Internship in Lab Automation 6-12 months
Internship in Lab Automation 6-12 months
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Job Description
At Roche you can show up as yourself embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression open dialogue and genuine connections where you are valued accepted and respected for who you are allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche where every voice matters.
The Position
A healthier future. Its what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. Thats what makes us Roche.
360 Labs Initiative at a Glance
The 360 Labs are a new capability that is currently being built up within the Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development organization (pRED. The primary mission of this effort is to provide greater access and support for the use of cuttingedge biomedical research technologies by scientists across our discovery portfolio.
Operating as an integrated ecosystem the 360 Lab environment will deliver core scientific technologies expertise and enabling activities as well as facilitate knowledge sharing and learning experiences in close collaboration with our therapeutic areas and functions. Together these efforts will serve to increase the speed enhance the robustness and improve the sustainability of our exploratory research and early discovery activities.
We are currently recruiting scientific professionals with varied backgrounds in Flow Cytometry Genomics Proteomics and Microscopy / Imaging. In these new roles your collaborative mindset is as valued as your scientific expertise. The 360 Labs are by nature a handson interactive workplace where face to face presence in our labs is a priority. Our ambition is to bring to life a thriving workplace environment acting as a highly integrated ecosystem supporting research and development working collaboratively and focused on fostering excellence and sustainability.
The Internship Opportunity
With the help of an experienced lab automation scientist you as an Intern will learn how to automate sample preparation workflows for various applications in genomics proteomics and flow cytometry. Your work will include programming & validation of the user interface the robotic pipetting workflow and the automated generation of reports. To enable successful automation in an openaccess facility you will focus on developing solutions which are userfriendly and robust. You will understand lab automation platform architecture design and programming as well as the importance of providing an intuitive user experience. Depending on your interest & ability you will be able to contribute to the automation platform design & engineering (CAD 3D printing) if required.
Your Role and Responsibilities
Translate user requirements from manual protocols to automated assays on liquid handling robots (Hamilton / Cybio / Opentrons).
Plan perform and document experiments to validate and benchmark automated workflows.
Present and discuss your work with stakeholders. Train and support users.
Who you are
You are currently enrolled or have recently (within 12 months prior to the start date) finished a bachelor or master in biology/biotechnology or related discipline.
You have prior programming experience (Python Matlab R or similar) which you are motivated to extend.
You have an affinity to work with & understand technical equipment and are excited by cutting edge technologies like automated liquid handlers.
In addition to your scientific expertise and critical technical skills we are looking for candidates who:
Are curious have a growth mindset are resourceful and flexible in problemsolving have excellent organizational skills can think outside the box and have a demonstrated ability to implement new ideas in a fastpaced research environment;
Bring excellent written communication and presentations skills with a high fluency in English;
Have a keen interest in continuously building a personal network and who will thrive in a dynamic inclusive environment which gives you full accountability for your own contributions and development;
Your Application
Please upload your CV. Within your standard CV please add a section that highlights your relevant skill set 23 sentences) followed up by a few examples from your CV (bullet points) to support them.
Start: Ideally as soon as possible or upon your availability for a period of 612 months. Please indicate your ideal starting date on your application.
Following the Swiss regulations nonEU/EFTA citizens must provide a certificate from the university stating that an internshipmandatory part of their degree program. Furthermore they need to be enrolled during the entire duration of the internship.Please ensure that these documents are uploaded along with your application.
Your Location
This position is based in Basel.
Who we are
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together more than 100000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities foster creativity and keep our ambitions high so we can deliver lifechanging healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Lets build a healthier future together.
Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site which is one of Roches largest sites. Read more.
Besides extensive development and training opportunities we offer flexible working options 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as childcare facilities medical services restaurants and cafeterias as well as various employee events.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Full-Time
