RiSM Internship for students in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Technology, Data Scienc[

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Pharmaceutical & Solid State Development is part of Pharma Technical Development and situated in Basel, Switzerland.

Our key expertise is the development of robust and economic processes for drug substances with tailor-made solid state properties and patient-centric formulations for the synthetic molecule portfolio of projects from early clinical studies to commercialization. We advance the design and delivery of transformative medicines by combining particle engineering, characterization, and formulation development - ensuring optimal drug performance, manufacturability, and patient-centric solutions from molecule to medicine.

As an intern you will support the department Pharmaceutical & Solid State Development in developing image-based machine learning workflows to characterize and classify spray-dried materials into distinct subpopulations.

• Review of the relevant literature applicable to the project
• Training in relevant SOPs and manufacturing/analytical equipments
• Optimize and advance analytical characterization methods for spray-dried materials
• Leverage machine learning to automate the classification and characterization of diverse particle shapes
• Regular discussion of project progress with supervisors and planning of next steps
• Summarize work in scientific reports and present results to the Roche Synthetic Molecule development community

You are a University student (or you graduated within 12 months prior to the start date)
preferably in the subject of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Technology, Data Sciences, Cheminformatics or Chemistry and have an interest in technical and analytical issues. Furthermore, you are interested in using and sharing your knowledge as part of your Internship in a modern working environment.

• Reliable and accurate working style in a non-GMP environment
• Knowledge of Python and core data science libraries (such as OpenCV, scikit-learn, Tensor Flow, or PyTorch) to build image processing pipelines
• Self-sufficient, problem solving-oriented work habits
• Good knowledge of MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and AI tools
• Proficiency in English, German is a plus

The Final date to receive applications is 23.08.2026. All successful final candidates will be invited to a virtual interview day which will take place on 14.10.2026.

The Internship will start in March to May 2027 and has a duration of 6 months, please indicate your preferred start date in your application.

More information about the Roche Internship program in Synthetic Molecules (RiSM) and other opportunities within this program you can find here.

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