From Idea to AI Agent: Engineering Internship

This engineering internship focuses on transforming ideas into practical AI agents within an electronics and Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) design environment, including Electronics Design Automation (EDA) flows and dedicated Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools.

Job Description

Start Date: As of June 2026

Duration: at least 6 months

Type: Internship (non-thesis)

Your role

The internship will take place in an engineering environment focused on electronics and Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) design and technology, including Electronics Design Automation (EDA) flows and dedicated Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools.

Typical activities include:

• Understanding new engineering needs and how AI agents can support or assist engineers
• Analyzing existing or conceptual AI agents and their underlying ideas
• Designing and implementing simple agents to test different approaches
• Evaluating agent behavior, maintainability, and integration aspects
• Experimenting with interaction or orchestration between multiple agents
• Involving engineers to check and learn from practical use
• Documenting findings, patterns, and lessons learned

Based on the insights gained, the student will propose and prototype new or improved agents, demonstrating how ideas can be transformed into practical, usable solutions.

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 company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

We offer you

• Monthly full-time allowance between €500 - €700 gross, depending on your education level and if you need to relocate to The Netherlands. Part-time internships receive the allowance pro-rata.
• Housing compensation. Should you need to relocate near the office, a monthly allowance of €300 net is offered if the location is in the vicinity of Amsterdam, and €255 net for all other Philips locations. Eligibility requires a rental contract from your landlord, and your usual home-work travel distance needs to be more than 50 km or 1.5 hours of travel time for a one-way trip.
• Travel compensation, if you are not eligible for a free public transport card; you will receive max. €192 net as a monthly allowance.
• Paid holidays per internship term.
• The opportunity to buy Philips products at the Philips shop.

About Philips

Philips is a health technology company built around the belief that every human matters.

If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, you may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips.