Vertex Co-Op , Exploratory Chemistry

Job Description Kickstart Your Career at Vertex!

Are you ready to make a real impact? At Vertex, our mission is to tackle serious diseases and to change lives, for the better, for the future. Our aim is to give you the skills, insights, and career guidance to be an important part of that future; to turn your potential into progression. As a Vertex intern or co-op, you’ll work on meaningful projects, collaborate with talented teams, and learn from industry leaders.

We’re passionate about innovation, inclusion, and supporting your growth—inside and outside the lab.

Why Vertex?

Real Projects:
You’ll work on assignments that make a real impact, not just busy work.

Mentorship & Networking:
Connect with leaders and peers who want to see you succeed through professional networks, connections, and collaborations that will shape your longer-term career.

Flexible & Supportive:
We offer flexible work options with Flex @ Vertex and prioritize your wellbeing.

Inclusive Culture:
Collaboration and inclusion are embedded in everything we do.

Career Launchpad:
Build skills, explore career paths, and get guidance for your future career.

Your Impact The Vertex Exploratory Chemistry Co-Op, is a 6-month experiential training program for students currently working towards an advanced degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or other related fields. If you are passionate, collaborative, and growth-minded, a co-op at Vertex will help you gain meaningful experience in our PD Media Development functional areas and serve as a launchpad for your career.

The Final date to receive applications for this co-op is November 15th. Please note that Vertex reviews applications on a rolling basis and reserves the right to close this job posting prior to the listed deadline. Applicants can expect to receive an update about their application before or shortly after the Final date to receive applications.

Ready to apply? Submit your application and let’s turn possibilities into reality! What you will be doing:

The co-op will support small molecule studies by evaluating the solubility and stability of chemical mixtures. Their primary project will support the collaborative effort between PD and Pharm Sci to establish an understanding of mixture storage, stability and chemical compatibility, with the goal of generating data that supports process development and future manufacturing readiness.

The co-op will gain hands-on experience, working with both chemistry and biology teams to prepare reagents, run experiments, analyze data, and support related cell culture studies. This is an opportunity to learn how small molecules are formulated and applied in biologically relevant systems.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Prepare and organize chemical reagents and mixtures to support T1D small molecule studies.
2. Support solubility and stability assessments for selected chemical mixtures under defined conditions in collaboration with Pharm Sci and AD.3. Process and interpret LC-MS data to evaluate compound identity, integrity, and degradation profiles.
4. Document experimental methods, observations, and results in a clear and reproducible manner.
5. Summarize findings and provide recommendations to support optimization of small molecule workflows for the T1D program.

Qualifications:

Senior, Master’s, PhD Chemical Engineering/Chemistry degreeLC-MS familiarity

Experience with small molecule interactions, organic chemistry, experiments to determine the solubility and stability of small molecules

Program Details:

Full-time, paid co-op $30.00 – 50.00 USD/hour Program Dates:
January – July 2027

Application Deadline:
November 15th, 2026

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