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Intern - Systems Engineer – New Kensington, PA – Summer 2027

Philips

New Kensington, PAInternship$26–46/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$26–46/hr
Location
New Kensington, PA
Role Type
Internship
Schedule
Internship
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Systems Engineer Intern will support product development activities at Philips’ New Kensington site, gaining hands-on experience in health technology. The role includes supporting systems engineering and integration, contributing to architecture and feasibility work, collaborating across engineering and manufacturing teams, and completing and presenting an engineering project. The internship is onsite and lasts 3–4 months.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Computer SkillsMicrosoft OfficeCommunicationPresentation SkillsCADPro-EFEACFD Software

Qualifications

Undergraduate or Graduate Degree

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Full 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 3-4 month paid Intern opportunities at our site in New Kensington, PA. Through this role you will gain meaningful, hands-on experience working for a HealthTech company.

Your role:

  • Support Systems Engineering activities throughout the product development process under the guidance of experienced engineers. Develop an understanding of how user, business, and regulatory needs are translated into system design.

  • Support system integration activities, including test preparation and execution, data analysis, defect documentation, and follow-up.

  • Contribute to system architecture, interface definition, and technical feasibility activities by researching options, organizing information, and documenting findings.

  • Participate in cross-functional meetings and collaborate with hardware, software, quality, and manufacturing teams.

  • Complete a defined engineering project or analysis and present results, recommendations, and lessons learned to the team.

You're the right fit if:

  • You are pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, Software, or Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field.

  • You have solid basic computer skills including MS Office Suite.

  • You have good communication and presentation skills for reporting project status.

  • You have knowledge of CAD (Pro-E), FEA and CFD software desired but not required.

  • 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 onsite role.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

  • Learn more about our business.

  • Discover our rich and exciting history.

  • Learn more about our purpose.

  • Learn more about our culture.

Philips Transparency Details

The hourly pay range for this position is Bachelor Level: $26.00 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 needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

Details about our benefits can be found here.

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to New Kensington, PA.

It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or perceived disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or military status or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, marital or domestic partner status, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws.

As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veteran

How this job compares

Set against the 3,067 open Systems Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$26–46/hr
  • US median$32–41/hr146 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $36/hr, is close to the US median midpoint ($35/hr) — in the middle half of Systems Engineering hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 47 open Systems Engineering jobs in Pennsylvania and 3,067 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
Experience
Systems Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (2,439 postings).
Education
1,030 of the 3,067 open Systems Engineering jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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