Upstream Process Development Intern

At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world build families and live better lifes. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a global team focused on scientific advances in the areas of reproductive and women’s health, gastroenterology and urology. Ferring + You is all about working together and sharing ideas, so that we can bring science to life for patients around the world.

Joining our R&D teams, you will discover an empowering culture and the opportunity to create and deliver innovative products that have the potential to change lives. Collaborating with colleagues inside and outside Ferring, we are focused on growing our capabilities with new therapeutics, life-cycle management and personalized solutions. Doing revolutionary work is in your hands.

Ferring+You

As part of the Ferring strategy to strengthen its Biologics portfolio, you will be part of the Cell Sciences team within the Ferring Biologic Innovation Center (FBIC). In bioprocessing scale-up and down is common and represents a technical challenge. The various instruments, geometries and scales present variations in the flow dynamics that can lead to unpredictable behaviour of processes. Fortunately, Computational Flow Dynamic or CFD can support and help prevent variability.

In this role you will help implementing, commercially available, software that describes the fluid behavior inside bioreactors based on multiple factors such as geometry, gassing, stirring, etc. Using this data to model mixing patterns will help understanding and repeating similar patterns in different scales, geometry, etc.  Once the right set of parameters have been identified in-silico, lab experiments will be executed to confirm their suitability with real data generation.

Your day at Ferring

• Drive and execute the setup of a Computational Flow Dynamic software.

• Perform the lab activities as required.

• Report and present the outcomes to different audiences.

• Participate in the organization of the laboratory in a lean, efficient, and smart way.

• Be accountable for your work and working environment.

Behind our innovation…There’s you

The typical candidate for this role is a master student in Bioprocessing (Biotechnology, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, or any related field).

It will be beneficial for the candidate to demonstrate all or some of the skills, competences, and experiences below:

• Basic knowledge of fluid dynamic (Reynolds, Shear, etc.)

• At ease with aseptic work under laminar flow hood and sensibilized about contamination prevention.

• Willingness to learn and develop.

• Communicate orally and in writing fluently in English.

• Proactive and dynamic.

• Willingness to perform occasional weekend work duties when required.

People come first at Ferring

• Get inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone’s right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you love

Making a difference in the life of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member’s contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it’s Ferring + You.

Behind our purpose… There’s you

If our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply!

We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.

This is a paid internship with a duration around 6 months. Internship will be located in the Ferring Biologic Innovation center (FBIC) in the Biopole (Epalinges).

Starting date is anytime between June and September 2026.