Intern, Validation Engineering

At Lonza, we invest in great people. We encourage our employees to challenge themselves and we offer an environment that fosters creativity and success. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, we operate production, R&D, and business sites around the world, including Europe, North America, and Asia.  

At a group level, we have established a company purpose to ENABLE A HEALTHIER WORLD.  This is our reason for being.  It is what motivates us to succeed and deliver for our customers and their patients, every single day.  In fulfilling our purpose, we hope to achieve our Group vision to BRING ANY THERAPY TO LIFE!  

Do you want to help us as we shape the future of this great organization?

Job Description Summary 

We are actively recruiting candidates to participate in our 2025 On-site Summer Internship program. This program is roughly 12 weeks in length and will immerse you into the culture and operations of Lonza Vacaville. The role involves managing biotech manufacturing validation, streamlining document generation, executing validation documents, and overseeing project deliverables. It requires collaboration with engineering and stakeholders and presenting progress at staff meetings. The intern is not expected to be a subject matter expert for any aspect of the role, and it is expected that questions on tasks or issues will be raised by this individual when clarification or greater technical expertise is required. 

The internship program begins May 27th, 2025, or June 16th, 2025. Potential interns must be able to commit to 40 hours per week throughout the duration of the summer internship. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Learn about Qualification/Validation and Regulatory requirements of commercial Biotechnology Manufacturing 

• Develop proof of concept solutions to streamline lifecycle document generation 

• Develop and execute validation lifecycle documents in the electronic validation system 

• Manage project deliverables through review and approval processes and provide project status updates 

• Collaborate with engineering sciences and technology groups and site stakeholders 

• Summarization highlighting the deliverables and accomplishments and poster/oral presentation at staff/department meetings. 

Required Education 

• Completion of junior year (typically 90 credits) towards a B.S. degree in a Biology, Chemistry, Engineering or related STEM degree program.

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (out of 4) required. 

• Must currently be enrolled in BS or MS Academic Program 

Required Skills & Experience 

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills 

• Self-motivation and the ability to contribute as a team member. 

• Ability to organize, plan and execute projects. 

• Research skills and attention to detail. 

About Us 

Lonza is one of the world’s leading and most-trusted suppliers to the pharmaceutical, biotech and specialty ingredients markets. We harness science and technology to create products that support safer and healthier living and that enhance the overall quality of life. 

Not only are we a custom manufacturer and developer, Lonza also offers services and products ranging from active pharmaceutical ingredients and stem-cell therapies to drinking water sanitizers, from the vitamin B compounds and organic personal care ingredients to agricultural products, and from industrial preservatives to microbial control solutions that combat dangerous viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. Further information can be found at www.lonza.com. 

About Vacaville 

Our Lonza Vacaville site is a commercial, multi-product manufacturing facility located in Vacaville, California, 53 miles north of San Francisco. The site, which employs over 780 employees, is a large‑scale mammalian cell culture production facility designed around the monoclonal antibody (MAb)