Intern – Systems Engineering (Sustaining & Design Controls) - San Diego, CA - Summer 2027
About The Position
Philips is hiring a paid Systems Engineering Intern for a 3–6 month opportunity at its San Diego, California site. The intern will gain hands-on experience in medical device systems engineering, design controls, requirements management, risk management, and regulatory compliance, supporting products throughout their lifecycle. The role works in a fast-paced R&D environment and supports design-control documentation, requirements traceability, risk documentation, verification evidence, technical documentation, and audit readiness. This is an office role. Office-based teams work in person at least three days per week; onsite roles require full-time presence at company facilities. Candidates must be pursuing an undergraduate bachelor’s or graduate master’s degree in an engineering discipline and have completed at least three years of undergraduate coursework or be enrolled in a graduate program. The position is based in or within commuting distance of San Diego, CA. US work authorization is required; sponsorship is not available. Relocation benefits are not provided. The position is overtime eligible. The posted hourly pay range is $29.00–$36.00 for bachelor’s-level candidates and $33.00–$46.00 for master’s-level candidates. Actual pay may vary based on job-related knowledge and skills, experience, business needs, location, and internal equity.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Completed at least three years of undergraduate coursework or currently enrolled in a graduate program.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail when reviewing complex technical information.
- Foundational knowledge of systems engineering, requirements engineering, verification and validation, or risk management gained through coursework, projects, or internships.
- Interest in regulated medical-device development and healthcare technologies.
- Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and root-cause-analysis skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
- Effective communication skills and ability to work independently and within cross-functional teams.
- Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with team members, stakeholders, and business partners.
- Self-motivated, with a desire to develop expertise in systems engineering and medical-device product development.
- Must be able to perform the position’s minimum physical, cognitive, and environmental job requirements, with or without accommodation.
- US work authorization is required; candidates requiring work-authorized visa sponsorship now or in the future will not be considered.
- Must reside in or within commuting distance of San Diego, CA.
Responsibilities
- Support the maintenance and remediation of design-control documentation, including requirements, verification records, risk-management documentation, and technical-file content.
- Maintain end-to-end traceability among user needs, system requirements, design outputs, verification activities, validation evidence, and risk controls.
- Assist with impact assessments and regression analyses for product changes, identifying affected requirements, tests, risks, labeling, and documentation.
- Support the development, review, and maintenance of Design Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (dFMEAs) and other risk-management deliverables.
- Evaluate engineering requirements and verification records for clarity, completeness, consistency, and testability.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Quality & Regulatory, Verification & Validation, Human Factors, Software, Hardware, and project teams to resolve documentation and traceability issues.
- Assist in preparing technical documentation for regulatory compliance activities, including EU MDR requirements.
- Collect, organize, and review objective evidence for regulatory submissions, technical documentation, and audit-readiness activities.
- Support continuous-improvement initiatives focused on engineering processes, documentation quality, and design-control effectiveness.
- Present project progress, technical findings, and recommendations to engineering teams and management.
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Intern
