Summer Intern: Process Engineer (Manufacturing)

Overview

Formulate Your Future Internship at EyePoint

June 2 – August 8, 2025

Watertown, MA

Be Seen and Heard at EyePoint

At EyePoint, leadership trusts our employees to get the job done. The patient-centric and award-winning approach we’re taking in business fuels our success for: 

• preventing blindness through vision-saving medications 

• delivering best-in-class proprietary pharmaceutical technologies 

• transforming ocular drug delivery 

We See You. 

Your wellbeing 

Your professional worth 

Your future at EyePoint 

EyePoint offers a science-based entrepreneurial culture that empowers curiosity and innovation to help catapult your career. There’s space for every voice and perspective to be heard in our on-site and remote environments where a variety of strengths and diverse backgrounds are connected. 

Formulate Your Future at EyePoint! 

Are you ready to turn your passion into experience? At EyePoint, we believe internships aren’t just about coffee runs—they’re about real-world impact, hands-on learning, and meaningful projects that set you up for success. 

As an EyePoint Intern, you will: 

   •   Dive into real projects that directly impact our business goals. 

   •   Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve exciting challenges. 

   •   Attend community service events, and mentorship sessions. 

   •   Present your contributions to leadership at the end of your internship. 

Responsibilities

The Summer Intern will report directly to a Process Engineer and will be responsible for supporting the manufacturing operations team at the Watertown, MA site. They will support several projects focused on new process development, continuous improvement of internal manufacturing processes, and process qualification for vision-saving drug-device combination products.

Primary responsibilities and projects to be completed include the following:

• Identify and implement process improvements to support sites continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing product quality, improving site safety standards, boosting operational efficiency, and minimizing waste.
• Author and execute equipment commission and qualification protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ) and reports.
• Create or revise process documentation, including standard operating procedures, work instructions, and batch records.
• Analyze development data and recommend new process development and/or changes to existing manufacturing processes.
• Collect and summarize in-process manufacturing data to support trending and statistical process control.
• Design, procure, and fabricate simple tooling and fixtures
• Support failure investigations, root cause analysis, and participate in corrective and preventative action efforts
• Source manufacturing equipment, and commission new equipment supporting semi-automated and automated solutions

Qualifications

Primary skills and knowledge required include, but are not limited to the following:

• Interest in/exposure to the Drug-Device Combination Product Industry
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Proficiency in the MS Office suite and familiarity with statistical analysis tools
• Experience in CAD platforms (SolidWorks/AutoCAD preferred)
• Strong foundational engineering and analytical skills
• Detail-oriented and well organized; strong willingness to learn
• Demonstrated ability to be a self-starter and work well on a team
• Working knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and drug-device manufacture regulations, specifically FDA guidelines, is a bonus

Level of Education Required:

• Must be a student in a Bachelor’s degree program at an accredited college/university
• Undergraduate student with a minimum of Rising <Junior/Senior> status.

Preferred Field(s) of Study:

Life sciences or similar science-based degree.

Envision Your Future

With the exciting energy of a winning culture and an exhilarating pace, we are an ophthalmology company committed to preventing blindness by developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics.

The collective power of our values influences everything we do, and everything we do for you.

Transformational Innovation

We exist to change our patients’ lives through the power of sight. We are forward looking, embrace challenges with curiosity, and continuously seek to improve our products and ourselves by learning, problem-solving and pushing the limits of science and technology.

Unwavering Integrity

We recognize our responsibility to our patients, employees, and our community, and value the trust they put in us. We set a high ethical bar and expect responsible leadership at every level to ensure we serve those who matter most to us.

Compassionate Excellence

We believe that fun and excellence can coexist. We foster a culture where enjoying the work we do and caring for each other are as important as delivering exceptional outcomes.

Inclusive Collaboration

We strive to see through the eyes of others and work as one team. We appreciate one another’s differences and perspectives, and ensure everyone feels valued, respected and encouraged to bring their ideas forward.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our colleagues is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

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