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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 in Gorinchem . 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, for example for systems 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, and operate within 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:
Orchestration and Task Planning
- How can an orchestration layer decide which agent performs which part of a task?
- How can agents share results efficiently without confusion or duplication?
- How can we combine clear rule based coordination with adaptive planning?
Context and Memory Management
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