Internship in Next-Generation System Interaction with Contextual Voice Command Activation (f/m/x)

As a student, you work with your colleagues on an equal footing and create ideal conditions for your future career. Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That's just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people. In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together. Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow. Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity. Apply now! It takes less than 10 minutes.
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Motivation for the Work

Turning today's research into tomorrow's applications – together. At ZEISS, we focus on user-centric innovation to transform ideas into cutting-edge solutions. The ZEISS Innovation Hub @ KIT fosters collaboration between students, researchers, and industry professionals to drive technological advancements.

Your Role

We are seeking passionate and talented students who are eager to shape next-generation products at ZEISS. Integrated in a team of scientists and research engineers, you will work (for at least 4 months) on research projects for interactive systems. In these projects voice commands play a crucial role for human-computer interaction capabilities. The internship will focus on voice commands with speaker and context identification without a wake-up word. It includes user interaction design with novel form factors and prototyping with new hardware and sensors in the context of automated speech recognition.

 

What We Offer

• An opportunity to build the foundation for next-generation products
• The possibility to conceptualize and implement interaction design and to prototype with new hardware and sensors
• Mentorship by experienced PhD-level experts
• The option to write a master thesis following an internship position
• A modern working environment enabling hybrid work by offering remote workdays
• An opportunity to join a growing company with many career options

Profil

• You are enrolled in a master's or bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or similar
• You are interested in technology and motivated to work on challenging tasks
• You have a strong computer science background with very good coding skills
• You have experience and/or strong interest in human-centered design
• You also have some experiences in at least one of the topics listed above
• You are willing to collaborate and work in complementary teams
• Good communication skills in English and/or German
• You are willing to learn and explore with a high degree of initiative and creativity

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

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Important note
Please be advised that a valid work permit for Germany is required for non-EU citizens. Unfortunately, applications without a valid work permit and sufficient German language skills may not be considered.

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