Organic Synthetic Chemistry Summer Intern

Job Description

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you’ll help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

Location/Division Specific Information

Thermo Fisher is seeking a highly motivated summer intern for the Organic and Oligo Chemistry R&D group. The focus of our group is providing research reagents as tools for genetic analysis for the Life Sciences including reagents, protocols and instruments.

Discover Impactful Work:

This research project is for discovery of useful fluorescent dyes used in qPCR.

A Day in the Life:

Our R&D summer interns typically work on a self-contained research and development project. The R&D intern is a fully integrated member of our R&D group and participates in all activities such as research presentations and group meetings. They have their own cubicle desk and bench space in the laboratory. They also have full access to the excellent resources that are available to employees of a large company like Thermo Fisher such as online R&D library, corporate network and laboratory equipment. As typical for industrial R&D scientists, time on any typical day will be split between the research of chemical literature and patents, planning of experiments, laboratory work (including synthesis, analysis, and purification methods), data analysis, lab notebook documentation, review of the results and summarizing the results in presentations.

At the beginning of the internship the intern will receive detailed guidance from their mentor on the background of the project, assays and technology that will be used, use of laboratory equipment and suggestions on how the question at hand might be addressed efficiently. Weekly one-on-one meetings with the project mentor offer opportunity to address general and project-related questions, review progress and plan next steps.

Keys to Success:

Education

• High School diploma or equivalent required
• Student currently enrolled in classes leading to an accredited bachelor’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or biochemistry.

Experience

• Preferred majors: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Biochemistry.
• Sophomore organic chemistry with lab preferred.
• Strong desire and motivation to develop a career in research and development.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

·The successful candidate will have some prior experience in a wet chemistry laboratory.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

• Daily work in laboratory performing organic and analytical chemistry.
• Daily adherence to all safety protocols.
• Ability to work safely with chemicals

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. A one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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Compensation and Benefits

The hourly pay range estimated for this position based in California is $14.75–$45.75.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards