Internship - Methods of AI and their use in drug development
The Position
Are you looking for an exciting challenge during your studies in an internationally successful company that has been awarded as one of the “Global Top Employers” several times? Do you want to apply, deepen, and expand your acquired knowledge in practice?
Apply now for an internship at Boehringer Ingelheim!
As the world leader in the production of innovative medicines, we at Boehringer Ingelheim offer you the opportunity to get to know application of new methods in Drug Development. You accompany us, supporting biostatisticians by applying methods of machine learning and artificial intelligence in real life applications. This position can be filled in Ingelheim or Biberach.
Please note that your application can only be considered with a CV, a cover letter and a transcript of records from your current studies. Unfortunately, we cannot process incomplete applications.
You will gain an insight into the following topics and tasks
- Within your internship you will have the opportunity to support the work on novel methods for clinical and non-clinical trial designs and analyses. Tasks can include:
- Literature review to understand the current state of statistical methods
- Simulating data sets to evaluate the performance of new methods
- Applying new methods to real data sets and interpreting the results
- Developing R or Python code, packages and/or shiny apps to support the use and uptake of methods
- The internship will focus on applying methods to automate processing of study reports to transfer the relevant contents in a machine readable format.
Your Profile
- Student in at least the 4th semester of a study program related to artificial intelligence and/or machine learning.
- Very good knowledge of methods of natural language processing and of software Python and R.
- experience with large language models is an added advantage
- Excellent analytical skills and solution-oriented working style as well as high willingness to learn
- Reliability, intrinsic motivation, commitment, and a strong team player
- Excellent command of English language in written and spoken form
What we can offer you
- As a student intern, you can expect a fair expense allowance (payment of the currently valid minimum wage)
- You will be given 2.5 days of paid time off for every full month of the internship
- A full-time internship is 37.5 hours a week (a smaller number of hours can be arranged)
The duration of the internship is 6 months. The start of the internship can be made several times a year. Please enter the desired start date in your application.