As an AI Software Intern, you'll design AI workflows, work with data for decision-making, and evaluate AI models, while participating in agile development processes.
JOB DESCRIPTION
This is Hybrid 3 days a week on-site at the Austin, Texas office.
UL Solutions is seeking a Summer AI Engineer Intern with a strong interest in Agentic AI systems, large language models (LLMs), and intelligent automation. In this role, you will work with experienced AI and software engineers to prototype, build, and evaluate agent-based AI solutions that support complex workflows, reasoning, and orchestration across enterprise software platforms.
This internship provides hands-on exposure to real-world AI systems, including prompt engineering, tool-using agents, multi-step reasoning workflows, and integration with production software systems.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As an AI Engineer Intern, you will:
QUALIFICATIONS
What you'll experience working for ULS
UL Solutions has been pioneering change since 1894 and we're still leading the way. From day one, we've blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.
That's where you come in - because none of it could happen without you. It takes passion to protect people, problem-solving to safeguard personal data and conviction to make the world a more sustainable place. It takes bold ideas and brilliant minds to build a better world for future generations across the globe.
This is more than a job. It's a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today - and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you'll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.
Everyone here is unique. But we're also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join UL Solutions and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.
Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we help build a better future - one where everyone benefits.
Join UL Solutions to be at the center of safety. To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com
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ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
ABOUT THE TEAM
When you combine the gravitas of a 130-year-old safety science leader with a culture of innovation that pushes the boundaries in new services and technology, you get UL Solutions. As a global team of business and engineering experts, we develop software for a huge range of industries, including medical, sustainability, renewable energy and healthy buildings. Together, we're dedicated to making a real-world difference, to using our knowledge for good and to pioneering positive change. Join our team and use your expertise to transform global safety, security and sustainability.
This is Hybrid 3 days a week on-site at the Austin, Texas office.
UL Solutions is seeking a Summer AI Engineer Intern with a strong interest in Agentic AI systems, large language models (LLMs), and intelligent automation. In this role, you will work with experienced AI and software engineers to prototype, build, and evaluate agent-based AI solutions that support complex workflows, reasoning, and orchestration across enterprise software platforms.
This internship provides hands-on exposure to real-world AI systems, including prompt engineering, tool-using agents, multi-step reasoning workflows, and integration with production software systems.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As an AI Engineer Intern, you will:
- Design and prototype agentic AI workflows using large language models (LLMs)
- Work with structured and unstructured data to support AI-driven decision-making
- Experiment with frameworks and patterns for agent orchestration, memory, and context management
- Evaluate model outputs using quantitative and qualitative metrics
- Document experiments, design decisions, and findings
- Participate in agile development processes, standups, and code reviews
QUALIFICATIONS
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- Strong programming skills in Python
- Foundational knowledge of:
- Machine learning and AI concepts
- Data structures and algorithms
- Software engineering fundamentals
- Familiarity with large language models (e.g., GPT-style models) and prompt-based systems
- Strong problem-solving skills and curiosity about emerging AI technologies
- Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate in a team environment
What you'll experience working for ULS
UL Solutions has been pioneering change since 1894 and we're still leading the way. From day one, we've blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.
That's where you come in - because none of it could happen without you. It takes passion to protect people, problem-solving to safeguard personal data and conviction to make the world a more sustainable place. It takes bold ideas and brilliant minds to build a better world for future generations across the globe.
This is more than a job. It's a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today - and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you'll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.
Everyone here is unique. But we're also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join UL Solutions and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.
Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we help build a better future - one where everyone benefits.
Join UL Solutions to be at the center of safety. To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com
#LI-SG2
#LI-Hybrid
ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
ABOUT THE TEAM
When you combine the gravitas of a 130-year-old safety science leader with a culture of innovation that pushes the boundaries in new services and technology, you get UL Solutions. As a global team of business and engineering experts, we develop software for a huge range of industries, including medical, sustainability, renewable energy and healthy buildings. Together, we're dedicated to making a real-world difference, to using our knowledge for good and to pioneering positive change. Join our team and use your expertise to transform global safety, security and sustainability.
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