2026 Summer Intern - Frontier Research, Prescient Design

Genentech • Daly City, CA

3d • $50 • Onsite

About The Position

The Frontier Research team within Prescient Design seeks exceptional graduate student interns with a demonstrated research background in statistics and/or machine learning, a passion for independent research and technical problem-solving, and a proven ability to develop and implement research ideas.
This on-site/in-person internship position is located in South San Francisco, CA.

Requirements

• Must be pursuing a Ph.D. (enrolled student).
• Statistics, Computer Science, Biostatistics, Applied Math, Physics, or related technical field.
• Excellent and proactive communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong background and research experience in applied and/or theoretical statistics, as demonstrated by publications in statistics journals or conferences such as AISTATS, ICML, NeurIPS, etc.
• Strong software development skills in Python.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working with clinicogenomic, electronic health record, or other patient biomedical data is a plus, but not required.
• Familiarity with survival analysis is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in cutting-edge research advancing statistical and machine learning methods for the design and analysis of clinical trials.
• Develop well-documented code to facilitate adoption of the methods.
• Prepare a manuscript for submission to a scientific journal and/or conference.

Benefits

• Intensive 12-week, full-time (40 hours per week) paid internship.
• Program start dates are in May or June 2026.
• A stipend, based on location, will be provided to help alleviate costs associated with the internship.
• paid holiday time off benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees