Job Description

🚨 Attention: Students looking for a January co-op
📍 Location: Framingham, MA
🕒 Full-Time | Monday–Friday | On-site

📚 We’re looking for students currently pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Chemistry or Engineering (Biology, Chemical, Biochemical) with lab experience and a passion for metabolic science.

Join Sanofi’s Cell Culture Platform (CCP) team as a Co-Op, mentored by Christa Beauregard, and contribute to accelerating drug discovery through advanced metabolic profiling, isotopic labeling, and high-throughput analytical techniques.

You’ll have the opportunity to:
🔬 Support and refine computational metabolic models (FBA & MFA)
🧪 Design and execute cell culture experiments
💻 Integrate experimental and computational data
🤝 Collaborate with top scientists and engineers in an FDA-regulated setting

This is more than a co-op — it’s a chance to help chase the miracles of science and make a real-world impact.

👉 Ready to launch your career in biotech?
Apply now and explore how far your curiosity can take you.

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Full details:

Job Title: Winter-Spring 2026 Co-Op – Media and Metabolic Profiling Development 

Location: Framingham, MA

About the Job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress. 

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Co-op to join the Cell Culture Platform (CCP) team within Cell Culture Development (CCD). CCP is globally responsible for providing solutions to process challenges through the development and application of platform cell culture media and innovative upstream process technologies throughout CCD. We are a dynamic team charged with identifying process pain points and resolving the underlying problems, generating compelling data from relevant proof of concept studies, and designing novel process platforms in collaboration with Upstream Development colleagues.

Our Co-op program offers the opportunity to learn cutting-edge cell culture industry techniques and develop cell culture subject matter expertise in an FDA-regulated setting.  

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will collaborate with the modeling team to support and refine flux balance analysis (FBA) and metabolic flux analysis (MFA), providing high-quality experimental data to constrain and validate computational models
• The ideal candidate will design and execute isotopic labeling experiments, perform intracellular metabolite extraction, and analyze untargeted mass spectrometry data.
• The candidate should be comfortable interpreting experimental results such as growth rates, nutrient uptake/secretion, intracellular metabolite levels, and isotopologue distributions.
• The candidate will also be able to prepare cell culture samples for LC-MS analysis using automated liquid handling technology and process the results using a data automation platform
• This candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to protocol and report writing, and present on findings in respective functional areas

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled and pursuing a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD in chemistry or engineering (biology, chemical, or biochemical) at an accredited college or university
• Must be able to relocate to the office location and work 40hrs/week, Monday-Friday, for the full duration of the co-op/internship
• Experience with bioprocess analytical techniques
• Experience with lab assays, high-throughput automation, and statistical analysis

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to function independently and within a team environment
• Strong interest in integrating experimental and computational approaches to study cell metabolism is essential
• Experience in experimental investigation of mammalian cell metabolism, with a focus on metabolic profiling techniques
• Strong computer skills and proficiency in MS Office writing and graphing

Why Choose Us: 

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team. 
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally. 
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact. 
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and research methodologies. 
• Networking opportunities within Sanofi and the broader biotech community. 

The salary range for this position is ​$35-$57 hourly​. All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through LINK.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.