Summer 2025 - Ocular Health Formulations R&D Intern

About Alcon:

As the global leader in eye care, Alcon has built a rich history of providing innovative products to customers and patients all over the world. We're extremely proud of our legacy and the significant way we've helped to shape the industry over the last 70 years, but we're just getting started. Our relentless passion to eliminate unmet medical needs drives our pursuit to further advance eye health worldwide. We're looking for exceptionally talented, driven people who want to make a difference. If you'd like to help us change the way the world sees, this is your chance to Be Brilliant!

Position Description:

The Alcon team is looking for a talented and motivated intern to join us onsite for Summer 2025 at the Forth Worth, Texas, location. The intern will support formulation development activities for novel dry eye products. The products may include polymer solutions, gels, emulsions, etc.

The intern will work under supervision of a lead scientist and will participate with hypothesis setting, DOE, experimental work, and presenting the data to supervisor and the group. The intern will gain knowledge of formulation development activities, medical device / pharma industry, and ophthalmic products.

Alcon interns will have the opportunity to not only gain industry experience and network with other Alcon professionals. They will also have the chance to make a real-world impact by working on meaningful projects that will help patients and customers see brilliantly. Alcon also offer interns personal and professional development, high visibility and coaching and mentoring opportunities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in an accredited university or college for at least one semester prior to the internship, and at least one additional semester following your internship

• Must have a graduation date of December 2025 & beyond

• Must be pursuing a PhD degree in polymer science, polymer chemistry, colloid chemistry, biopolymers, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, or chemical engineering.

• Academic performance: Minimum cumulative GPA 2.8/4.0

• Demonstrated leadership skills (i.e. extracurricular activities or projects)

• Must be authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis. Students on an F1 visa with CPT work authorization may be accommodated

• Ability to commit to a 10-12 weeks summer internship, full time (40 hrs./week) project

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in one or more of the following areas: polymer design, polymer solutions, polymer gels, rheology, emulsions, surfactant systems, lipids.

• Troubleshooting skills

• Strong presentation / communication skills

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.