Internship: AI Agents for Systems Quality Engineering

# Internship: AI Agents for Systems Quality Engineering

Start Date: September 2026
Duration: At least 6 months
Type: Internship (thesis possible)
Weekly Presence: 40h (minimum 32h)
Location: Eindhoven

## About the Role

The Systems Quality Engineering (SysQE) team within Philips Innovation Engineering supports engineering teams in applying quality techniques in a regulated medical technology environment. This internship focuses on understanding and improving the full lifecycle of AI agents in Systems Quality Engineering — from idea and use-case definition to prototype, evaluation, documentation, and possible reuse.

## Your Responsibilities

• Understand what SysQE workflows involve and identify where AI agents can support engineers and quality specialists
• Analyze existing or conceptual AI-agent ideas and their underlying assumptions
• Select one or more practical use cases with clear value for Systems Quality Engineering
• Design and implement simple agent prototypes or agent-supported workflows to test different approaches
• Evaluate agent behavior, usability, maintainability, reliability, source traceability, and integration aspects
• Experiment with interaction, reuse, or orchestration between multiple agents, prompts, knowledge sources, or workflows
• Involve SysQE engineers and relevant stakeholders to verify practical usefulness and learn from real engineering needs
• Document findings, design choices, patterns, limitations, and lessons learned

## Required Profile

• Currently pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI, Data Science, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related field
• Interest in AI agents, automation, applied software engineering, knowledge management, and engineering quality
• Knowledge of statistics
• Comfortable with experimenting, learning by doing, and working in an exploratory setting
• Ability to translate complex information into practical solutions
• Good communication skills and willingness to work with engineers, quality specialists, and stakeholders
• Self-starter with clear opinions, sharp execution, and interest in process redesign
• Plus: Experience with Python, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, prompt engineering, or AI-agent frameworks
• Plus: Experience or interest in medical technology, quality engineering, systems engineering, risk management, or regulated product development