Working Student – Testing and test automation
Posted: Oct 16, 2025
Job Description
This Challenge Awaits YouModern vehicles feature complex electronic architectures and functions that increasingly integrate the classic vehicle domains of drive, chassis and comfort for the benefit of the customer. Furthermore, vehicle electronics are becoming more connected with the internet and consumer electronics, which places extensive range of requirements on the electrical/electronic architecture of the vehicle. We ensure with our testing activities that complex systems go into series production with high quality.Your TasksYou document Your knowledge for various stakeholders in the field of software testingYou set up test sites, put them into operation and continually expand them to support the development of networked vehicle functionsYou create residual bus simulations for precise replication of systems under testYou design and implement test automations including their detailed documentationYou structure and build internal data structures for effective analysis of test resultsYou manufacture cable harnesses for connection and communication between different hardware componentsYou capture and update the test inventory in the short term as well as its input into databasesNecessary SkillsOngoing studies in the field of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a similar course of studyInterest and initial experience in working with test automation and network technologiesVery good knowledge of German and English Desired SkillsSystematic and structured way of workingTeam capabilityRemuneration is based on our collective wage and salary agreement. The current hourly rate for this position is EUR 17.52.Das Spricht Für UnsAls Student:in arbeitest du bei IAV nicht irgendwo, sondern mittendrin. In echten Projekten. An spannenden Zukunftsaufgaben. Voll integriert und im Schulterschluss mit IAV-Expert:innen. Viel Verantwortung und gleichzeitig viel Freiraum, um Uni und Arbeit zusammen zu bringen: So entstehen beste Perspektiven für deine berufliche Entwicklung. Bei attraktiver Vergütung nach unserem Haustarifvertrag.Uns sind Vielfalt und Chancengleichheit wichtig. Für uns zählt der Mensch mit seiner Persönlichkeit und seinen Stärken.
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