Vertex Summer 2025 Intern, Engineering & Material Science (Boston, MA)

Job Description

The Vertex Internship Program offers students the opportunity to learn about the pharmaceutical industry from a hands-on perspective. You will be working closely with and learning from some of the brightest people in the industry. When you join our internship program you should not be surprised to see that our environment is one that is innovative and team oriented, where collaboration is not just a word, and "we are relentless" is in everything we do. Students can expect to be challenged by their project plan, connect with other interns,and feel valued by the Vertex community. Not only will interns learn about their day-to-day tasks through their specific work assignments, but they will interact and have exposure to our organizational leaders and their teams.

Job Summary:

Engineering & Material Sciences is a multi-disciplinary group focused on the understanding of fundamental engineering and material science issues that underlie drug substance and drug product process design, development, scale-up, and solid form selection. Aligning with the department remit, this intern position will focus on conducting experimental laboratory work aimed at understanding impurity formation during drug substance processing. This intern position is designed to expose the student to real-world pharmaceutical development issues while expecting the student to bring a strong experimental skillset and to rapidly adapt to emerging data.

Key Responsibilities:

Day-to-day job responsibilities include:

• Reading relevant literature to implement existing tools and create new solutions based on existing knowledge

• Perform laboratory experiments aimed at understanding the kinetics of impurity formation using general and specialized drug substance processing equipment

• Learn and use modern analytical tools such as HPLC, NMR, FTIR, etc.

• Analyze the resulting data, draw conclusions, and present the accumulated knowledge to peers and senior scientists and engineers

Qualifications:

• Candidate should be enrolled in a graduate-level degree program leading to a ( MS or PhD) in chemical engineering or organic chemistry
• Candidate should have 2 years of lab and research experience
• Candidate should have performed laboratory scale experiments before and have a good understanding of analytical techniques such as HPLC or Process Analytical Technology.
• Permanent legal authorization to work in the United States
• Candidate must be enrolled in an advanced degree program if graduating before May 2025
• Candidate must be available to work full-time, 40 hours per week from May - August 2025

During the internship the student will be expected to understand the assignments and perform the responsibilities listed above. Per student's interest and progress, the scope of the project may be expanded to include process model development. The deliverables are creating the necessary experimental dataset and presenting it with the conclusions drawn from the learnings and data. The student is accountable for completing training, expressing original ideas, giving and receiving feedback, understanding company's culture, brainstorming, being able to work independently after the first couple weeks, completing the tasks and presentations

Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com