Internship – Robotics for Medical Applications & Robot-Assisted Surgery (f/m/x)

As a student, you work with your colleagues on an equal footing and create ideal conditions for your future career.

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That's just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.

In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.

Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application silence of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.

Apply now! It takes less than 10 minutes.

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

Integrated into a team of scientists and research engineers, you will work on research projects in medical robotics. This includes: Developing and testing concepts for medical robotics and robot-assisted surgery

Evaluating concepts both in simulation and on real setups, getting hands-on experience with robotics in the medical field

Conducting experiments in our robotics laboratory

Presenting and discussing research findings in team and department meetings

Working with researchers and engineers in a collaborative environment at the ZEISS Innovation Hub Karlsruhe, located at the KIT Campus North

What We Offer An opportunity to build the foundation for next-generation products

A dynamic and international team with an active student community

Hands-on research experience in medical robotics, including experimental lab work

Mentorship by experienced PhD-level experts

A modern working environment with state-of-the-art tools for research (AI-assisted coding, etc.)

You are interested in technology and motivated to work on challenging tasks

You are enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree program in engineering, computer science, robotics, or a related field

You have a strong engineering background and basic knowledge in robotics

You have programming knowledge in at least one of the following: Python, ROS, C++

Good communication skills in English and/or German

A hands-on mentality, an open mind, and excellent problem-solving and innovation skills

Passion for emerging technologies and motivation to work in agile, interdisciplinary teams

Sounds exciting? Then become part of #teamZEISS and help us shape the future! Please provide your complete application documents (CV, transcript of records, etc.). .