Job detail for 6-month internship in experimental chemistry and automation

Job Title: 6-month internship – Experimental Chemistry and Automation

• Location: Montpellier
• Starting from: February 2027

About the position

As an intern in our Process Chemistry department, you will participate in the launch and implementation of high-throughput screening campaigns for projects in our portfolio, at both early and advanced stages. Ready to get started?

Ready to develop your skills while participating in the future of healthcare? At Sanofi, you will have the freedom to learn, ask questions, and bring your ideas to life, all supported by inspiring mentors and collaborative teams.

About Sanofi:

Sanofi is a company that innovates in R&D and leverages AI at scale to improve people's lives and create long-term growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and our innovative pipeline – allows us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we pursue the miracles of science to improve people's lives.

Key :

• Contribute to the improvement of sampling methods, particularly the design of experimental plates, using advanced statistical algorithms to optimize the coverage of the experimental space while reducing the number of experiments required
• Take part in literature research on the reactions and methodologies studied and monitor the latest advances in the field, in order to contribute to the design and optimization of experiments
• Get involved in the use of cutting-edge automation platforms such as Chemspeed and LabMan
• Participate in conducting experiments in glove boxes and implementing controlled-atmosphere chemistry techniques
• Collaborate with team members and contribute to daily laboratory life, knowledge sharing, and maintaining a dynamic and innovative work environment

About you

• Technical and soft skills: curiosity, dynamism, autonomy. Proficiency in organic chemistry techniques, interest in automation and digitalization, proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Education: Master's degree (bac+5) in chemical engineering
• Languages: fluent English

Why choose us?

• Launch your career in a company that invests in you and gives you the means to reinvent what is possible.

• Build your future with the latest tools, digital innovation, and continuous learning to always stay one step ahead.

• Evolve in a committed company where your voice counts and your work improves the lives of millions of people.

• Thrive in inclusive and flexible environments that support your personal and professional well-being.

• An attractive internship stipend.

• Depending on your site, access to a company restaurant with a contribution from Sanofi.

• Our recruitment process has been designed to be fast and efficient. If your application is selected, you will receive a call from our recruiter for an initial phone screening and then to quickly meet the manager.

Always Progress. Discover the Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and enter a new era of science – where your journey can be as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you so that you can go further, accelerate your thinking, and accomplish what has never been done before. You will help push boundaries, challenge conventions, and design smarter solutions for the communities we serve. Ready to pursue the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's pursue progress and discover the extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we believe in equal opportunity, without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or any other criteria protected by law.

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!