Material and Analytical Sciences - Intern
Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative intern to join our Material and Analytical Sciences department located at Ridgefield, CT. As an intern, you will tackle real challenges, expand your scientific skills, and gain extensive experience and insights of pharmaceutical development/engineering.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies´ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for our employees.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Collect and analyze the images from experiments of crystallization/dissolution in wet lab and develop algorithm to assess kinetics/thermodynamics of the processes quantitatively.
- Program scripts for data collection, integration, and management
- Demonstrate the workflow including both data collection and analysis using model compounds
- Assist in labware design for automated image recording
- Showcase your work with a final oral presentation near end of your internship
Requirements
- Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing
- Student must be enrolled at a college or university for the duration of the internship
- Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred
- Major or minor in related field of internship
- Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university
- Graduate and Advanced Degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university
Desired Experience, Skills and Abilities:
- Graduate students in Chemical/Biomedical/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or similar fields
- Experience with image analysis/processing and data management
- Proficiency with Python/Matlab
- Experience with 3D printing and CAD highly preferred but not required
- Understanding of basic principles of physical chemistry
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in all situations.
- Highly motivated to learn and execute multitasks in an effective manner
Compensation Data
This position offers an hourly rate typically between $20/ hour and $33/ hour commensurate to the level of degree program in which an applicant is actively enrolled. For an overview of our benefits please click here.
Eligibility Requirements
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
Must be 18 years of age or older