Vertex Co-op, Technical Operations, Process Analytical Technology; PAT

Position: Vertex Spring 2026 Co-op, Technical Operations, Process Analytical Technology (PAT)

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 change lives for the better and 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.

Ready to apply? Submit your application and let's turn possibilities into reality! Your Impact

The Vertex Technical Operations - Process Analytical Technology Co‑Op program is a 6‑month experiential training program for students currently working towards an undergraduate or advanced degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Science, Math, Statistics, Engineering, 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 technical operations functional areas and serve as a launchpad for your career.

Please note that Vertex reviews applications on a rolling basis and reserves the right to close this job posting prior to the listed deadline.

Important Notice Regarding Internship and Co‑op Inquiries

At Vertex Pharmaceuticals, we are committed to providing a fair and structured recruitment process for all students interested in internship and co‑op opportunities. To ensure consistency and equity, all student applications must go through our Early Talent Acquisition Team.

Due to the high volume of interest, we are unable to respond to individual solicitation. Direct solicitation to Vertex employees—including senior leaders via email—will result in removal from the recruiting process.

We appreciate your enthusiasm and interest in Vertex. To be considered for internship or co‑op roles, please apply directly through our official application channel:

What you will be doing:

Technical Operations – Process Analytical Technology (PAT) is part of Pharmaceutical Operations and is responsible for process analytical control of Vertex commercial continuous manufacturing processes. This internship allows the candidate to work with a highly diverse group of scientists to solve complex problems encountered in continuous commercial production/manufacturing of drug products. This intern will have the unique opportunity to explore new horizons to PAT which utilizes material sparing techniques for calibration building—laboratory simulations of manufacturing conditions and universal sample preparations approaches.

This will involve building advanced multivariate models from acquired spectroscopic data of drug product intermediates.

• Design and execute activities and experiments to formulate calibration blends using material sparing techniques and measure them spectroscopically.
• Become proficient in statistical modeling of spectroscopic data. Develop multivariate predictive models (PCA, PLS, etc.) to assess the potency of drug product intermediates.
• Develop new and evaluate existing methods for generating simulated calibration spectra and evaluate their accuracy.
• Support the progress of automated off‑line chemo metric model assessments.
• Report and present results of work to key stakeholders and leadership.

What you will need to succeed:

• Enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Science, Math, Statistics, Engineering, or another related field.
• Basic computer and MS Office skills.
• Knowledge of…