Summer 2026 - Research Engineering Internship

Bristol-Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

82d • $27 - $43 • Hybrid

About The Position

Bristol Myers Squibb is looking for passionate upper-level undergraduate students or graduate students for a summer internship in the Research Engineering (RE) group, part of the Informatics and Predictive Sciences (IPS) group. The mission of RE is to enable and accelerate research analytics for patient benefit through innovative computational data processing, integration, and dissemination platforms. The internship will focus on evaluating, prototyping, and applying generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to translational research use cases. Interns will gain insights into the drug development process and have opportunities to network across various disciplines within BMS. The full-time internship will take place from June to August 2026.

Requirements

• Rising Junior and above undergraduate or M.S. or Ph.D. graduate student in Bioinformatics, Computer Science or related field.
• Fluency with Linux-based high-performance computing environments, including Python, Linux shell scripting, R, ssh, and git.
• Strong programming background in Python.
• Knowledge of and experience applying generative AI and LLM technologies to practical problems.
• Familiarity with AI agent frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, CrewAI, AgentCore, AWS Bedrock Agents) is a plus.
• Web development experience and experience working with AWS technologies such as EC2, Beanstalk, S3, and Bedrock is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, and rigorous and creative thinking.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the development of AI-powered chatbots.
• Experience with AWS technologies.

Responsibilities

• Apply generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and agentic frameworks to solve practical problems in translational research and drug development.
• Build intelligent tools and systems that enhance data accessibility, streamline exploratory analysis, and facilitate integration and quality across core R&D datasets.
• Tailor project assignments to align with the intern's background and interests.

Benefits

• Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care.
• Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP).
• Financial well-being resources and a 401(K).
• Paid national holidays and optional holidays.
• Up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
• Up to two (2) paid days to volunteer.
• Sick time off and summer hours flexibility.
• Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave.
• Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
• Tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree