Polytechnic Internship - Global MSAT Analytical Sciences, Singapore (September 2026 to February 2027)

Help us get ahead of disease together in Global Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) Analytical Sciences: 
 

Education required: Current student enrolled in Diploma from an accredited local polytechnic, preferably in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering or equivalent 

Other requirements: Must be enrolled at a SG Polytechnic for the duration of your internship and doing a credit-bearing internship 

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English  

Internship period: September 2026 to January/February 2027 

Application deadline: As applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, we
recommend applying as soon as possible for your application to be considered. This vacancy will be closed once we have enough applications for consideration.  

Are you looking to gain valuable world work experience and help to positively impact the health of billions of people? Apply for a GSK Internship today! 

A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career – to take on a real role with genuine impact!  You’ll take on challenging, serious work on live projects or assignments. You’ll also get to learn from us, develop your skills and gain valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.  

 
What will you do?  

You will have the opportunity to support any of the following analytical activities:  

• Laboratory Operational Excellence: Support all routine laboratory operational tasks to ensure smooth day-to-day operations and execution of analytical activities aligned with project timelines. These operational tasks include equipment maintenance, preparation of reagents/ chemicals/ materials for analytical testing and liaison with external vendors. 

• Data-Driven Insights and Recommendations: Support the generation of analytical data of drug substances/ intermediates to drive high impact, data-driven recommendations for the development, optimization and transfer of vaccines manufacturing processes to improve right first-time performance, product quality, robustness, cost savings and manufacturability. 

• Problem-Solving and Root Cause Analysis: Work with equipment vendors and support troubleshooting of analytical equipment, methods and out-of-trend results, ensuring timely resolution with effective corrective and preventive actions to minimize business impact and keep projects on track.   

• Data Lifecycle Management: Ensure thorough, complete and accurate documentation of all laboratory procedures and data, including standard operating procedures, workinstructions, protocols, reports, laboratory notebooks, technical memos, raw data and risk assessments. Maintain compliance with GMP and GLP requirements ensuring data traceability and easy retrieval.  

• Champion for Laboratory Safety and Sustainability: Support environmental health, safety and sustainability activities for the laboratory. Ensure a safe laboratory working environment and inspection readiness of the laboratory through regular safety GEMBA(s) and risk assessments for all analytical activities carried out.

What will you learn? 

• Acquire knowledge on Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Documentation Practice (GDP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and data integrity (DI)/ ALCOA principles, with application of this knowledge as an Analytical Scientist in training. 

• ​​On-the-job (OJT) training on analytical laboratory techniques commonly used for the analysis of vaccines intermediates and final products as part of quality control and process development. ​ 

• Understand analytical equipment validation principles and maintenance of analytical equipment to ensure reliability and data quality through change management, preventive maintenance and calibration (PMC) and performance verification.  

• Carry out non-routine characterization of vaccine intermediates and final products, data interpretation and reporting to support commercial validation and filing of new vaccines products.  

• Develop awareness of commercial vaccines manufacturing processes through plant tours. 

What are we looking for?  

• Technical competency and laboratory skills in pharmaceutical sciences/ biological sciences/ chemistry, and analytical sciences.  

• Enjoy working in a laboratory environment and thrive in activities related to analytical troubleshooting, problem solving and root cause analysis to meet business needs.  

• Excellent inter-personal communication skills, enjoy working and collaborating cross-functionally and across global teams.  

• Curious, agile, adaptable to change and able to work under time pressure. 

What do we offer you?  

• Understand and experience the GSK Culture 

• Work with a diversified team of scientists across the globe 

• Implement technical knowledge and skills that you have acquired at school 

• Apply and develop soft skills such as interpersonal, communications and negotiation skills 

• Transport to and from site to MRT stations in centralised locations all across Singapore