Summer Intern, Conjugation Development

Vaxcyte • San Carlos, CA

5d • $23 - $26 • Onsite

About The Position

Join our Mission to Protect Humankind! Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked. Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning. Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance. WHAT we do is every bit as important as HOW we do it! Our work together is guided by four enduring core values: RETHINK CONVENTION: We bring creative and intellectual diversity to every facet of the work we do in order to innovate and re-innovate the way vaccines are delivered. AIM HIGH: We embody our collectively audacious goal to courageously make the most complex biologics ever attempted to protect humankind. LEAD WITH HEART: Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives. MODEL EXCELLENCE: The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making. Summary: Vaxcyte’s Summer Internship program offers students with an opportunity to gain valuable work experience that complements their college curriculum with relevant hands-on work that can shape their future career pathing and interests. As a Conjugation Development Intern for Vaxcyte, you will work on a project as outlined below: Assist with experimental studies to understand how process inputs influence conjugation workflows and downstream processing. Generate and organize analytical data for predefined quality attributes and contribute to summary slides or short write-ups of results and learnings. Provide general lab and project support to the team by preparing materials, maintaining documentation, and helping execute planned experiments on schedule. The Intern will learn and practice: Conjugation techniques that enable protein-polysaccharide vaccine development. Application of Design of Experiments in a CMC/process development setting. How to interpret analytical results and use data-driven decision making to evaluate process impacts. Program Details: The Internship will begin in June and will be around 10 weeks (8 hours per day) in duration at our San Carlos, California location.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a BS or MS degree in Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or a related discipline; enrolled student with at least 2 years of university coursework completed.
• Prior wet-lab experience strongly preferred, including accurate pipetting, solution preparation, and basic documentation practices.
• Enthusiastic and curious to learn about bioconjugate development.
• Strong attention to detail and work quality.
• Demonstrates collaboration and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Assist with experimental studies to understand how process inputs influence conjugation workflows and downstream processing.
• Generate and organize analytical data for predefined quality attributes and contribute to summary slides or short write-ups of results and learnings.
• Provide general lab and project support to the team by preparing materials, maintaining documentation, and helping execute planned experiments on schedule.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern