Working Student - Automation and AI for Chip-Design Workflows (f/m/div)

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The future won’t wait... why should you? Join us and make a difference. Whether you join as a student, intern, or trainee, you'll be part of something real - real projects, real impact, and real opportunities to grow.

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Your role
Key responsibilities in your new role

• Automation: You develop Python-based automation, utilities, and data-processing solutions for chip design and integration workflows
• Software Development: You design and enhance scalable software workflows, interfaces, and integrations between engineering tools and IT systems
• AI & Innovation: You explore and prototype AI/ML and generative AI use cases, including log analysis, anomaly detection, knowledge retrieval, workflow assistance, and productivity automation
• CI/CD: You build reliable CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, monitoring solutions, and technical documentation for internally developed tools
• Data Analysis: You analyze workflow data and performance bottlenecks and translate findings into practical software improvements
• Collaboration: You work closely with software, IT, and semiconductor-domain experts in an international engineering environment

Your profile
Qualifications and skills to help you succeed

• Academic Background: You are currently studying Computer Science, Informatics, Software Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a comparable software-focused field
• Programming Skills: You demonstrate strong programming fundamentals and practical experience with Python
• Software Engineering: You understand core software engineering concepts such as modular design, APIs, testing, debugging, data structures, and algorithms
• Operating Systems: You work confidently in Linux/UNIX environments and use Git for collaborative software development
• Problem Solving: You enjoy solving unfamiliar technical challenges, learning complex application domains, and translating user needs into maintainable software solutions
• AI Interest: You have a strong interest in AI/ML, generative AI, data engineering, or intelligent automation, with hands-on project experience considered an advantage
• Tools & Technologies: You bring knowledge of additional programming languages such as Java, C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go and have basic experience with CI/CD tools and technologies such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Docker
• Languages: You communicate fluently in English, German language skills are a plus

Please attach the following documents to your application:

• CV in English
• Certificate of enrollment at university
• Latest grades transcript (not older than 6 months)
• High school report

Important information:

• Working part-time: The focus is on studies. That’s why working as a student employee during lecture period is limited to a maximum of 20 hours per week.
• Proper students (according to the German law) are welcome: To work as a student employee with us, you must be enrolled at a university and not have completed all of your exams or modules for your degree programme. You must not be in a semester of leave. We look forward to welcoming you to our team for at least 6 months.
• You should live close to the site: For good collaboration, it is important to us that you can come to the office regularly to integrate to the team.

Further links:

• Find out what we are looking for in your CV
• Find out how the student application process works with us
• Discover our student website

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