2026 Spring Intern - Product Technical Development - Laboratory (Wet-Lab or Dry-Lab) Focus (6 months)

To Apply:

• As a second attachment (apart from your CV), please include a cover letter (not to exceed 1 page in length) that addresses the following questions:

  • Please describe a unique situation in either your academic, personal, or career areas of your life in which you took initiative that had a meaningful impact on either your school, community, or an organization.

Department Summary

Pharmaceutical Technical Development (PTDU) develops, delivers, and supports robust, cost-effective production methods and technologies for innovative therapeutics to meet the needs of Genentech’s Research, Development, Commercial, and Product Operations groups. The group has long been recognized as a world leader in developing large-scale manufacturing processes, sophisticated analytical methods, and effective drug delivery systems.

This internship position is located in South San Francisco, on-site. 

Program Highlights

We are recruiting for Technical Development Spring Internship positions in PTDU for our South San Francisco, CA headquarters. The six-month internship (with a possible 6-month extension)  position will begin in Jan 2025.

• Six months, (40 hours per week) paid internship.

• Program start dates are in May or June 2025.

• A stipend, based on location, will be provided to help alleviate costs associated with the internship. 

• Ownership of challenging and impactful business-critical projects.

• Work with some of the most talented people in the biotechnology industry.

The Opportunity

As a Technical Development Intern, Laboratory focus, you may be assigned a project in one of the following areas within PTDUP:

• Cell Culture and Fermentation Development

• Purification Development

• Protein Analytical Chemistry

• Analytical Operations

• Pharmaceutical Development

• Drug Delivery Technology Development

• Potency Assay Development

• Cell and Gene Therapies

• Flow cytometry

This program provides a broad perspective and appreciation of the development of new processes, methods, and technologies at different production scales in the biotechnology industry. 

Candidates applying for the PTDU Intern Program should be passionate about science/engineering and thoroughly enjoy the challenges associated with complex problem-solving. Candidates must be highly self-motivated and able to work effectively as individuals and as part of multi-disciplinary teams in an atmosphere of casual intensity to develop medicines for unmet medical needs.

Interns with a laboratory focus will work alongside scientists to design, execute, and analyze wet-lab or dry-lab-based experiments in support of the diverse development activities needed to produce therapeutics at scale for patients. Previous internship projects have included but are not limited to:

• Cell and molecular biology approaches to develop novel drug potency assays

• Bioreactor, fermentation, and cell culture media studies

• Drug analysis using tools like mass spectrometry, HPLC, NMR

• Protein structure and stability studies

• Developing cell differentiation protocols in support of cell therapy programs

• Updates to the PTDU Assay Information & Request (PAIR) System

• Benchling templates and results schema update

Who You Are

Required Education

You meet one of the following criteria:

• Must be pursuing or have attained an Associate's Degree OR

• Must be pursuing a Bachelor's degree (enrolled student graduating in 2026 or 2027) OR

• Must have attained a Bachelor's degree no more than 2 years ago from the time of application (not currently enrolled in a grad program) OR

• Must be pursuing a Master's degree (enrolled student) OR

• Must have attained a Master's degree no more than 2 years ago from the time of application. <