Undergraduate Co-op Student

2 weeks ago

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Amgen Full time

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
Do more with the knowledge you're working hard to acquire and the passion you already have. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world's leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide.

Through this program, you will acquire the valuable hands-on skills and foundational experience to become the professional you are meant to be in your chosen field.


Undergraduate Co-op Student - R&D Biologics Discovery

Sept 3, April 30, 2025

Work location:
onsite at Amgen British Columbia (Burnaby)

Live:

This could be your everyday
Let's do this. Let's change the world.

Amgen British Columbia, located in Burnaby, is a research center of excellence focused primarily on the use of innovative platform technology for the discovery of therapeutic antibodies.

We are seeking dedicated, highly motivated students to join our core groups to learn and use skills in the field of biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, immunology, and bioinformatics.

You will join one of the functional teams at Amgen British Columbia, partnering closely with a supervisor and contribute to projects that could potentially have a direct impact on human health.


Essential Functions:

  • Participate in the development of novel experiments and methods.
  • Use advanced fitforpurpose laboratory instruments and systems.
  • Application of the knowledge from researching literature to experiments.
  • Experimental design, execution, and data analysis/documentation.
  • Join one of the functional teams at Amgen British Columbia:
  • Discovery Protein Science: expertise in protein design, production and characterization for therapeutic discovery
  • Single-Domain Discovery and Immunization: execution of immunization strategies and discovery of multispecific therapeutics.
  • Antibody Discovery and Screening: antibody discovery by in vivo and in vitro platforms and High throughput screening technologies.
  • In Vitro Pharmacology: development and execution of purposebuilt assays to identify molecules with desired function and characteristics.
  • Experimental Immunology: building artificial immune systems and in vitro / in vivo immune models for predicting immune responses
  • Synthetic Immunoengineering: understanding and manipulating the immune system by combining chemical biology, protein engineering, and immunology

Win:

Here's what it takes to Win
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

The highly motivated individual we seek is a collaborative team player with these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

  • 18 years or older
  • Currently enrolled in a full time Bachelor's Degree program from an accredited college or university with a 3.0 minimum GPA or equivalent
  • Completion of one year of study from an accredited from an accredited college or university prior to the internship commencing
  • Enrolled in a full time Bachelor's degree program following the potential internship or coop assignment with an accredited college or university
  • Must not be employed at the time the internship starts

Preferred Qualifications

  • Degree concentration(s) in Biology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics, Computer Science or related discipline
  • Able to work for two consecutive four month terms
  • General knowledge of cell biology, immunology, biochemistry & molecular biology
  • Previous lab experience, completion of previous coop term(s), or internship experience
  • High attention to detail and ability to comply with written procedures
  • Strong written and oral communications skills
  • Ability to function effectively as part of a team
  • Excellent organizational, record keeping and time management skills

Thrive:

Some of the vast rewards of working here
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates' professional and personal growth in addition to their well-being:

  • Gain professional/scientific experience at the world's largest biotechnology company while earning competitive pay/salary.
  • Work alongside skilled scientists and build a network of industry contacts that will endure and grow throughout your time with us and beyond.
  • As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we work to care for our teammates' professional and personal growth and wellbeing.
  • Exposure to drug discovery research and development processes.

for an internship/co-op that defies imagination:
If you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. Join us.


Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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