Working Student (m/f/d) - Hardware Project Coordination & Documentation

G+D makes the lives of billions of people around the world more secure. We shape trust in the digital age with built-in security tech in three segments: Digital Security, Financial Platforms and Currency Technology. We have been a reliable partner for our customers for over 170 years with our innovative solutions for SecurityTech! We are an international technology group and traditional family business with over 14,000 employees in 40 countries. Creating Confidence is our path to success. Trust is the basis of our collaboration within G+D.

We are the reliable partner for all challenges resulting from the Internet of Things. We offer a complete connectivity portfolio for mobile network operators, automotive manufacturers, technology companies such as chip and module manufacturers as well as transport and logistics providers. Our portfolio includes highly secure solutions in the area of connectivity & IoT, from classic SIM, eSIM and iSIM, to the associated embedded operating systems and life cycle management, through to services for global connectivity and IoT solutions. Do you want to actively shape the digital transformation with us?

We are looking for a Working Student (m/f/d) to support a strategic tracking hardware product development program. You will be based primarily at our G+D IoT Solutions site in Unterschleißheim, supporting the project lead with coordination, documentation, stakeholder tracking, Quality gates milestone preparation, and cross-functional follow-up across a complex, multi-workstream tracking hardware development program — helping keep the project transparent, structured, and on track.

Your tasks:

• Maintaining a central source of truth: project documentation, meeting notes, decisions, and action-item tracking in Confluence and Jira
• Supporting project quality gates preparation: tracking project deliverable status, evidence links, and gate readiness per milestone
• Maintaining the RAID log: risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and decisions — with owner, status, and due dates
• Preparing presentations, status updates, and board briefings for the Project Manager and steering audiences
• Tracking cross-functional actions across engineering, certifications, production, quality, and procurement streams
• Following up on open actions and flagging potential delays to the Project Manager early
• Supporting coordination with internal and external partners
• Exploring opportunities to use AI tools and process automation to improve efficiency and documentation quality

Your qualifications:

• Enrolled student (m/f/d), ideally at Master's level, in Industrial Engineering (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen), or a related field
• Minimum 12 months remaining enrollment
• Strong skills in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint) and ideally Jira / Confluence / SharePoint
• Basic understanding of hardware product development — ability to follow technical discussions on topics such as ATEX certification, BOM, testing, production processes, and supplier coordination
• Familiarity with project management concepts (PRINCE2, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)/Quality Gate (QG) milestone logic is a strong plus)
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail and a structured, reliable, proactive working style
• Strong stakeholder-facing communication skills; excellent English and good German (written and spoken)
• Interest in product certification, industrialization, hardware development, or AI-based tools is a plus

Your benefits:

• A dynamic and international work environment in a leading technology company
• Flexible working hours, based primarily on-site at our IoT Solutions site in Unterschleißheim, with some remote flexibility
• Direct involvement in a complex, cross-functional hardware development program with ATEX certification, production industrialization, and multi-partner coordination
• Attractive compensation and networking opportunities with other working students
• Possibility of future employment after graduation