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Cognex Corporation posted this role. Below, we break down what it means for a working student in Aachen: your weekly hours, take-home pay and visa limits. You can also open ChatGPT or Claude with a ready-made prompt to tailor your CV, check your fit, draft a cover letter or prep for the interview.
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Description provided by Cognex Corporation
Immediate Start
Location: Krefelder Str. 218, 52070 Aachen, Germany
This is an internship, up to 20 hours per week. This position is primarily responsible for supporting the manufacturing engineer and assembly technician creating processes, building, and testing Cognex products assembled, inspected or tested in Aachen.
Essential Functions:
- Perform assembly and test functions with fixtures for cameras in a timely fashion and in accordance with the defined procedures.
- Assist in updating procedures to be used by technicians or the contract manufacturer
- Use automated test equipment and specialized fixtures, to perform function test procedures. Enter results in the applicable quality database.
- The ability to recognize, document, and escalate test and quality related issues for both product and process.
- Perform unit inspections and minor repairs when necessary.
- Assist in minor troubleshooting, inspection, and material support.
- Assist manufacturing engineering team with BOM changes, drawing updates, qualification/deviation requests as needed to manage the supply chain with Cognex suppliers
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Able to work individually or in a group/team environment with flexible work conditions
- Able to interpret BOMs, process flows, work instructions, deviations and purges
- Proficient in PC quality data entry, MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint preferred
Minimum education and work experience required:
- Pursuing a degree in manufacturing, mechanical, industrial, or mechatronics engineering
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
Working student essentials
What this Engineering internship in Aachen means for you: the pay rules, the social contributions, and what international students should check before applying.
Weekly hours
Internships have no 20-hour cap, but a voluntary internship longer than three months generally has to pay at least the German minimum wage. Mandatory internships in your study programme are exempt.
Working student rulesSocial contributions
Mandatory internships are largely exempt from social contributions. Voluntary internships are treated like regular employment once they run long enough, so contributions usually apply.
Check your insuranceInternational students
Non-EU students can work 140 full or 280 half days per year (raised from 120/240 in March 2024). A working student contract usually fits within this — confirm the exact limits printed on your residence permit.
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