Creative AI Engineering Internship

Job Description

THE WORK

Do you eat code for breakfast, love to solve technical puzzles and can’t wait to prototype? At Industry X ▪ Industrial Design, we are looking for a creative engineer that likes the fuzzy backend of coding and is comfortable with ambiguity and exploratory project briefs, especially when it concerns emerging technologies in the domains of computer vision and generative AI (genAI).

Team(s)

• You’ll be part of our group of more than 70 creatives, including industrial designers, design engineers, UX/digital designers, strategists, researchers, developers, and project managers.
• We are based in Eindhoven and The Hague, and work closely together between both studio spaces. You will work from one office, traveling to the other office occasionally.
• You will get a dedicated mentor to help you define your learning goals and find the projects that suit you and your goals best.

Daily tasks

• Design, prototype, test, and review product concepts and help with feasibility studies
• Come up with innovative, technology-based solutions to design problems
• Work on tasks that include e.g. systems thinking, component sourcing, firmware development, vision AI in the edge, GenAI in the cloud (Azure), etc.
• Work on multiple projects simultaneously (lead time from 3 weeks to multiple months), in variety of project teams.

Internship details:

• Period: 5 – 6 months
• Hours a week: 40
• Location: Eindhoven or The Hague
• Start date: February or September (flexible)
• Interested? Please apply with your motivation letter and CV.

WHO WE ARE

Accenture Industry X

At Industry X ▪ Industrial Design, our multidisciplinary approach combines expertise in data, digital, and physical product design to help our clients create products that meet the needs of today's users and operators while also addressing the challenges of tomorrow.

Our approach to design is a holistic perspective that considers both the physical and digital aspects of the experiences we design. We aim to create truly innovative solutions that seamlessly integrate both worlds.

We develop proof of concepts for confidence and scalability. Through prototyping, we enable ourselves to iterate and refine our ideas until we arrive at a scalable solution that inspires confidence in decision making.

Qualifications

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• A hands-on can-do attitude
• Being comfortable in doing explorative work without pre-defined requirements and workon multiple projects at the same time.
• It will help if you have experience with one or more of these topics:
• C++ , Python, Git (Github), Next.js (Vanilla JS, Typescript in React)
• Embedded platforms (e.g. Arduino/ESP32 and Raspberry Pi), computer vision projects(e.g. training custom models based on Yolo)
• Linux environments (e.g. use of cli with terminal, setting up services with systemd, etc.)
• Prototyping interactive demos with MQTT or similar, blending physical and digital
• Foundational knowledge of computer systems (e.g. IP networks), electronics, clouddeployments, common design patterns for firmware and software development (e.g. state machines, micro-services, etc.)
• Proficiency in English
• You are enrolled at a university during the entire length of the internship, pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Design Engineering, (embedded) Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechatronic Engineering, Embedded Systems or similar.
• You are a EU citizen or enrolled at a Dutch university.

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE

• Familiarity with Git for version control and experience with RTOS and/or VM based languages
• A link to your Git
• You can showcase a few embedded (IoT) projects