2026 Future Talent Program - 3DT Materials & Process - Co-op

Merck•Upper Gwynedd Township, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Future Talent Program features Cooperative (Co-op) education that lasts up to 6 months and will include one or more projects. These opportunities in our Global Support Functions Division can provide you with great development and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals Are you looking for an exciting opportunity with a rapidly growing pharmaceutical manufacturer? If so, then this is the opportunity for you! We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded 3D Technologies Co-op that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities. Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement, and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career. Invent | Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs Execute | Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers (Oncology, Vaccines, Select Specialty Areas, Animal Health) While Optimizing Our Base Business) Adapt | Develop Our People, Culture and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape Diverse Talent | We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high-performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world Values and Standards | Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges and Will Always be Fundamental to Our Success – They are a Competitive Advantage for Us Summary, Focus and Purpose Our 3D Technologies enterprise team operates as a business partner for raised challenges and problems to propose ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. Our mission statement is to democratize inventing and make it easy and accessible to anyone at our company. Our core DevOps team collaborates internationally across the globe to deliver solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation, through CAD, 3D printing, and other services. The 3DT Materials & Process supports our pipeline projects for Quality & Compliance (QC), usually when there are cGMP factors. The propensity for defects is different with 3D printing vs. other manufacturing techniques, and the challenge in understanding, reducing or eliminating, or designing around, is largely burdened onto the end user. The QC team aims to learn and up-knowledge our main DevOps team in these constraints and enhance the portfolio of fabrication techniques to support the pharmaceutical business while maintaining GMP compliance. In this role, the co-op will be primarily focused on QC support, through efforts such as: A) Building 3D printers Build prosumer grade 3D printers to expand our fleet, such as a Voron or Ratrig Qualify new printers into service and help outline processing conditions to ensure equipment meets minimum quality controls (primarily FDM and Resin Vat) B) Repair, upgrade or up-knowledge existing printers Identify root cause of print failures across a fleet through systematic analysis Perform upgrades or process improvement to improve speed, reliability and versatility Identify and document equipment failures and part defects to improve or expand our Quality Control checks and Go-NoGo inspections and to help train new automated systems C) Continuous improvements and R&D Identify workflows in lab Dev & Ops and 3D printing production for improvement opportunities Execute on research to expand our capabilities, such as 3DP for injection molding, 3DP of tablets/pills, or wetted path components for bioprocessing D) Side gig opportunities Participate hands-on post-processing techniques to learn practical tips and tricks for assembly, as well as ensuring high quality parts to go into a pharmaceutical cleanroom Manning a table at outreach events as they present themselves, such as Take Your Child to Work Day Exposure to and collaboration with different departments and multiple parts of a pharmaceutical processes This role will be a primarily onsite, with an expectation for onsite attendance of 4-5 days per week.

Requirements

Candidate must be currently pursuing degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline
Candidate must be currently enrolled in an academic program and returning to university following this co-op assignment to complete credit requirements for graduation
Candidate must be available for full time employment for a period of 6 months in Apr2026 – Sep2026

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of some of the following: x-ray computed tomography (XRCT), optical microscopy, hardness testing, and tensile testing
Hands-on experience with 3D printers (any of: CAD / slicing / printing / fixing printers)
3D CAD
Good documentation skills
This role will most likely be best suited for a 2nd or 3rd coop cycle

Responsibilities

Build prosumer grade 3D printers to expand our fleet, such as a Voron or Ratrig
Qualify new printers into service and help outline processing conditions to ensure equipment meets minimum quality controls (primarily FDM and Resin Vat)
Identify root cause of print failures across a fleet through systematic analysis
Perform upgrades or process improvement to improve speed, reliability and versatility
Identify and document equipment failures and part defects to improve or expand our Quality Control checks and Go-NoGo inspections and to help train new automated systems
Identify workflows in lab Dev & Ops and 3D printing production for improvement opportunities
Execute on research to expand our capabilities, such as 3DP for injection molding, 3DP of tablets/pills, or wetted path components for bioprocessing
Participate hands-on post-processing techniques to learn practical tips and tricks for assembly, as well as ensuring high quality parts to go into a pharmaceutical cleanroom
Manning a table at outreach events as they present themselves, such as Take Your Child to Work Day
Exposure to and collaboration with different departments and multiple parts of a pharmaceutical processes