Summer Intern, mRNA Process Development (On-site)

Initial Therapeutics, Inc.; Norwood (MA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free premium meditation/mindfulness

Subsidized commuter benefits

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Moderna in Norwood, MA is offering a summer internship with the CMC Development organization to design manufacturing processes for mRNA medicines. Summer interns will join high-performing teams to develop platforms for producing mRNA therapeutics and vaccines destined for clinical trials and licensure, applying coursework and learning new skills in synthesis, lipid nanoparticle assembly and formulation.

This site-based, full-time internship requires presence on campus with no remote option, and

Qualifications

• Current student enrolled in a Bachelors or Masters program in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Biostatistics, Biotechnology, Mathematics, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Science, Statistics, or a related field.
• Strong fundamental scientific and engineering skills for the evaluation of experimental data.
• Laboratory skills applicable to bioprocess development and analytical methods.
• Applicants must already hold work authorization in US and be able to maintain status without future sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of highly skilled experts to come up to speed quickly on technology and techniques.
• Use laboratory, technical and communication skills to generate experimental results, perform data analysis, and document in formal reports including conclusions and next steps.
• Perform process scale-up, support technology transfer and provide manufacturing support at internal Moderna, and external contract manufacturing sites.
• Participate in planning, design, execution, analysis of experiments and formal risk assessments to establish critical process parameters, and overall process control strategies.
• Optimize the impact of formulation and processing conditions on the stability of mRNA drug products and process intermediates.
• Review and share relevant academic literature and establish new collaborations with internal research and manufacturing groups.
• Create scaled-down models, and high throughput experimental setups for unit operations.
• Characterize mRNA and lipid nanoparticles through collaboration with the analytical team.
• Prepare technical reports and present finding in cross-functional meetings.

Skills

Chemical Engineering

Biochemical Engineering

Lab Skills

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelors/Masters in a related field

Tools

Bioprocess Lab Tools

Job description

Moderna in Norwood, MA is offering a summer internship with the CMC Development organization to design manufacturing processes for mRNA medicines. Summer interns will join high-performing teams to develop platforms for producing mRNA therapeutics and vaccines destined for clinical trials and licensure, applying coursework and learning new skills in synthesis, lipid nanoparticle assembly and formulation.

This site-based, full-time internship requires presence on campus with no remote option, and