About this role
The Position
2026 Summer Intern - Structure & Simulation, Prescient Design
Department Summary
The Structure & Simulation team within Prescient Design seeks exceptional graduate student interns with a demonstrated research background in machine learning and/or protein design and a passion for independent research and demonstrated ability to execute on innovative ideas.
This on-site/in-person internship position is located in South San Francisco, CA.
The Opportunity
Participate in cutting-edge research in representation learning for protein design, particularly in developing novel representations of protein structures that unlock new ability on downstream tasks relevant to drug discovery.
Prepare a manuscript for submission to a scientific journal and/or conference.
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
Required Education:
Must be pursuing a Ph.D. (enrolled student).
Required Majors:
Computer Science, Physics, Biophysics, Bioinformatics, Applied Math, or related technical fields.
Required Skills:
Excellent and proactive communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
Strong publication record and experience contributing to research communities, such as conferences like NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, etc.
Strong software development skills in Python.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications
Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion.
Prior experience in machine learning for protein design, particularly having worked with protein structures, is a plus but not required.
Experience in representation learning, graph neural networks, computer vision (specifically in neural representations) is also a plus
A track record of maintaining or contributing to open-source projects for research
Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of the state of New York is $50.00 per 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.
Genentech is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.
If you have a disability and need an accommodation in relation to the online application process, please contact us by completing this form Accommodations for Applicants.
Other facts
About Genentech
About Genentech
We're passionate about finding solutions for people facing the world's most difficult-to-treat conditions. That is why we use cutting-edge science to create and deliver innovative medicines around the globe. To us, science is personal.
Making a difference in the lives of millions starts when you make a change in yours. If you’d like to join our team, view our openings at gene.com/careers.
Our patient resource center is dedicated to getting patients and caregivers to the right resources. You can reach them at 1 (877) GENENTECH (436-3683)
Monday-Friday, 6am-5pm PST or [email protected].
Community Guidelines:
- We want to foster positive conversation around the issues we are passionate about. To that end, we remove profanity, content that contains threatening language, content that is aimed at private individuals, personal information, and repeated unwanted messages.
- Don’t mention any medicines by name — ours or anyone else’s.
Because of the fair balance rules governing our industry, we cannot post any comments that reference any pharmaceutical brand, product, or service. Please do not mention any specific medicines by name, or include any links to third party sites in your comments.
- This isn’t the place to report or discuss side effects.
This site is not intended as a forum for reporting side effects experienced while taking a Genentech product. Instead, you should report any side effects to Genentech Drug Safety at 1-888-835-2555. You can also report side effects of any prescription product directly to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or by visiting www.FDA.gov/medwatch.
- Don’t pitch your product or service.
Please don't use our page as a place to promote your product or pitch your services. Please also avoid posting links to external sites. We reserve the right to remove any posts that are deemed promotional.
What you'll do
- Participate in cutting-edge research in representation learning for protein design and prepare a manuscript for submission to a scientific journal and/or conference. Interns will work on challenging and impactful business-critical projects.
Ready to join Genentech?
Take the next step in your career journey