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About us
Damen Shipyards Group aims to become the world’s most sustainable and digitally connected shipyard. The Damen AI Services Team (DAS) contributes to this vision by building AI services for Damen that shape the future of shipbuilding. We develop reusable AI capabilities and scalable solutions that can be applied across the organization. You will join DAS, based inGorinchem The team works on applied AI topics such as AI agent integration, enterprise automation, responsible AI, and data driven product development.
The role
Within Damen, the use of AI agents is expanding rapidly. We already have a first agent integrated with SAP, and more agents are expected to follow, forexample forsystems such as IBM Maximo, Workday, and engineering tools.
Each of these agents will support a specific business function. To realize their full potential, they will need to work together. Before multiple agents are deployed in production, we want to understand how an orchestration layer should function, how different agents can collaborate, exchange context, andoperatewithin clear organizational boundaries.
Your mission is to explore and prototype orchestration principles that enable effective collaboration between enterprise and custom AI agents at Damen, ensuring that a future multi agent environment is functional and responsibly designed. The project focuses on three research themes:
OrchestrationandTaskPlanning
ContextandMemory Management
ResponsibleInformation Handling
Key accountabilities
As an intern, you will:
Perform a focused literature and technology review on multi agent orchestration patterns for enterprises
Translate findings into a practical architecture proposal for Damen
Prototype an orchestration layer that coordinates multiple agents on realistic workflows
Design and test context passing and memory strategies, including source tracing and consistency checks
Define anddemonstrateguardrails for access control, separation of duties, and responsible information handling
Document results and present progress to the team regularly
Delivera working proof of concept plus recommendations for production readiness
Skills & experience
At least several skills/experiences from the following list are required to be considered:
MScstudent in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
Strong Python skills and ability to build prototypes cleanly and systematically
Interest in LLM systems, agent frameworks, and software architecture in an enterprise setting
Basic understanding of security, privacy, androle basedaccess concepts is a plus
Communicates fluently in English
Whatweoffer
Academic level mentoring throughout the internship
Internship compensation and travel allowance in line with company policy
Hands on experience with enterprise AI adoption in a high impact environment
A project with direct relevance to multiple business functions and future digital products
Potential for internal rollout, andpossibly apublication or conference contribution depending on results
Other
Are you ready to sail into your new adventure at Damen? Don’t hesitate, send us your motivation letter and resume here.
Due to housing issues we cannot accept international students that do not have accommodation in the Netherlands yet.
Recruiter:
Liselotte van Veenendaal
Email:
liselotte.van.veenendaal@damen.com
Please apply through the Apply Button. Due to GDPR reasons we cannot accept applications by email.
Oceans, seas, lakes and rivers offer growing possibilities in the areas of trade, food, energy and recreation. To ensure global prosperity for next generations and keep the earth habitable with an ever-increasing population, it is essential to utilise and protect these possibilities as efficiently and responsibly as possible.
Damen provides unprecedented maritime solutions for this, through design, shipbuilding, ship repair and related services. We offer versatile platforms that enable our customers to be successful and that raise the standard in terms of safety, reliability, efficiency and sustainability. We want to become the most sustainable shipbuilders in the world.
In the previous century, we revolutionized shipbuilding. Thanks to standardisation, we were able to supply our customers with better ships, faster. More than 90 years and 6,500 ships later, the importance of standardisation is only increasing in the light of zero-emissions and digitalisation.
We do not build our ships alone, but together with an extensive network from the international maritime cluster. We firmly believe in the power of sharing. It means that we also use our craftsmanship to build platforms on production facilities that are not ours. In this way, through knowledge transfer, we not only contribute to better, safer and more eco-friendly ships, but also to sustainable local development and prosperity.
We are a family owned business and stand for fellowship, craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and stewardship. Our playing field is the world. Our horizon is the long term. We firmly believe in our team, but also in the strength of the individual. Each colleague is an entrepreneur, focused on ensuring truly satisfied clients and making our contribution to a better world. In every aspect of our business the next generation is our starting point.
