Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, our shared mission is to serve patients living with serious illnesses, and it drives everything we do.
Since 1980, Amgen has helped pioneer biotech in the fight against some of the world's toughest diseases. We focus on four therapeutic areas: Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease, and reach millions of patients each year. The company is advancing a broad pipeline of medicines for cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As part of the team, you will help research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines.
Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you enjoy challenges, you will thrive here.
What You Will Do
During this program, you will help digitize vivarium operations, including data standardization, workflow design, web application development and deployment, and analytics.
Responsibilities may include:
- Support the digitization and modernization of vivarium operational data by evaluating existing room-log workflows, developing standardized data and metadata structures, and creating a prototype digital workflow for capturing and analyzing vivarium activities.
- Support the development of a web application or tool for structured data capture.
- Develop a visualization and analytics system around vivarium operational data to improve laboratory scientist efficiency.
- Assist the Data Sciences team with FAIR data normalization and harmonization.
- Collaborate with end users and non-technical experts to communicate the new digital workflow.
What We Expect of You
The motivated individual we seek is a hard worker with the following qualifications.
Basic Qualifications
- 18 years or older
- Graduated with a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- Currently enrolled in an MBA, Master's, PharmD or Ph.D. program matching the internship type, and completing the first year of that program before the internship starts
Preferred Qualifications
- Degree concentration in Data Sciences, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business Analytics or a related field
- Strong understanding of FAIR data standards, with experience in data transformation and harmonization
- Experience using artificial intelligence to help develop structured workflows and analytic systems with human-in-the-loop confirmation
- Knowledge of quality control and explainable AI techniques
- Experience with Smartsheet data extraction
- Experience with Databricks, Plotly or Lovable
- Experience developing web applications, centralizing disparate data and building analytics dashboards
- Excellent communication skills and a commitment to reproducible, transparent research practices
- Willingness to take on new challenges and explore unfamiliar topics
- Background in biology or pharmaceutical research is a plus
- Experience with version control (Git), code documentation, and handing off applications to a future development team
Program Eligibility Requirements
- Must be available to work a full-time schedule.
- Expected continued enrollment in an accredited college or university following the internship or co-op.
- Student must be located in the United States for the duration of the internship program.
What You Can Expect of Us
Amgen works to develop treatments that take care of others, and also cares for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From competitive benefits to a collaborative culture, support is available throughout your journey.
- Build a network of colleagues that will last throughout your time with Amgen and beyond.
- Bring your authentic self to work in a culture that values diversity of thought and experience.
- Take part in executive and social networking events, as well as community volunteer projects.
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Amgen will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities during the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.