2026 Summer Internship - Quality Assurance-Learning & Development Intern

Simtra BioPharma Solutions (Simtra) is a world-class Contract Development Manufacturing Organization, partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to bring their sterile injectable products to market. With facilities in Bloomington, Indiana, US and Halle/Westfalen, Germany, we offer a wide range of delivery systems including pre-filled syringes, liquid/lyophilized vials, diluents for reconstitution, powder-filled vials and sterile crystallization.

Our product types include biologics and small molecules, cytotoxics, highly potent compounds, diluents for reconstitution and vaccines – which are all directly injected into patients worldwide. As such, there is a strong emphasis on quality and continuous improvement at Simtra. We hold ourselves to the highest quality and regulatory standards.

While our primary focus is cGMP manufacturing, we offer many support services including formulation and development, lyophilization optimization, global regulatory support and secondary packaging. Our teams are driven to help clients scale, innovate and bring life-changing medicines to patients worldwide.

Why join Team Simtra? Because we:

Make it HAPPEN – We bring a growth mindset to every opportunity, developing new skillsets and exceeding our expectations and those of our customers.

Make it TOGETHER – We work as one, respecting each voice and tapping into our unique strengths across teams—so we can solve problems in new ways.

Make it RIGHT – We hold ourselves to a high standard of excellence, fulfilling our commitments to the customer, their patients, and our team members.

Make it COUNT – We take pride in our day-to-day work, knowing the impact we make – taking on challenges big and small to improve patient health.

This Role:
Simtra is seeking highly motivated undergraduate and students for our Summer Internship Program. We look for diverse students with inquisitive minds and the desire to challenge themselves. Our interns work closely with industry professionals and learn quickly how to problem solve on real-world projects that contribute to clinical research and manufacturing processes. In addition to on-the-job experience, we offer learning sessions with top leadership, site visits to local projects and social events.

The Opportunity:
The Quality Assurance (QA) – Learning & Development (L&D) Team ensures that all training, learning content, documentation, qualifications, and training systems used across the site meet cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices), regulatory, and quality standards. They oversee the integrity of the training program and ensure every employee is properly trained, qualified, and documented in a way that is accurate, audit-ready, and compliant.

The QA-L&D intern will support this transformation by helping implement new digital evaluation and assessment tools within the LMS (Learning Management System) and by assisting the move toward a fully paperless training program.

Responsibilities/Projects:
• Leverage a new digital evaluation and assessment checklist feature in the LMS, ensuring it is configured and used properly across relevant training programs
• Upload and map existing qualifications and training materials into the LMS, ensuring accuracy, version controls, and alignment with QA requirements
• Work with training owners, SMEs (subject matter experts), and QA reviewers to identify which qualifications need migration into the new digital format
• Author, revise, and update electronic evaluation and assessment checklists
• Support the transition to a paperless training system, including digitizing documentation, improving workflows, and identifying process efficiencies
• Assist with testing, validating, and troubleshooting digital training tools as they are rolled out.
 

Required Qualifications:
• Pursuing a BS or MS degree in Life Sciences, IT/Information Systems, Quality Assurance, Instructional Design, or a related field
• Strong oral and written communication skills – including visual design skills
• Ability to work with technical documentation and translate user needs into clear, structured evaluation/assessment tools
• Comfortable learning news systems and navigating digital platforms
• High attention to detail with strong organizational skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced regulated manufacturing environment
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with ability and willingness to learn new tools
• Experience with Learning Management System platforms (i.e., SuccessFactors, ComplianceWire, Veeva, etc.)
• Interest in digital transformation or paperless workflows
• Exposure to instructional design, training development, system mapping, or process improvement

Onsite Campus Amenities:
- Workout Facility
- Cafeteria
- Credit Union

Disclaimer

This job description is intended to provide the minimum knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the job. It may not be inclusive of all the duties and responsibilities of the job. Simtra reserves the right to make modifications based on business requirements.

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