Job Description

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity?

At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

Illumina Internship Program:

Impact more than you ever thought possible. Experience the breathtaking pace of genomic innovation. Join our Internship 2024 for an exciting and fulfilling experience, where you will learn, grow, and contribute as a member of our Illumina family!

Lab Intern (18-24 weeks):

The Lab Intern will be required to complete an 20-24 week program from January 2024 to June 2024 period. We will invite shortlisted candidates for interviews, and extend offers to those who are successful.

Project Description:

Provide technical and operational support to the product and process development, improvements, characterization and sustaining efforts in analytical labs and high volume, multi-product manufacturing environment.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Assist Scientists, NPI Process and Product Engineers in providing direct support to troubleshooting, sustaining and continuous improvement for consumables production lines related to yield, quality and throughput.

Executing lab works for development works and engineering studies.

Design and execution of controlled experiments to optimize processes; document and analyze process test results.

Maintain and ensure efficient operation of labs.

Recommend and help implement improvements in a production environment to meet production goals across multiple operations and technologies.

Coordinate process validation execution, data collection and summaries.

Work with Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality teams to develop processes for new products and improve processes of existing products.

Help define technical requirements and write procedures for Production to process product.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Must be currently enrolled in an bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s, master\xe2\x80\x99s or PhD program, ideally in Chemical/ Biochemical Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Biochemistry and/or Bio-related field

Work experience in the biotech, pharmaceutical industries is desirable.

Good math and analytical skills required. Experience summarizing data required.

Good verbal and written documentation skills are required. High level of computer skills is a plus. Working knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel and MS Powerpoint is required.

Meticulous and able to execute experiments with great attention to details.

Demonstrated ability to execute complex tasks and experiments with little supervision.

Basic skill in failure analysis of multiple reliability failure modes.

Excellent Analytical, Problem Solving and Project Management skills.

Excellent team player, interpersonal and communication skill.

Independent and able to work well under stress, both internally and across functions and perform multitasking.

Dealing with and managing change.

Proactive, innovative and self-motivating.

Experience with microarray and sequencing technologies a plus.

Experience with HPLC, microplate reader, qPCR a plus.

Experience with developing consumables processes and products a plus.

Possess good understanding of manufacturing process, methodologies and environment a plus

Working knowledge of GMP production a plus.

Experience with chemical processes preferred.

Capable of defining test plans for process and troubleshooting will be a plus.

Learning Objectives:

This internship aims to you with hands-on industry experience and help you apply knowledge acquired in your university coursework.

The learning objectives are:

Gain real-life experience in providing technical and operational support to the product and process development, improvements, characterization and sustaining efforts in analytical labs and high volume, multi-product manufacturing environment

Apply academic knowledge to real world projects

Develop strong interpersonal and communication skills with internal and external stakeholders

Illumina believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information.

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