The Position

2025 Summer Intern - Asset Engineering

Hillsboro Technical Operations (HTO) is a drug product & finished goods manufacturing organization responsible for the reliable delivery of Roche’s commercial portfolio & pipeline products. The Operations organization at HTO is divided into 2 value streams, Fill/Finish and Finished Goods, which combine to produce millions of units of life-saving medicine every year to patients around the world.

The Asset Engineering role is responsible for supporting the design, operation, control and optimization of manufacturing equipment at HTO. The position serves as the equipment owner and is engaged in development, qualification, data analysis, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement activities. The Asset Engineer plays a key role in day-to-day operations, as well as design and delivery of local and major capital projects, and interacts with a cross-functional team to deliver on business objectives. This is a hands-on role and the successful candidate will be comfortable working in an agile environment and is capable of applying technical skills with creative problem solving.

This internship position is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (on site)

The Opportunity

Prior to your start date, a specific project will be identified for you that will provide you with a technical challenge, opportunity to develop further capability in the pharma/biotech space. This project will be of important business need to the Asset Engineering Team, requiring an engineering solution. You will be the owner of this project and be provided with necessary supporting information, process understanding, and Subject Matter Expert contacts to enable your learning and development of a novel solution.

Additionally, for further exposure and development opportunities, responsibilities while in the Asset Engineering Internship may include:

• Provide technical support and engineering solutions for process and equipment-related issues.

• Understand the basis for the qualification of equipment and ensure that the equipment / systems remain in their qualified state and in alignment with Good Manufacturing Practices and all relevant Roche standards.

• Collaborate cross-functionally, representing the department for various activities and initiatives applying discretion to independently address issues or resolve problems.

• Provide on-floor support to the Manufacturing teams regarding equipment. Ensure issues are identified and captured in the relevant quality management system, and that proper root cause analysis is performed with appropriate corrective and preventative actions assigned.

• Contribute to the development of maintenance strategies, asset monitoring strategies, asset life-cycle management strategies, qualification strategies, spare part stocking strategies, etc.

• Ensure changes, maintenance and other interventions do not impact the qualified state of the equipment and provide maintenance oversight for process equipment. Ensure any changes are documented appropriately through the change management system.

• Use data-driven analysis of process and equipment to understand performance and capacity. Identify, recommend, and implement improvements to optimize system performance.

• Ensure process operations comply with all health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures. Participate in Hazardous operations and process safety reviews and identify/mitigate hazards of manufacturing processes and equipment.

Program Highlights

• Intensive 12-weeks , full time (40 hours per week) paid internship.

• Program start dates are in May/June (Summer)

• A stipend, based on location, will be provided to help alleviate costs associated with the internship.

• Ownership of challenging and impactful business-critical projects.

• Work with some of the most talented people in the biotechnology industry.

Who You Are

• Pursuing a Bachelor or Master degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.

• You have a fundamental, working knowledge of safety, quality systems, and quality assurance concepts including the application of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) in pharmaceutical production.

• You are a strong problem-solver and have the demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve process-related issues, ensuring efficient operations and regulatory compliance

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with a strong desire to work in multifunctional teams.

• Results-oriented, diligent and has a sense of urgency. Assertive, responsible for his/her own (self-directed) work, and is willing to commit to deadlines.

• Experience in supporting and optimizing manufacturing operations and associated processes

• Able to understand various data structures and common methods in data transformation.

• Strong analytical thinking, result-oriented team player and ability to prioritize and organize work effectively.

​ The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Hillsboro is $22-$35 hour. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. This position also qualifies for paid holiday time off benefits.

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.

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