Start Date: February/March 2026
Duration: at least 6 months (can be extended)
Type: Internship (thesis might be possible)
Weekly Presence: 40h
Location: Eindhoven
Internship: AI Tool Development - Innovation Engineering
Join Philips as an AI Tool Development Intern and play a critical role in optimizing engineering workflows that advance our health technology solutions. Over 612 months you will collaborate at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence and systems engineering developing tools that accelerate development cycles and drive technical excellence across Philips. This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience collaborate with diverse teams and contribute to innovative solutions at a global organization.
Your role:
Analyze Systems Engineering Processes:Collaborate with systems engineers to identify manual time-consuming technical processes (e.g. Requirements Analysis and Management Verification and Validation (V&V) Risk Management Knowledge Management etc) that can be improved with AI solutions.
Develop AI tool Prototypes:Design and develop software prototypes and AI models (e.g. using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs)) to automate or assist with systems engineering tasks.
Implement Tools:Write clean efficient and testable code (primarily in Python) to integrate AI components into existing systems engineering tools and platforms ensuring compliance with security and governance standards.
Data Analysis & Model Optimization:Participate in the data collection cleaning and pre-processing stages and assist in fine-tuning AI models for specific domain-related tasks.
Testing & Validation:Assist in testing and evaluating developed AI tools to ensure they meet performance metrics and functional requirements.
Documentation & Reporting:Maintain detailed documentation of AI model development system architecture and operational procedures and prepare reports summarizing research outcomes.
Innovation:Continuously explore emerging AI technologies and research and recommend enhancements to standard processes.
Youre the right fit if:
Currently pursuing a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Systems Engineering Data Science or a related technical field.
Intermediate programming experience inPythonis essential with familiarity with AI/ML frameworks.
Understanding of AI/ML concepts including familiarity with Retrival-augmented generation data processing data governance model building and performance metrics.
Familiarity with the software development lifecycle and agile methodologies.
Strong problem-solving skills a proactive attitude and excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
Youre a self-starter who takes initiative manages your time effectively and can work independently while knowing when to seek guidance.
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the companys facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the companys main facilities generally at the customers or suppliers locations.
Monthly full-time allowance between 500 - 700 gross depending on educational level and if you would need to relocate to The Netherlands. If you will perform a part-time internship you will receive the allowance pro-rata.
Housing compensation in case of relocating to the vicinity of the office 300- net if location is in the vicinity of Amsterdam 255- net for all other Philips locations. You need to provide a rental contract of the land lord and your normal home-work travel distance need to be more than 50 km or travel time (one way trip) need to be more than 1.5 hours. Travel compensation if you are not eligible for a free public transport card; you will receive max. 192- net. Paid holidays per internship term.
About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters and we wont stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
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If youre interested in this role and have many but not all of the experiences needed we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.
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