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Richmond, CA

Sample Coordinator Intern

Internship
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Operations
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Life science and clinical research company
78.5
Palpable Score
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At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.


Our PPD® Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought-leaders and therapeutic experts. As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations.


Discover Impactful Work:
As a Sample Coordinator, you will perform a variety of sample and standard handling tasks in support of the laboratory. You will follow established SOPs and responds to requests from laboratory staff with minimal direction. You will assist laboratory staff in following sample handling procedures and implements these procedures as necessary.


A day in the Life:

Start Date:

This internship is set to begin on either May 11th or June 15th, 2026 for a duration of 10-12 weeks – dependent upon student availability per academic calendars.

Compensation & Relocation:

Our undergraduate internships offer an hourly rate between $21.50 - $28.75 dependent upon the location you are supporting (aligned to respective cost-of-living guidelines). Additionally, a relocation stipend is offered in the amount of $5,000 if necessary. Student must be located 50+ miles away from the physical location of the internship to be eligible for the relocation stipend.

How will you get here?

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!

About the company

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Company overview
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global life sciences company that sells lab instruments, consumables, diagnostics, and research services, and also runs major contract development and manufacturing and clinical research services through related business lines. Thermo Fisher Scientific supports customers ranging from universities and biotech startups to large pharmaceutical manufacturers and hospitals. The company operates across research, manufacturing, supply chain, field service, and corporate functions at a very large scale. Thermo Fisher Scientific is a public company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Locations and presence

Thermo Fisher Scientific has a worldwide footprint with major US hubs and a large network of manufacturing and operational sites across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Work setup varies heavily by role, with a mix of on-site manufacturing roles, hybrid corporate roles, and some remote roles depending on function and country.

Palpable Score

78.5
/ 100
Thermo Fisher Scientific offers many early-career entry points, including internships, co-ops, and rotational development programs across multiple functions and geographies. Learning support is a clear strength thanks to structured rotations, formal mentorship references, and internal learning platforms, while hiring consistency and feedback expectations are less uniform across such a large organisation. Pay transparency and outcomes are solid in many markets, but not consistently easy to compare across all teams and countries.
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