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The Position

Immerse yourself in the fascinating everyday working life at Roche Diagnostics surrounded by beautiful mountains, not far from the scenic Lake Zug and yet close to the cities of Zug, Zurich and Lucerne. Here, where we have been rooted for over 50 years, we develop and produce diagnostic solutions and help to find answers to health questions.

The Rotkreuz site, where a wide variety of disciplines work hand in hand, is a meeting place for over 2,700 talented employees from 70 different nations. Our campus invites people to work together, be creative and realize their full potential. We believe that a positive work environment, employee satisfaction, inclusion and sustainability are key to growing together and improving the lives of patients around the world. Welcome to Roche in Rotkreuz.

Embark on a transformative learning experience with Roche Diagnostics through our Aligned Internship Program in Rotkreuz. Designed to nurture emerging talent, this program offers a dynamic and immersive opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field of diagnostics, fostering personal and professional growth.

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The Position

This position is offered in the Clinical Development team within Medical Affairs and Clinical Development.

The Clinical Development Team explores unmet medical needs and designs clinical development strategies and studies for diagnostic solutions and personalized healthcare. In your role you support the Clinical Development Leads to develop innovative diagnostic solutions in the area of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases.

This internship position is located in Rotkreuz, Switzerland.

Your main tasks will include:

• Supporting the team with medical/scientific expertise to help develop novel diagnostics solutions.

• Conduct comprehensive literature reviews, collation of relevant clinical and scientific information from different sources, and create new scientific content.

• Writing a wide range of medical and scientific documents.

• Collaborate with other functions as well as external experts on development programs.

• Support the team with the generation of target product profiles, and translation into analytical and clinical product requirements.

Who You Are

You are enrolled or have completed your Master’s or PhD studies at a university, preferably in a health-related scientific field (e.g. cardiology, metabolic diseases, endocrinology, immunology, etc) after February 2024 and are interested in applying your knowledge in a modern working environment as part of an internship.

Furthermore you are

• You are interested to transfer your scientific and/or medical knowledge and your curiosity into the development of clinical diagnostic solutions have excellent communication and strong scientific writing skills

• You are a team player, ideally with project management skills

• Proficiency in English (written and spoken) is a must, additional languages are an asset

Technical details:

The start date for the internship is March 2025 with a duration of 12 months.

Part-time employment is possible.

It is not possible to write a thesis during the internship.

The application deadline is November 11th. Interviews will take place in late November and early December.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Diagnostics International in Rotkreuz is a leading provider of diagnostic systems solutions, and the largest manufacturer of fully automated in vitro diagnostic systems in Switzerland. We are more than 2’700 passionate colleagues from over 65 nationalities. Find out more about our site in Central Switzerland, here .

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.