Grad Intern – Computational Chemistry

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Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Grad Intern – Computational Chemistry

What You Will Do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. We are looking for a summer intern to join the Computational Chemistry team in the summer of 2026. Computational chemistry plays a crucial role in our drug discovery engine, speeding up our pipeline from target inception to drug development. As a member of our team, you will develop and deploy tools that will help guide the successful discovery of small molecule therapeutics.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and implement computational chemistry methods for the characterization of protein-ligand interactions
• Apply these methods to help further our computational discovery platform leveraging physics-based and ML/AI techniques to identify the next generation of therapeutics
• Work collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams to ensure the successful execution and implementation of the project
• Review and summarize project-related literature
• Communicate findings and progress effectively to team members
• Clearly document methods and analyses to allow reproducible research

What We Expect of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Amgen requires that all individuals applying for a grad internship or a co-op assignment at Amgen must meet the following criteria:

• 18 years or older
• Graduated with a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Currently enrolled in an MBA program for an MBA internship OR a Master’s program for a Master’s internship OR a PharmD program for a PharmD internship OR Ph.D. for a PhD internship from an accredited college or university and completion of the first year of MBA OR Master’s OR Pharm D OR Ph.D. program before the internship starts
• Enrolled in an accredited college or university following the potential internship or co-op assignment
• Must not be employed at the time the internship starts
• Student must be located in the United States for the duration of the [internship/co-op]

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Computational Chemistry, Computational Biophysics, Cheminformatics or a similarly quantitative field
• Working knowledge of protein-ligand interactions, molecular dynamics, and free-energy perturbation methods
• Familiar with modern modeling suites such as Schrödinger or MOE
• Demonstrated experience in modern programming and data science languages such as Python
• Experience with Unix-based systems and version control software (git)
• Highly motivated; enthusiastic about science and problem solving

What You Can Expect of Us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

The base pay range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $30-$40 per hour.

• Build a network of colleagues that will endure and grow throughout your time with us and beyond.
• Bring your authentic self to the table and become the professional you’re inspired to be through accepting a culture that values the diversity of thought and experience and will flex to your strengths and possibilities.
• Participate in executive and social networking events, as well as community volunteer projects.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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