Creative AI Engineering Internship – Industry X ▪ Industrial Design
Accenture
On-site
Internship / No experience required
0 - 1 years of experience
Full Time
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Responsibilities
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.
Industry X ▪ Industrial Design was formerly known as VanBerlo, one of Europe’s leading design agencies in strategy, design and implementation with over 35 years of experience in the field of design.
For more information, visit www.accenture.com/ca-en/services/industry-x/industrial-design-services
Industry X is one of five services that make up one Accenture – the others are Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Song and Operations.
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED
A hands-on can-do attitude
Being comfortable in doing explorative work without pre-defined requirements and work on 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, cloud deployments, 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
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com
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