Internship - Software End of Life Business Processes

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you'll help solve some of the world's toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

Global Digital Group

As part of the R&D organization, The Global Digital group is committed to bring value-adding and groundbreaking software solutions to our customers that help them with their success. Global Digital covers all software created in the MSD-EM related sites, globally over the world. Main R&D sites can be found in Eindhoven (the Netherlands), Bordeaux (France), Hillsboro (US), Brno (Czech). The group is responsible for the complete software stack, from FPGAs to embedded and application software.

Discover Impactful Work:

Transmission electronic microscopes are the most complex laboratory instruments that are being developed and used today. Software is crucial into exploiting all the potential of these microscopes, pushing the limits of current physical technologies. These microscopes are used by scientists and engineers in life science, material sciences and semiconductor industry, indirectly affecting our life in many aspects. By contributing into this software development, you might help the development of better vaccines, new lighter and stronger materials, or more efficient semiconductors.

Challenge / Assignment

Developing pioneering software for our complex machines is key for our success. We are facing challenges in the end of life steps in the life cycle of our software packages.

Research Question

How can organizations successfully balance the costs of software maintenance in cyber-physical systems against potential business opportunities? Taking into consideration both short-term operational needs and long-term strategic goals?

Sub Questions

To further explore this main research question, we can consider the following sub-questions:

• What metrics and methodologies can be developed to accurately quantify the total cost of ownership? This can include direct, indirect, and opportunity costs.
• How can the impact of maintaining software, for a prolonged time, on business performance and operational efficiency be optimally measured and analyzed?
• What frameworks can be established to evaluate and compare the potential value of new value creation against the risks and costs of deferring obsolescence?
• How to align software maintenance strategies with their long-term strategic objectives and market positioning?
• What roles do new technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning) play in balancing maintenance costs and business opportunities for cyber-physical systems?