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The Position

2025 Summer Intern - System Development

We advance science so that we all have more time with the people we love.

The hired intern  will help in creating and developing new sequencing technologies. Contributions to projects may include wet bench work, experimental design, data collection, data analysis, and scripting for automation and analysis. They will learn to use sequencing instrumentation and related instrumentation to facilitate the experimental work developing these systems. Technical knowledge from engineering and scientific disciplines will be used to develop new ideas and troubleshoot processes and hardware. They will conduct feasibility studies of the design to determine ability to function as intended. They will maintain detailed documentation throughout all phases of research and development.

Department Summary

Roche Sequencing Solutions has the ambitious goal of disrupting Next Generation DNA Sequencing. Our technology fuses active biological and solid state elements to bring single molecule based sequence detection to scale. These new technologies aim to make genetic testing easy, reliable, and affordable. They seek to improve the lives of people in a wide variety of applications, including the timely screening of newborns for diseases and the diagnosis of cancers and infectious diseases.



We are seeking a motivated and team-oriented individual who is passionate about contributing to and learning about sequencing technology.  You will learn how to use the new Roche Single Molecule Sequencing platform and related Roche-developed instrumentation, and then help to improve instrument performance and protocols. Novel approaches may be utilized to help characterize the sequencing instruments, and the candidate will have an opportunity to both develop these approaches and learn a variety of wet bench, software, and data analysis skills. The candidate will help design and perform wet-lab experiments to further develop the sequencing instrumentation, followed by subsequent analysis, interpretation, and presentation of the data. The candidate must be self-motivated and able to work well in a team environment.

This internship position is located in Santa Clara, on-site.

The Opportunity

• Perform a variety of sequencing and sequencing-related experiments on a daily basis, help analyze and interpret the data.

• Learn operation of the Roche Single Molecule Sequencing Platform.

• General support of diverse research and development activities.

• Pull from previous technical knowledge in the above disciplines to generate new ideas to improve the sequencing systems.

• Modify existing code or generate new code to analyze data or test new instrument protocols.

• Perform all work using best laboratory practices and maintain a well-organized and concise record of work performed and progress made.

Program Highlights

• Intensive 12-weeks, full-time (40 hours per week) paid internship.

• Program start dates are in May/June (Summer).

• 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.

Who You Are

Required Education: You meet one of the following criteria:

- Must be pursuing a Bachelor's Degree (enrolled student).

- Must have attained a Bachelor's Degree (not currently enrolled in a graduate program).

- Must be pursuing a Master's Degree (enrolled student).

- Must have attained a Master's Degree.

Required Majors: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, System Engineering

Required Skills

• Previous laboratory experience.​

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications

• Previous technical knowledge in one or multiple of the following disciplines is strongly preferred: molecular biology, chemistry, b