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Internship / Thesis Robotic Foundation Models for Automotive Final Assembly (m/f/d) Internship / Thesis Robotic Foundation Models for Automotive Final Assembly (m/f/d) Internship / Thesis Robotic Foundation Models for Automotive Final Assembly (m/f/d)

CompanyVolkswagen AG
LocationWolfsburg
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMarch 19, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The intern will research and implement learning-based methods for robotic manipulation within automotive final assembly environments. Responsibilities include setting up collaborative robots, collecting demonstration data, and evaluating the performance of trained models.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
101761
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
35 hours
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About The Company
The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group is made up of ten brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen, Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge, ŠKODA, SEAT, CUPRA, Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, Porsche and Ducati. Our group sells vehicles in 153 countries and operates 114 production plants worldwide. Each working day, around 675,000 employees worldwide produce cars, are involved in vehicle-related services or work in the other fields of business. Our goal is to make mobility sustainable for us and for future generations. Our promise: With electric drive, digital networking and autonomous driving, we make the automobile clean, quiet, intelligent and safe. At the same time, our core product becomes even more emotional and offers a completely new driving experience. It is also becoming part of the solution when it comes to climate and environmental protection. In this way, the car can continue to be a cornerstone of contemporary, individual and affordable mobility in the future. #Shapingmobility Imprint & Legal: http://vw.de/legal-notice DAT: http://vw.de/dat
About the Role

Brief Role Description

As part of the Group IT for Production and Logistics, we are responsible for software deployed across the entire process chain and are actively shaping the transformation toward AI-supported, data-driven production. Our team conducts research at the intersection of industrial robotics and modern AI methods with the goal of bringing autonomous systems into real manufacturing environments.As part of your internship (minimum 6 months) or thesis, you will explore how modern learning-based approaches can meet the specific requirements of automotive final assembly, ranging from data collection to the evaluation of real manipulation tasks. If you are pursuing a master's thesis, the task definition and research questions will be determined together with your supervising professor after confirmation of supervision. Your results will directly contribute to the development of the next generation of autonomous assembly systems. We look forward to your application.

Possible Tasks within this Role

  • Setting up and commissioning collaborative robots and sensor systems in an experimental research environment
  • Researching and analyzing current literature on learning-based methods for robotic manipulation
  • Practically investigating data-driven deep learning approaches for controlling real robot systems for a selected use case in automotive final assembly
  • Collecting, structuring, and evaluating demonstration data under industrial conditions
  • Assessing the performance of trained models based on self-developed or predefined evaluation criteria
  • Documenting and presenting results

Qualification requirements

  • Master's students in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a comparable field
  • Very good to good academic achievements
  • Strong analytical and conceptual skills as well as familiarity with scientific methods
  • Ability to work independently as well as in interdisciplinary teams, high motivation
  • Good knowledge of machine learning and neural networks as well as practical experience with PyTorch in research projects
  • Solid programming skills in Python and basic knowledge of Linux
  • Ideally experience with ROS / ROS 2, robot simulations (e.g. Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Gazebo) or fundamentals of robotics
  • German or English at proficiency level C1

Folgende Dokumente sind mit der Bewerbung einzureichen

  • Anschreiben + Lebenslauf
  • Aktuelle Immatrikulationsbescheinigung
  • Aktueller Notenspiegel
  • Bei einem Pflichtpraktikum zusätzlich eine Bescheinigung der Hochschule
  • Arbeitserlaubnis für Nicht-EU Bürgerinnen / Bürger

Keywords

Robotik in der Fertigung, Transformation Fertigung, Künstliche Intelligenz


What we offer

  • 30 vacation days + 24.12. and 31.12. off
  • 35-hour week
  • Company pension
  • Flexible working hours
  • Mobile working
  • Training and consulting offers
  • Special conditions for the purchase and leasing of vehicles
  • Bicycle leasing
  • Sabbatical program 

 

Depending on qualifications and professional experience, the annual gross salary for this position for a 35-hour week can range from [min. annual gross salary of the corresponding TB in EUR] to [max. annual gross salary of the corresponding TB in EUR; usually ES 20]. If particularly suitable, a gross annual salary of up to [Max. Annual gross salary of the corresponding TB in the Plus pay scale in EUR; usually ES 25] is possible.


Contact person for this posting: Team Volkswagen AG Studierende & Doktoranden

Key Skills
Machine learningNeural networksPyTorchPythonLinuxROSROS 2Robot simulationsIsaac SimMuJoCoGazeboRoboticsData analysisScientific methodsIndustrial robotics
Categories
TechnologyEngineeringScience & ResearchManufacturingSoftware
Benefits
30 vacation daysCompany pensionFlexible working hoursMobile workingTraining and consulting offersVehicle purchase and leasing discountsBicycle leasingSabbatical program