What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2026 Summer Intern – Maintenance & Reliability Engineering position at Roche?
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The Position
2026 Summer Intern – Maintenance & Reliability Engineering
Department Summary
The Maintenance & Reliability Engineering team is responsible for ensuring equipment uptime, operational readiness, and effective spare-parts management to support 24-hour manufacturing and laboratory operations at GenMark Diagnostics. The team partners closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Supply Chain to execute preventive maintenance activities while designing, implementing, and sustaining a Kanban-based spare parts management system.
A key focus of the organization is the development and continuous improvement of standardized maintenance processes, visual inventory controls, and data-driven spare parts strategies to reduce downtime, eliminate material shortages, and improve maintenance response time. These efforts directly support reliable production and laboratory operations for the ePlex molecular diagnostic instruments, enabling timely delivery of products that support patient care.
This internship position is located in CARLSBAD, CA, on site.
The Opportunity
Required Education
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is $45.00 - $50.00/hour. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. This position also qualifies for paid holiday time off benefits.
Who we are
GenMark is now a proud member of the Roche Group, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. As a global leader in healthcare, Roche Diagnostics offers a broad portfolio of products, tools and services that help in the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases like HPV, HIV, hepatitis and diabetes as well as other medical conditions, such as fertility and blood coagulation. With the addition of GenMark to the Roche Group, syndromic infectious disease diagnostics is now added to the long list of disease states and conditions that the Roche Group addresses. GenMark’s ePlex true sample-to-answer system offers unique solutions to address the most significant challenges facing clinical laboratories, while supporting hospital systems to deliver patient-centered, value-based care. ePlex streamlines the diagnostic workflow from physician order entry to the final test report and is the true sample-to-answer solution designed to improve patient care, reduce costs, and increase lab efficiency. GenMark is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
GenMark is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.
If you have a disability and need an accommodation in relation to the online application process, please contact us by completing this form Accommodations for Applicants.
Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Position
2026 Summer Intern – Maintenance & Reliability Engineering
Department Summary
The Maintenance & Reliability Engineering team is responsible for ensuring equipment uptime, operational readiness, and effective spare-parts management to support 24-hour manufacturing and laboratory operations at GenMark Diagnostics. The team partners closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Supply Chain to execute preventive maintenance activities while designing, implementing, and sustaining a Kanban-based spare parts management system.
A key focus of the organization is the development and continuous improvement of standardized maintenance processes, visual inventory controls, and data-driven spare parts strategies to reduce downtime, eliminate material shortages, and improve maintenance response time. These efforts directly support reliable production and laboratory operations for the ePlex molecular diagnostic instruments, enabling timely delivery of products that support patient care.
This internship position is located in CARLSBAD, CA, on site.
The Opportunity
- Ownership of an impactful project that improves performance using principles of Lean Six Sigma to reduce process variation and driving work standardization and flow
- Final presentation near the conclusion of internship to senior leaders
- Intensive 12-weeks, full time (40 hours per week) paid internship
- Program start dates are in May/June (Summer)
- A stipend, based on location, will be provided to help alleviate costs associated with the internship
- Ownership of challenging and impactful business-critical projects
- Work with some of the most talented people in the biotechnology industry
Required Education
- Must be pursuing a Bachelor's Degree (enrolled student)
- Must have attained a Bachelor's Degree (not currently enrolled in a graduate program)
- Must be pursuing a Master's Degree (enrolled student)
- Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics or related fields
- Good Documentation Practices
- Safety & Compliance
- Engineering Fundamentals
- Data Collection
- Documentation Support
- Attendance & Reliability
- Communication.
- Demonstrated proficiency in the application of basic engineering and/or scientific theories, principles and techniques
- Possess strong analytical skills plus technical and mechanical aptitude
- Proficiency with Google Suite
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion
- Efficient, organized, and able to handle short timelines in a fast-paced environment
- Complete work in a timely, accurate and thorough manner
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is $45.00 - $50.00/hour. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. This position also qualifies for paid holiday time off benefits.
Who we are
GenMark is now a proud member of the Roche Group, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. As a global leader in healthcare, Roche Diagnostics offers a broad portfolio of products, tools and services that help in the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases like HPV, HIV, hepatitis and diabetes as well as other medical conditions, such as fertility and blood coagulation. With the addition of GenMark to the Roche Group, syndromic infectious disease diagnostics is now added to the long list of disease states and conditions that the Roche Group addresses. GenMark’s ePlex true sample-to-answer system offers unique solutions to address the most significant challenges facing clinical laboratories, while supporting hospital systems to deliver patient-centered, value-based care. ePlex streamlines the diagnostic workflow from physician order entry to the final test report and is the true sample-to-answer solution designed to improve patient care, reduce costs, and increase lab efficiency. GenMark is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
GenMark is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.
If you have a disability and need an accommodation in relation to the online application process, please contact us by completing this form Accommodations for Applicants.
Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Salary : $45 - $50