Internship in Deep Learning & Imaging Data Science Intern – PDD (6 months, Basel)

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people’s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

At Roche, we believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients’ lives, and we are fearless in both decision and action. And we believe that good business means a better world. That is why we come to work each day. We commit ourselves to scientific rigour, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. We do this today to build a better tomorrow. 

The Analytics and Medical Imaging (AMI) team develops advanced imaging applications using complex datasets and external technologies. The team utilizes advanced analytics to generate insights from large-scale data, with the goal of accelerating R&D and improving patient outcomes. The group creates innovative tools for faster and more accurate disease detection, characterization, and monitoring across various therapeutic areas using image analytics and data on modern platforms. Their aim is to enhance the drug development process by automating reviews, developing robust endpoints, improving diagnostic tools, creating automated assessments for real-world data, and assisting clinicians in selecting optimal therapies. 

In this position, You will: 

• Contribute to the development of machine learning and/or computer vision algorithms applied to video colonoscopy 

• Work on algorithm development and validation tasks, with an emphasis on image segmentation techniques, for disease assessment

• Develop and apply AI/CV methods for enhanced segmentation accuracy and robustness through the integration of cutting-edge deep learning techniques

• Continually search for opportunities to automate workflows and streamline processes 

• Proactively share learnings and knowledge to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Who you are: 

• Creative problem solver, quick learner and comfortable experimenting with new approaches

• Demonstrate high productivity and enjoy dealing with ambiguity and applying novel methodologies

• Possess entrepreneurship, passion and curiosity for understanding and interrogating complex data.

Furthermore, you have/ are: 

• Strong programming skills in Python, hands-on experience of Deep Learning frameworks (PyTorch)

• Experience with medical imaging data format, image and video processing 

• Understanding of end-to-end ML/DL/AI project management steps like data engineering, computing/storage resource budgeting, model training, model selection and model evaluation 

• Familiarity with cloud/scientific computing environments (AWS, HPC)  is a plus

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Experience implementing reproducible research practices like version control (e.g. using Git) and literate programming

Information about application documents and start date:

Candidates must be currently enrolled at university in Master or PhD studies, or have graduated with a Master’s degree within 12 months before the start of the internship in an applied quantitative discipline such as Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Bioengineering, Statistics, Mathematics. PhD students must be enrolled for the entire duration of the internship.

Please indicate clearly at what date you graduated from university in your CV, if you have done so already.

Please note that due to regulations, non-EU/EFTA citizens have to provide a certificate from the university stating that an industry internship is mandatory as part of the university training.

Start date: 1 May 2025
Duration: 6 months
Location: Basel, Switzerland

Do you feel excited? Apply now!

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.