Internship IP2TIS 2025 - For students in the field of environmental studies and sustainable engineering

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections,  where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

Our  Global Internship Programme in Innovation & Sustainability (#IP2TIS)  offers a unique opportunity for passionate individuals to gain hands-on experience in the pharmaceutical industry while making a positive impact on the world.

Are you ready to join a global network spanning 20+ countries, where bright minds collaborate to tackle real-world challenges in Innovation & Sustainability? Do you want to work on impactful projects, shape the future , and drive change from within?

The Opportunity

Diagnostics are foundational to the decision-making process that guides a person’s health, wellness, and disease journey. Roche Diagnostic Solutions leads the global market of in-vitro diagnostics, a leadership rooted in innovation, quality, and a deep understanding of patients' needs.

As our research and development teams discover new technologies and design new products to provide unmatched value to our patients and customers, their choices play a crucial role in defining the environmental profiles of our products.

We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint by half by 2029. To achieve this goal, we are incorporating sustainability as a guiding principle in our problem-solving strategy.

As an intern in the Innovation Management team at Roche’s Research and Early Development, you will witness early-stage innovation and support the development of practices that can steer our strategy towards a more sustainable future. 

To that end, you will:

• Analyze the sustainability value propositions and hypothesis of three early research projects.

• Evaluate internal tools for the assessment and quantification of environmental impacts and their relevance to early research projects.

• Work closely with research scientists to identify and size early signals of confirmation of the hypothesized sustainability impacts of their projects.

• Propose a framework to quantify the potential sustainability impact in early research projects that can be verified early in the research execution process.

• Develop and maintain detailed documentation, ensuring that sustainability metrics can be clearly articulated.

• Introduce the outcomes of your project to relevant stakeholders in the research organization.

Who You Are

You are enrolled or have completed your Master’s studies at a university, preferably in the field of environmental studies / sustainable engineering or equivalent, or natural science with a focus on sustainability within the last 12 months and are interested in applying your knowledge in a modern working environment as part of an internship of at least 3 months and getting to know the diagnostics industry.

Furthermore you are

• Familiar with life cycle assessment principles (required)

• Fluent in English (required)

• Familiar with ecodesign principles for sustainable products (preferred)

• Able to comprehend and communicate new and complex topics in the field of sciences and engineering

• Adroit at making inferences and establishing relationships between seemingly unrelated topics

 If you meet most but not all qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.

Technical details:

The start date for the internship is between 1st and 16th of July 2025

More information about the program you can find on go.roche.com/ip2tis_25.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

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.