Grad Intern - Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism (Summer 2025)

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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 - Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism (Summer 2025)

What You Will Do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Quantitative Pharmacology (QP) group within the PKDM department is seeking summer intern for 2025. During this program, you will be working within the Pharmacokinetics & Drug Metabolism (PKDM) department at Amgen. This group is dedicated to the discovery and development of novel, effective, and safe medicines. The department focuses on understanding the PK/PD properties of large and small-molecule drug candidates developed across multiple therapeutic areas in Amgen’s pipeline. The PKDM QP group is responsible for preclinical and translational modeling to provide drug development decisions. For the internship program, we are seeking candidates pursuing research in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) with a focus on mechanistic mathematical modeling and quantitative pharmacological approaches. The intern will work closely with a QP scientist to develop and apply fit-to-purpose mechanistic mathematical models (PKPD/SoA/PBPK) to support therapeutic drug development and create novel quantitative capabilities.

What We Expect of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The individual we seek is a naturally curious and scientifically rigorous researcher 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 concentration(s) in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering Degree program with a concentration in mechanistic PK/PD modeling and quantitative pharmacology
• Knowledge and a good understanding of modeling software such as ADAPT, R, Phoenix, Simbiology/Matlab or Monolix
• Conceptual understanding of Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamics principles
• Experience in documenting and archiving contributions including data analyses, mathematical models, summary presentations, and reports to be shareable with other scientists and foster a collaborative environment
• Ability to thrive in a high-performance culture with excellent time management, decision-making, and organizational skills
• Excellent oral/written communication skills with strong attention to detail and interpersonal skills
• Ability to apply research findings, capture information, interpret, and analyze results, and develop and implement a logical and strategic plan of action
• Strong project management skills, proficiency in logistic planning from beginning to end, priority setting, timely delivery of results, and multitasking
• Ability to think critically, actively anticipate problems and propose solutions and to work effectively/collaboratively across teams, levels of management, across partnerships, use contact networks to motivate diverse teams, and enable cross-functional collaborations
• Ability to work independently and with ambiguity

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