Scientific Software Engineering Co-Op - Computational Chemistry & Spectroscopy
Boehringer Ingelheim1 month ago
USA (city not specified)Intern
Responsibilities
- Scale the structure-constrained assignment engine into a robust, documented, user-facing application for pharmaceutical solids.
- Predict and rationalize characteristic IR band positions using structure-based and, where relevant, QM/MLIP approaches.
- Explore machine learning and cheminformatics methods to improve assignment accuracy across functional-group classes.
- Implement deterministic, reproducible execution with configuration control, input validation, logging, error handling, version tagging, and audit-friendly output.
- Automate review-ready IR assignment reports and build an integrated structural-input-to-report pipeline.
- Create a curated benchmark set from portfolio spectra and subject-matter-expert-verified assignments.
- Present progress and final results in departmental meetings and contribute to internal reports or publications when appropriate.
Requirements
- Be a current undergraduate, graduate, or advanced-degree student in good academic standing and remain enrolled at an accredited college or university throughout the co-op.
- Have a major or minor in a related field; undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at their current institution, while graduate and advanced-degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours.
- Have excellent programming skills, particularly in Python for scientific computing, including familiarity with NumPy, SciPy, pandas, and RDKit or equivalent.
- Have experience building small applications or workflows and generating automated documents or reports.
- Have familiarity with machine-learned interatomic potentials, scikit-learn, and PyTorch.
- Have familiarity with Git, conda, Docker, and reproducible software and data-management practices.
- Understand molecular structure–spectra relationships and structural analysis or molecular modeling concepts.
- Demonstrate a data-analysis and benchmarking mindset, including the ability to define metrics and report limitations objectively.
- Have strong written and verbal communication skills and be able to work independently and collaboratively across analytical, computational, and IT functions.
- A cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale from the last completed term is preferred.
- Be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction, be at least 18 years old, and be willing to complete a drug test and post-offer physical if required.
Benefits
- Hourly compensation is $24 to $33, commensurate with the degree program in which the applicant is enrolled.
- The role offers international collaboration, networking, mobility, meaningful work, and work-life balance support.
- The position is a co-op located at Boehringer Ingelheim's Ridgefield, Connecticut facility.
About Boehringer Ingelheim
Boehringer Ingelheim develops and manufactures prescription medicines for humans and animal health products, and provides biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing services. The family-owned company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany. Its portfolio spans areas such as cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, respiratory disorders, oncology, and vaccines for livestock and companion animals, with products marketed globally.