As a member of the Upstream Process Engineering Team, you will be supporting the Upstream Engineers as they work through starting up the upstream process equipment. During your internship time we will be supporting the manufacturing facility as it executes the first process runs.

You will gain invaluable experience during the startup of equipment in the areas supporting: Media Preparation, Seed Cell Culture, Production Cell Culture, and Harvest. Included in these process areas are the basic unit operations of separation, mixing, heat transfer, filtration, pumping, and pressure transfer.

During your internship you will have the opportunity assist in troubleshooting using the concepts learned in the 200 and 300 level Chemical Engineering course work.

Start Date: This internship is set to begin on May 26th 2026 for an 11-week duration ending on August 7th 2026.

Relocation: Please note this Internship Opportunity is designed to be 100% Onsite, 40 hours/week and a relocation/housing stipend is not provided.

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is building the future of bioproduction in Holly Springs, North Carolina. By end of 2025, we’ll open North America’s largest end-to-end CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, offering drug substance production, fill-finish, and packaging under one roof.

We’re looking for passionate, mission-driven people to help us realize this exciting vision and deliver the next vaccine, cure, or therapy. We offer a dynamic work environment and we’re proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your purpose, energy, and drive—what we call Genki. Ready to shape the future of medicine? Let’s transform healthcare together!

Holly Springs, North Carolina, combines small-town warmth with proximity to Raleigh’s thriving tech scene, making it the perfect blend of community and opportunity.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

What You’ll Do

Under the direct supervision, support and guidance of the manager:

• Creating a tool to track, manage, and evaluate equipment and process ranges for DSM equipment.
• Providing on-floor support for troubleshooting equipment issues.
• Review and redline Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and other technical documents with supervision.
• Contributes to system impact assessments and quality risk assessments for process equipment.
• Provides technical support for root cause analysis (RCA) and process deviation investigations.
• Assists with deviations, change controls, corrective and preventive action (CAPA) closures.
• Collaborates with other departments, such as Quality, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Validation, and Safety. 
• Perform other duties as assigned

Basic Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an Engineering or Scientific Undergraduate or Master’s degree Program
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Preferred Requirements

• Prior experience in Pharma/Biotech/Chemical Industry
• Prior hands-on technical experience (in a laboratory or manufacturing environment)

WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to discern audible cues
• Ability to ascend or descend ladders, scaffolding, ramps, etc
• Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time - up to 60 minutes
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time - up to 240 minutes
• Ability to conduct activities using repetitive motions that include writs, hands and/or fingers
• Ability to conduct work that includes moving objects up to 10 pounds

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of FUJIFILM about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at FUJIFILM via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of FUJIFILM, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by FUJIFILM for this requisition and a valid agreement with FUJIFILM is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the FUJIFILM agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department (FDBN_PNC@fujifilm.com).