Co-Op IT Engineer

Description

Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Intern to join our IT RDM department located at our Ridgefield facility. As an Intern, you will participate in IT Projects/Initiatives, consult/support Research and Development activities, and provide IT solutions to business challenges.

Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies´ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for our employees.

This role is located in our Ridgefield, CT office on site at least 3 days per week.

Before applying please ensure you can commit to the following:

-Expect to be on-site for at least 3 days per week and must be located in the local area for the Co-op. 

-Co-op Students will work for at least 4 months after the start date.  We may extend you up to 6 months in total depending on business needs. These are Full time positions.    

Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborate with IT and Research Scientists to analyze their processes and needs
• Propose and develop IT solutions for the challenges in Research
• Develop, test and deploy IT solutions
• Conduct data curation and generate reports

Requirements

• Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing.
• Student must be enrolled at an accredited college or university for the duration of the internship/co-op.
• Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred.
• Major or minor in related field of internship/co-op.
• Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university.
• Graduate and advanced degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Desired Skills, Experience and Abilities

• The ability to work independently and on a team.
• Understand principles of computer programming, data storage, and relational database
• Knowledge in Windows and LINUX systems as well as computer network
• Able to code in at least one high level programming and scripting languages such as Python, Java, C# or others
• Knowledge and some exposure to pharmaceutical or biotech R&D environment will be helpful
• Some experiences in web applications and UI design, and data engineer will be preferred.
• Some experiences in web service and service API will be preferred.