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Summer Intern - Sequencing Protocol Development

  • Santa Clara, Cuba
  • Chemistry / Biology / Agronomy

Job description

  Job facts

The Summer @ Roche Intern Program has been developed to provide students with a fun yet rewarding summer through hands-on experience and numerous opportunities to network with other interns as well as employees in the organization. Additionally, we help our students meet their career development and educational goals while potentially building a future with the Roche organization. Leveraging the education you received already, we hope to give you an opportunity to grow and develop with us!

·  Learn the operation of sequencing instrument prototypes and modify the instrument scripts as needed
·  Design and conduct experiments, and collect instrument and diagnostic data relevant to yield and performance
·  Analyze data, perform statistical analyses, and summarize and present results in written and oral form
·  Identify possible biophysical mechanisms impacting yield and performance, and propose experiments to test these hypotheses
·  Use the above skills to contribute to advanced projects with the larger Protocol Development team

Additionally, the selected intern will be asked to participate in various intern activities, which may include workshops with leaders in the organization, our mentor program, and our Poster Symposium among other activities.

Qualifications

·  Candidate for Bachelor's degree in Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar. Multidisciplinary combinations of majors and minors are encouraged
·  Minimum of 3 years of college completed, with exceptional skills in science and engineering as demonstrated by 3.8 GPA or better, and individual contributions to undergraduate research projects
·  Basic skills required: experimental design and statistics, demonstrated ability to operate laboratory instrumentation, and advanced scientific programming
·  Advanced skills preferred: bioengineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, as demonstrated through course work, laborartory work, and/or undergraduate research
·  Hands-on experience with genetic amplification or sequencing instrumentation a plus.

Program Requirements:

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Currently enrolled in an accredited college/university during program calendar year 2019

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Completed at least 2 years of college/university to be eligible for the program.

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Must have a ≥3.0 GPA

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Minimum availability of 12 weeks (Required start on or before program Welcome Reception and end date on or after Summer End Poster Symposium).

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Previous experience in the job duties listed, either through course work or industry/academia

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Participation in student organizations and/or other leadership experience

What You Will Learn:

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Experience with research and development of next generation hybrid technology sequencing instruments

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Planning and execution of studies and experiments in one or more phases of the product development lifecycle

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Full participation on a leading¨ high≠visibility team with the mandate to achieve significant performance objectives

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Progressive responsibility and ownership of team project components commensurate with demonstrated capabilities and performance

·  Who we are

At Roche, 94,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we've become one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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