Electrical Engineering Internship Portable Gas Sensing Prototyping

Philips is a 100% health-technology company where hardware, embedded systems and sensing play a central role in bringing new health capabilities to users.

This internship focuses on designing, prototyping and testing embedded electronics for gas-sensing devices that must be integrated into a hand-held device form factor. You will work at the intersection of sensor interfacing, low-power embedded design, signal conditioning, and data acquisition to enable reliable measurement of exhaled-breath characteristics (flow, O2, CO2, VOCs) in a constrained, robust, hygienic, handheld enclosure.

Your role:

• Conduct a state-of-the-art review of gas sensing methods and sensing technologies.
• Develop and explore the solution space, perform a trade-off and implement the most promising approach.
• Explore and collaborate with mechanical engineering teammates to ensure sensor placement and sampling pathway are compatible with prototype form factor and housing.
• Test and benchmark the developed prototype, collect measurement data, and iterate on hardware/firmware based on results.
• Produce technical documentation: schematics, bill of materials, firmware description, test protocols, and a concise evaluation report including limitations and next steps.
• Broadcast and present results to internal audiences.

You're the right fit if:

• Currently enrolled in a Master’s program (WO/MSc.) in Electrical or Biomedical engineering.
• Experience with analog and digital sensor interfacing, electrical prototyping, ADC’s.
• Good knowledge of Arduino/Raspberry Pi.
• Interest in healthcare technology, prototyping and hands-on work.
• Experience with analog/digital circuit design is a plus.
• Knowledge of Python or MATLAB is a plus.
• Language: good written and spoken English.
• Previous internship experience is not necessary but a plus.
• Good communication skills and enthusiasm to work in an international team.

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.

About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't 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.