Natural Product Process Chemistry Intern

Enveda

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Let’s build the future of medicine - together. Join Enveda as a Natural Product Process Chemistry Intern in Boulder, CO and help us transform natural compounds into life-changing medicines. We’re a team driven by curiosity and innovation - are you ready to make a difference?
What Makes Us Enveda
Life is smart, and we can learn from it. We’re reinventing drug discovery by harnessing nature’s intelligence. Our platform identifies new medicines four times faster than the industry standard because patients can’t wait. What sets Enveda apart isn’t just what we do - it’s how we do it. Our culture is built on creativity, collaboration, and deep respect for each other. We believe “People Create All Value”, and our success is driven by the extraordinary team turning our mission into reality every day.
At Enveda, every role drives impact. As a Natural Product Process Chemistry Intern, you’ll play a hands-on role in accelerating process development for the extraction and isolation of starting materials. Your bench work will directly support technology transfer to our contract research and manufacturing partners - and will help move promising therapeutics closer to patients.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in or having completed a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in natural product chemistry, process chemistry, chemical engineering, or a related chemistry field
• Hands-on proficiency in extraction and isolation techniques such as flash chromatography, HPLC, or prep-HPLC, and a strong foundation in organic or natural products chemistry
• Someone who finds satisfaction in rigorous, methodical benchwork and understands that reproducibility and precision are the foundation of scalable, transferable chemistry
• A self-starter who can follow, execute, and iteratively improve SOPs, document experiments with care, and proactively communicate anomalies or unexpected results
• A collaborative teammate comfortable interfacing with both internal scientists and external CRO and CMO partners in a fast-paced, fully on-site environment
• A mission-driven scientist excited by the challenge of deriving medicines from natural products
• Able to meet the physical requirements of the role, including the ability to lift up to 25 lbs in a laboratory setting

Responsibilities

• Assist in route scouting for natural product extraction and isolation, performing focused, reproducible laboratory experiments to establish scalable protocols
• Collaborate on cross-functional projects with Enveda’s process chemistry, analytical chemistry, and synthetic biology teams to support isolation strategies for starting materials
• Generate data to support external CRO and CMO partners, contributing to scalable enrichment and isolation processes
• Produce experimental data and detailed documentation for intellectual property filings
• Participate in internal knowledge-sharing and scientific review sessions where experimental learnings are discussed, refined, and codified
• Contribute to the development of scalable extraction workflows at the frontier of natural product science and modern biotech

Benefits

• Work-Life Harmony
• Collaborative Culture

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern