
Working Student – Hardware QA, Provisioning & Assembly (m/f/d)
Estimated take-home
Monthly net after taxes & social security
€1,161/mo+
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Job description
Sensorberg posted this role. Below, we break down what it means for a working student in Berlin: 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 Sensorberg
Sensorberg is looking for a reliable and hands-on working student to support our hardware operations. You will help ensure that our access-control devices meet our quality standards, are correctly provisioned and are ready for shipment to customers.
Part-time: 16–20 hours per week || 16€/hr
Your responsibilities include:
- Inspect and test access-control devices before deployment
- Verify that sensors, electronic components and device functions work correctly
- Identify, document and report hardware defects or quality issues
- Assemble hardware components according to defined procedures
- Connect, configure and register devices within Sensorberg’s infrastructure
- Install firmware and apply device configurations where required
- Maintain accurate records of device status, test results and provisioning
- Prepare, label and package hardware for customer shipments
- Help manage hardware inventory, components and accessories
- Support the continuous improvement of QA, assembly and provisioning processes
- Collaborate with the hardware, operations and technical teams to resolve issues
- You are currently enrolled at a university or university of applied sciences
- You have an interest in hardware, electronics, IoT or access-control technology
- You enjoy practical, hands-on work and are comfortable handling technical devices
- You work carefully, reliably and in a structured manner
- You have strong attention to detail and take ownership of quality
- You are comfortable following technical instructions and documenting your work
- You can work independently while contributing effectively to a team
- Basic experience with hardware testing, electronics, device configuration or logistics is an advantage, but not required
- Good English skills are required; German skills are an advantage
Working with us at Sensorberg means having an excellent work-life balance with family-friendly working hours in the heart of Berlin. Our main company language is English and our team is very international. We have a culture of openness, collaboration and creativity where everyone is encouraged to take responsibility for projects and share their views with the team. It is natural for us to give everyone the support, encouragement and freedom they need to reach their personal potential. This includes the possibility of further development and training as well as a hybrid work model.
We live transparency through an open and honest exchange of information and offer a positive working atmosphere, because we believe that only in this way a good and relaxed cooperation in the teams can function and be promoted. Our field of work is dynamic and rather quick. We counter this with flat hierarchies and short coordination paths. To support the daily work routine and teamwork we always have fresh coffee, tea and other drinks, as well as fresh fruit. In addition, we have a modern office and work design, in which there is room for productivity as well as exchange with colleagues and cuddles with dogs – if you have one feel free to bring it to work with you!
Working student essentials
What this Engineering working student role in Berlin means for you: the weekly-hours rules, the social-contribution perks, and what international students should check before applying.
Weekly hours
Working students may work up to 20 hours a week during the semester and full-time during the breaks. Staying within this keeps your student status and the Werkstudent benefits.
Working student rulesSocial contributions
Under the Werkstudentenprivileg you're exempt from health, care and unemployment insurance contributions — only pension insurance applies. That leaves more net pay than a regular job.
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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