Co-op, Biologic Therapeutics Discovery and Engineering

Biogen • Cambridge, MA

5d • $29 - $33

About The Position

This application is for a 6-month student role from January - June 2027. Resume review begins in October 2026. We are seeking a co-op to join the Antibody Discovery group in Biodesign, a division of Therapeutic Modalities at Biogen. The individual will contribute to our mission to characterize antibody drug candidates from primary and optimization campaigns supporting therapeutic neurodegenerative disease programs. In this role, you will be joining a cross-functional team and performing experiments that will directly contribute to achieving drug discovery milestones.

Requirements

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S.
• At least 18 years of age prior to the scheduled start date.
• Currently enrolled in an accredited community college, college, university or skills program/apprenticeship.
• Pursuing a PhD or Master's degree.
• Majoring in: Biochemistry, Immunology, Microbiology, Biological/Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related field.
• Some experience or familiarity with cell culture and sterile technique.
• Some experience or familiarity with molecular cloning methods.
• Some experience or familiarity with molecular biological techniques such as PCR, qRT-PCR, and DNA/RNA extraction.
• Some experience or familiarity with plate-based protein binding assays such as ELISA and MSD.
• Experience with flow cytometry techniques and methods.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with biophysical protein binding characterization techniques such as SPR or BLI using Biacore or Octet instruments.
• Experience with executing python libraries, running scripts in a HPC environment, and / or training machine learning models with suitable python libraries such as PyTorch, scikit-learn, and TensorFlow.
• Experience with AI/ML de novo protein design using open source tools is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Discovery, characterization, and optimization of antibody therapeutics supporting research programs at Biogen.
• Involvement in both discovery and optimization campaigns to nominate lead biologic drug candidates.
• Perform in vitro experiments to biophysically characterize antibody drug candidates.
• Validate clinical targets for cell-specific drug delivery for neurodegenerative and neuromuscular disease indications.

Benefits

• Company paid holidays
• Commuter benefits
• Employee Resource Groups participation
• 80 hours of sick time per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern