Intern - Systems Engineering (Sustaining & Design Controls) - San Diego, CA - Summer 2027

Philips; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips in San Diego is offering Summer 2027 paid internships for Systems Engineering focused on sustaining and design controls within medical device development. The program targets undergrad or graduate students for 3–6 months at our San Diego site.

Interns will strengthen requirements traceability, risk management documentation, verification evidence, and technical filings to demonstrate safety, effectiveness, and regulatory compliance throughout product lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a BS and/or MS in an engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of undergraduate coursework or enrollment in a graduate program.
• Foundational knowledge of systems engineering, requirements, verification/validation, or risk management.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio).

Responsibilities

• Maintain design control documentation and traceability across the lifecycle.
• Assist with regulatory compliance activities and EU MDR deliverables.
• Support development and review of risk management artifacts (dFMEA, etc.).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve documentation and traceability issues.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements engineering

Analytical skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in related engineering

Tools

Visio

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Intern - Systems Engineering (Sustaining & Design Controls) - San Diego, CA - Summer 2027

Job Description

Are you interested in an Intern opportunity with Philips? We welcome individuals who are currently pursuing an undergraduate (BS) and/or graduate (MS) degree to participate in 3- 6 month paid Systems Engineering Intern opportunities at our site in San Diego, CA. Through this role you will gain meaningful, hands-on experience in medical device systems engineering, design controls, requirements management, risk management, and regulatory compliance within a leading HealthTech company.

You will work alongside experienced engineers to support the cutting-edge product portfolio by strengthening requirements traceability, risk management documentation, verification evidence, and technical documentation that demonstrate our products remain safe, effective, and compliant throughout their lifecycle.

Your role:

• Work in a fast-paced R&D environment focused on developing innovative healthcare solutions. 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 between 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 the preparation of technical documentation required for regulatory compliance activities, including EU MDR requirements.
• Collect, organize, and review objective evidence to support regulatory submissions, technical documentation, and audit readiness activities. Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on engineering processes, documentation quality, and design control effectiveness, and present project progress, technical findings, and recommendations to engineering teams and management.

You're the right fit if:

• You are 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.
• You have completed at least three years of undergraduate coursework or are currently enrolled in a graduate program.
• You possess strong analytical skills and attention to detail when reviewing complex technical information.
• You have foundational knowledge of systems engineering, requirements engineering, verification and validation, or risk management through coursework, projects, or internships.
• You are interested in regulated medical device development and healthcare technologies.
• You have strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills.
• You are proficient with Microsoft Office tools including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• You communicate effectively and work well both independently and within cross-functional teams.
• You can establish and maintain productive working relationships with team members, stakeholders, and business partners.
• You are a self-motivated learner with a desire to develop expertise in systems engineering and medical device product development.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

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.

This is an office role.

About Philips

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Philips Transparency Details

The hourly pay range for this position is Bachelor Level: $29.00 to $36.00 an hour; Masters Level: $33.00 to $46.00 an hour plus overtime eligible. The actual base pay offered may vary depending on multiple factors including, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business nee