lnternship User Experience/ User Interaction (Pre-Development Intelligent Cockpit & Body) in Berlin bei CARIAD SE

At CARIAD, it’s our mission to transform automotive mobility for everyone, everywhere, making it safer, more sustainable, and more comfortable in every way. To deliver on that promise, we’re building a unified technology and software platform, including a vehicle OS and cloud platform, as well as a unified architecture. As a 100% subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, we’re developing solutions for all of its brands, including Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche, and will bring our software to over 40 million vehicles by 2030.

Is this an easy task? Not at all! To tackle such a huge challenge, we need a great team. And that’s where you come in. You’ll join more than 6,000 CARIDIANS already working on the latest vehicle features and functions like automated driving, state-of-the-art charging technology, as well as a new digital ecosystem. Together, we’re bringing sustainable change to one of the largest companies in the world.

YOUR TEAM

Our department "Pre-Development Intelligent Cockpit and Body" focuses on innovating in-cabin experiences in the context of mobility. By considering the user, mobility and technology, we aim to shape a holistic mobility experience. Our multi-disciplinary team consists of software and system engineers working together with UX/UI concept/design specialists.

The UX & UI-Team focuses on the user as the center of (pre-)developing inspiring mobility solutions by working according to the User-Centered Design Process (UCDP) and Design Thinking principles. This implies that innovative ideas and technologies are developed based on defined user requirements, realized as a prototype and tested via user studies. A high user experience as well as a very high usability while interacting with innovative functions, features and services are of major interest for the UX & UI-Team.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

As an intern, you will work on various tasks and projects in the UX & UI-Team. To gain a great deal of practical experience, we do not plan to have you write a thesis during your time as an intern. For this purpose, we offer special opportunities.

• Support the UX & Ul-Team working on innovative ideas and technologies in various pre-development projects
• Understand the user: Describe user context, identify user needs
• Derive requirements: Specify user requirements
• Create the user interface: Derive and prototype concepts
• Validate: Analyze user experience including usability by conducting qualitative as well as quantitative studies including analyzing the data

WHO YOU ARE

• Enrolled student (or bachelor's graduate starting master's degree program as soon as possible) in the Human-Machine interaction (e.g., UX Design, Human Factors, Psychology, Media Informatics) area
• Knowledge in User Experience approaches as well as in the User-Centered Design Process (UCDP)
• Familiar in conducting user research (e.g., context analysis incl. interviewing, validation incl. usability testing) and/or prototyping
• Experience in analyzing qualitative and quantitative data (e.g., R, SPSS)
• Dedicated team player that collaborates effectively with customers and other teams
• Analytical and structured way of working
• Self-responsible and reliable way of working
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills

NICE TO KNOW

• Remote work options
• Duration: 5 - 6 months
• 35-hour weeks
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YOUR RECRUITING CONTACT

Jennifer Podjatzki

At CARIAD, we value individuality and diversity. We see great strength in our differences and can all benefit from the unique perspectives of others. We strive to employ people with diverse backgrounds who have the expertise, energy and focus to advance our mission. If you're unable to submit an application because of a disability, please contact us at careers@cariad.technology.