Downstream Processing Internship (all year round)

Nucleus Capital I. GMBH; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 11,383 - 15,400; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free vegan lunches

International team

Job summary

Farlements in Amsterdam invites you to join our Downstream Processing Internship, helping shape the future of protein production and sustainable food systems. You’ll work across bench and pilot scales to develop the recovery process of our protein with a tight-knit team.

You’ll optimise downstream recovery, translate bench-scale experiments to pilot-scale applications, and support routine production operations while documenting data and protocols.

Qualifications

• Background in food technology, (bio)process technology, process engineering and/or chemical engineering.
• Capable of working in bench, pilot and data documentation.
• Team player with excellent English proficiency.
• We only hire interns that need to do a mandatory internship for university.
• Internship duration of 6‑7 months.
• Starting period from August – September, 2025.

Responsibilities

• Optimise downstream recovery at pilot scale.
• Support weekly production operations – upstream and downstream.
• Set up protocols to investigate and improve processes.
• Improve and automate processes.
• Translate bench‑scale experiments to pilot‑scale applications.
• Analyse our protein with various analytical methods.

Skills

English proficiency

Team player

Analytical thinking

Education

Background in food technology / chemical engineering

Job description

Downstream Processing Internship

Mission

Our mission is to decouple protein production from agricultural land and create an era of food abundance for humanity. We use natural fermentation and a renewable‑energy based feedstock to produce amino‑acid complete protein ingredients. While practically all fermentation methods up till now relied on sugars – which are derived from crops grown on agricultural land – we based our fermentation platform on an easily storable and shippable liquid feedstock which can be made from the air with just renewable energy. This allows us to bypass the inefficiency of photosynthesis and break free of its limiting constraints.

Team

We’re a small, highly technical team with diverse background (Vegetarian Butcher, DSM, Noma) from all over the world. Our brewery, R&D, test kitchen and offices are all integrated under a single roof, optimised for high speed iteration.

The internship

At Farlements, we’re offering an exciting internship opportunity where you help shape the future of food production. In this role you will help develop the recovery process of our protein at both bench and pilot scales. During this internship you will work closely with our experienced team of fermentation and food scientists.

Responsibilities

• Optimise downstream recovery at pilot scale.
• Support weekly production operations – upstream and downstream.
• Set up protocols to investigate and improve processes.
• Improve and automate processes.
• Translate bench‑scale experiments to pilot‑scale applications.
• Analyse our protein with various analytical methods.

Requirements

• A background in food technology, (bio)process technology, process engineering and/or chemical engineering.
• Capable of working in bench, pilot and data documentation.
• Team player with excellent English proficiency.
• We only hire interns that need to do a mandatory internship for university.
• Internship duration of 6‑7 months.
• Starting period from August – September, 2025.

What you can expect from Farlements

• €1200 gross internship compensation
• Pushing forward the frontiers of food production
• Free healthy vegan lunches, snacks, and drinks
• Work in a diverse, international and dynamic team