Internship "AI-Based Data Harmonization and Decision Support Using LLMS and Multi-Agent Systems"

CENTER FOR DIGITAL SAFETY & SECURITY

As Austria's largest research and technology organisation for applied research, AIT works on substantial contributions to solving the major challenges of our time, climate change and digitalisation.

The Center for Digital Safety & Security located in Vienna invites applications for an internship. The Competence Unit for Cooperative Digital Technologies is leading in applied research on the development of data-based IT solutions for various application scenarios, including innovative solutions supporting communities in increasing their resilience and achieving their sustainable development goals.

The Sustainable & Resilient Society team focuses on IT concepts and systems for enabling data exchange in different domains, especially IT solutions for crisis and disaster management and sustainability management in communities and companies.

Your tasks

• Under the guidance of an interdisciplinary team, you will support in identifying relevant data collection and processing workflows and in advancing aggregation methods to make the relationship between desirable goals and necessary measures more transparent and traceable.
• You will contribute to a development project aimed at developing AI-based approaches for harmonizing data flows and improving data-driven decision support.
• You will work with modern LLM-based systems, including the use of custom APIs, tools and multi-agent architectures.
• At the end of your internship you will implement a small demo, for example a prototype that connects to an LLM via a custom API and demonstrates data-driven decision support using a tool.
• You will gain practical experience in the development of a flexible, scalable and secure data management ecosystem that supports evidence-based decision-making, including in crisis situations.
• You support an international project and get exciting insights into the technological environment.
• You will have the opportunity to discuss your work experiences and results with experienced scientific peers and connect with other bachelor’s, master’s or PhD students.

Your qualifications as an Ingenious Partner

• Ongoing bachelor’s programme, early stage, in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• Solid mathematical foundations, for example calculus, linear algebra and statistics.
• Initial hands-on experience in programming, for example with Python, additional languages are a plus.
• General interest in Artificial Intelligence and data-driven systems.
• Desirable: first exposure to AI frameworks, for example crew.ai, multi-agent systems, evaluation methods, or the customization and orchestration of AI models.
• Analytical thinking, willingness to learn, and motivation to engage with new technologies.
• Very good verbal and written English skills, team language is English, German and other language skills would be a plus.

What to expect

• Duration of the internship: 2 months
• Start date: summer 2026, with some flexibility concerning the start date
• A remuneration of EUR 1.461 gross per month for 38.5 hours per week.
• Additional company benefits, flexible working conditions and work experience in a highly innovative environment.

At AIT, an inclusive and family-friendly working environment promotes equal opportunities and strengthens diversity across the workforce and in leadership positions. Applications from female applicants are particularly welcome.

Please submit complete application documents online, consisting of CV, cover letter, relevant certificates and documents, as well as proof of identity.