Genentech
South San Francisco, CA, USA
2026 Summer Intern - Frontier Research, Prescient Design (AI for Drug Discovery)
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Department Summary
The Frontier Research team within Prescient Design seeks exceptional graduate student interns with a demonstrated research background in machine learning or statistics, a passion for independent research and technical problem solving, and a proven ability to develop and implement ideas from research. Intern candidates should have a strong interest in Bayesian decision theory and adaptive experimental design.
This internship position is located in South San Francisco, CA, on site.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in cutting-edge research in simulation-based inference inspired by drug discovery applications.
- Develop well-documented code to facilitate adoption of the method.
- Present results in the form of a publication, for submission to internal and external scientific venues.
Program Highlights
- Intensive 12-week, full-time (40 hours per week) paid internship
- Program start date is in May/June (Summer).
- A stipend, based on location, will be provided to help alleviate costs associated with the internship.
Who You Are (Required)
Required Education
Must be pursuing a PhD (enrolled student)
Required Majors
Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math, Physics, or related technical field
Required skills:
- Strong publication record and experience contributing to research communities, including journals and conferences like NeurIPS, AISTATS, ICML, and ICLR
- Strong software development skills in Python
- Ability to reason formally about explore-exploit tradeoffs in adaptive inference procedures
- Research experience in frameworks involving sequential decision making under uncertainty
Preferred knowledge, skills, and qualifications:
- General familiarity with simulation-based inference and causal inference is a plus.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
- Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion