyka is an Australian founded pet wellness company that’s shaking up an outdated industry and paving the way for happier, healthier pets. Sadly, statistics have shown us that approximately eighty percent of pets are suffering from dental disease, with one in every three being diagnosed with cancer, and forty-one percent overweight. As humans we are acutely aware of the positive impact fresh wholefoods can have on our health and wellbeing, however the same hasn’t always been said for our furry friends. We're on a mission to change that, starting with nutritionally balanced, wholefood meals delivered direct to doors around Australia. As the world’s most sustainable pet wellness company, we’re putting pets and our planet first.
Today, we are proud to share we’ve served and fed over 55 million meals to puppies and their parents across Australia, and this is just the beginning. Our vision is to create multiple nutritional products, adding disease prevention meals and supplements, and take Lyka into new markets.
Apply
If you are interested in this internship, please submit your EOI and CV online through the Student Application webform and please specify CODE0055b