Manufacturing at Roche – The perfect fit for technology enthusiasts

Would you like to experience the manufacturing process that supplies critical healthcare products to the marketplace?

Roche’s portfolio of pharmaceutical products is diverse, comprising innovative medicines based on traditional chemistry as well as biotechnology. Our specialists from the field of technical operations produce their secure and speedy production for pharmaceuticals markets around the world. The production of our pharmaceuticals – for many different therapeutic areas and in various dosage forms – is coordinated from our headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, and carried out by 16 production sites in 13 countries.

If you’re a student in chemistry, biology, pharmacy or other subject areas, who is interested in manufacturing, supply chain management, logistics, engineering, technology, quality management or procurement, you will find that Roche provides diverse and exciting opportunities for expanding on your existing fields of knowledge.
Just take a closer look at our manufacturing sector, which handles a range of important processes, including pharmaceutical product demand planning, purchase of the necessary ingredients, excipients and packaging materials, production of the active ingredients and their formulation, packaging and storage of the end products, and reviewing and ensuring compliance with quality standards and official requirements. Product development and the provision of test pharmaceuticals for clinical studies are further components of the production cycle handled by experts in Global Technical Operations. And let’s not forget the design and construction of our state-of-the-art production facilities too.

Many achievements have been realized in our manufacturing area, one of which we’re very proud of is biotech production! As you may know, biopharmaceuticals have led to therapeutic breakthroughs in a number of disease areas, notably in the treatment of cancer. The Roche Group has long-standing expertise in biotech and is world leader in large-scale production of biopharmaceuticals. Several of Roche’s top-selling medicines are biotech medicines and further growth in this area is expected.

Roche offers attractive jobs in technical operations and continues to invest in the sustainable development of its manufacturing sites.


Sound interesting? If so, then take a look at our current offerings of internships and degree dissertation topics. There’s every chance you’ll find just what you’re looking for.