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

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

Your Profile

- 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.).

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Selina Safradin