Co-op – Software Engineer (R&D) – Cambridge, MA – January - August 2027

Philips is a health technology company developing solutions to improve healthcare. The Co-op Software Engineer will develop applications and components for next-generation medical information systems, collaborate with architects and software developers, and contribute to scalable, secure, cloud-based solutions using agile methodologies and software design patterns.

What you'll do:

• Developing applications and components within a highly motivated software development team focused on the creation of next generation medical information systems -and applications
• Learning and contributing to solving problems with our highly experienced architects and software development team
• Working in an environment that embodies and embraces new ideas and innovations through agile methodologies and innovation marathons
• Pushing the innovation and technology boundaries to bring breakthrough solutions to complex clinical and business problems
• Utilizing software design patterns to enhance software quality by addressing fundamental challenges in large-scale system development. These challenges include communication of architectural knowledge among developers, accommodating new design paradigms or architectural styles, and avoiding development traps and pitfalls that are usually learned only by experience

What they're looking for:

• Pursuing a MS in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related degrees
• Strong understanding of object-oriented software development concepts and methodologies
• Understanding of Design and implementation of scalable, secure cloud architecture based on Amazon Web Services, leveraging AWS Data pipeline to process and move data using AWS services like EC2, S3, ECS, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch and IAM
• Understanding of design patterns and practical experience in applying those patterns to address fundamental challenges scalable, mission critical system development and influencing software engineering best practices within your team
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to produce high quality work independently and work well in a team
• Ability to work effectively in ambiguous situations using critical thinking skills and be decisive while working cooperatively with others
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position
• Preferred qualifications include experience with Java, Spring Boot, C# .NET, Angular JS, and SQL
• Additionally, familiarity with data analytics, AI tools, data visualization, and business intelligence platforms is advantageous

Benefits:

• Paid intern opportunities
• Overtime eligible
• Working in-person at least 3 days per week for office-based teams