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