Internship in Mechatronic Engineering for Agricultural Robotics (f/m/x)

Turning today’s research into tomorrow’s applications – together.

At ZEISS, we focus on user-centric innovation to transform ideas into cutting-edge solutions. At the ZEISS Innovation Hub @ KIT, we foster collaboration between students, researchers, entrepreneurs, and ZEISS employees to drive technological advancements.

Your Role

With us, you have the opportunity to perfectly combine your studies with practical experience while actively contributing to exciting projects. This allows you to gain valuable skills, expand your network, and grow both professionally and personally.

• Hardware development: Design, prototype, and integrate new features to enhance the active lighting, thermal management, automated battery charging and mechanical structure of the robot’s mobile base
• Navigation system: Support the development of environmental perception and localization systems for improved and safer navigation within greenhouses in cooperation with the camera vision & robotics teams
• Performance Evaluation: Benchmark and optimize the solutions developed in our lab in a greenhouse, in close alignment with our field engineers
• Concept development: Explore new mechatronic concepts for the automated maintenance of critical robot components, such as its end effectors
  
  

Your Profile

• Pursuing a master’s degree in mechatronic, mechanical or electrical engineering
• Experience in designing, integration and testing of mechatronic systems; experience with robots, sensors and actuators is a plus
• Experience in prototyping
• Experience with AGVs and AMRs mobile robots is a plus
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and a proactive, hands-on approach
• Ability to work well in an interdisciplinary, international team
• Good command of English, German skills are an asset but not required
  
  

Sounds exciting? Then become part of #teamZEISS and help us shape the future! Please provide your complete application documents (CV, transcript of records, etc.).

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team

Selina Safradin