Functional Safety Intern (m/f/d)
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We're looking for a motivated Functional Safety Intern (ideally 6 months, mandatory internship) to join our Safety Systems team in Schönaich (close to Stuttgart), with a flexible start date. You will own the tooling that keeps our safety evidence coherent - requirement files, our ALM system, test annotations and CI all need to agree with each other - and you will build it working alongside AI coding agents, every day. Roughly 60% of your time goes into safety tooling you own outright, 20% into supporting certification and assessment work, and 20% into requirements engineering. If that is your passion this is a uniquely impactful place to develop your skills.
HERE'S WHERE YOU MAKE AN IMPACT
Build and maintain the synchronisation between our requirement files and the ALM system
Write CI checks that enforce safety evidence rather than merely describe it - traceability from requirements to tests, and coverage figures that can be relied on
Maintain the automation around our review and release workflows, treating these as support tools under the standard, with the tool-qualification thinking that implies
Prepare responses to external assessor review protocols and track document versions issued to the assessor, so open points can be closed
Author and refine requirements across the product, system and unit tiers; maintain traceability and gap registers; keep requirements and architecture diagrams consistent with one another
WHO YOU ARE
Enrolled MSc student in Electrical Engineering, Software, Mechatronic or Robotics - with a strong interest in functional safety
Working knowledge of safety development lifecycles and workflows
Exposure to a functional safety standard (IEC 61508, ISO 13849, ISO 26262, or IEC 62061)
Familiarity with FMEA, diagnostic coverage, or failure-rate budgeting
Experience with ALM or requirements tools such as Polarion, codebeamer, Jama, or DOORS
Real experience working with AI coding agents (Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor or equivalent) - be ready to talk about what you built, where it was confidently wrong, and how you found out
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU
Flexible working hours when life takes unexpected turns
Company support for gym memberships through Wellpass
Birthday vouchers
Drinks and coffee (free of charge, of course)
Snacks and fruit for all employees, as well as breakfast every Monday
Regular global team-building events such as boot camps, skiing, and summer BBQs
An international team with long-term prospects
Highly competent colleagues who are experts in their field and happy to support you in your learning and growth
Modern office space
Our company's WG (upon availability)