Summer Intern -Data Science - Biosciences R&D

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform.

In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

This internship provides the opportunity to work within an agile Research & Development environment focused on evaluating new applications and assessing the current performance of microbial identification technologies. The intern will collaborate closely with R&D team members and gain hands‑on experience with evolving initiatives in experimental design and execution, raw data analysis, model development, database structure development and interpreting results to understand their potential impact on product performance and operational efficiency.

The pay range for this position is $24.00 - 30.00 per hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location

Position is open to anyone, regardless of age, who meets the educational and experience requirements as posted.

Must be eligible to work in the US without requiring a sponsor visa.

• Assist in the planning, execution, and analysis of R&D and/or Operations experiments, including evaluating data to identify and monitor trends.
• Contribute to a wide range of early‑stage and late‑stage R&D initiatives, gaining meaningful exposure to multiple scientific disciplines, experimental platforms, and research objectives as priorities evolve in a fast‑moving environment.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and well organized documentation to ensure data integrity and compliance with internal quality standards.
• Compile, organize, and present experimental data and results in a clear and concise manner.
• Assist in the designing of Databases structure
• Use Statistical Tools to analyze data cohorts
• Develop and deploy data pipelines
• Develop and run code

• Education:
  
  currently enrolled in an accredited college/university degree program pursuing a master’s degree or PhD in Data Sciences, Mathematics, Bioinformatics or related field.
• Completion of bachelor’s degree with a GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Exposure to scientific or research environments is preferred (undergraduate research experience is a plus).
• Ability to work on multiple projects, strong attention to detail, and effective communication and listening skills in a teamwork environment.
• Python coding required
• Knowledge of Pytorch, Pandas, scikit‑learn and other useful data science libraries is highly preferred.
• This position seeks an intern for a minimum of a 12-week internship between May and August.

Four‑year degree required

Advanced degree or certification required

Our Microbial Solutions business group has a comprehensive portfolio of endotoxin testing, microbial detection and microbial identification products and services is unlike any other, and has been purposefully designed to meet the complex and ever‑changing needs of the industry. We help clients to ensure product safety and quality with easy‑to‑use yet robust testing solutions that satisfy regulatory requirements, support critical decision making and improve operational efficiencies.

Charles River is an early‑stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of…