Working Student Quality Assurance & Test Support (d/f/m) – Digital Transformation

We strive to make cities the best ever places to live, by advancing an industry that moves over 1 billion people each day. We are transforming our business by driving the industry norm and challenging ourselves, fostering a culture of internal and external collaboration, and building on our unique engineering capabilities to optimize existing and create new products and solutions for our customers that cater to real mobility needs.

With customers in over 100 countries served by more than 50,000 employees, TK Elevator achieved sales of around €9 billion in fiscal year 2022/2023. We ensure high levels of customer service globally from our extensive network of about 1,000 locations. Over the past several decades, TK Elevator has established itself as one of the world’s leading elevator companies and became independent after separation from the thyssenkrupp group in August 2020. The company’s most important business line is the service business proudly provided by around 25,000 service technicians. The product portfolio ranges from standardized elevators for low-rise residential buildings to highly customized solutions for skyscrapers. In addition, it covers escalators, moving walks, passenger boarding bridges and stair and platform lifts. Integrated cloud-based solutions, such as the MAX platform, are delivering enhanced services. With these digital offerings, there are no longer any limits to urban mobility. TKE – move beyond.

Your main tasks are as follows:

• Support other testing teams in developing, configuring and setting up test equipment, ensuring the required test infrastructure is available for Component and Integration tests
• Reproduce and simulate defects observed in the field using a specialized test bench setup. You will validate issues and contribute to effective defect resolution, with guidance from senior team members.
• Help capture, retrieve, and analyze device logs, identifying and investigating unusual behaviors or anomalies. This will contribute to ensuring device functionality and stability.
• Assist in using packet analyzer tools like tcpdump or Wireshark to capture and analyze network traffic within the edge network. You will gather evidence and insights under supervision for assessments.
• Assist in analyzing data (e.g., using Databricks) to identify outliers in metrics/logs such as connectivity, resource utilization, consumption, API calls, or error rates.

Skills:

• Advanced bachelor’s or master’s student in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field
• A conceptual understanding of software testing principles, with a willingness to learn more in this area.
• Some hands-on experience with embedded devices and remote access tools (e.g., SSH, Putty, MobaXterm) is beneficial.
• Familiarity with IoT devices running on Linux-based systems and a basic understanding of hardware and electronics, experience with Raspberry Pi is a plus.
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages such as Python or C++.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline tools such as Azure Pipelines or Git.
• An understanding of networking and IP-related protocols is helpful.

Desired Qualities:

• You should be eager to expand your knowledge and learn new testing tools, methodologies, and technologies.
• Careful and thorough in performing tasks to ensure accurate results.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative environment, helping others, and asking for support when needed.

You should be available for 20 hours per week for at least 6 months.

• From theory to practice – you gain valuable practical experience and have the chance to expand your professional network
• Above-average vacation entitlement – With us you get vacation according to the collective agreement
• Flexible work location – Depending on the task, you also have the option of working partly from your remote office
• Flexible working hours – With us, you can easily combine your studies with work
• Open corporate culture – We place more value on your personality than on a specific dress code
• Great team – We are on a first-name basis and communicate at eye level across all positions
• Your well-being is important to us – You can expect free hot and cold drinks for an optimal start to the day, a kiosk with rolls, cakes and snacks for the small appetite and varied discounted food in the canteen at noon
• Almost as nice as at home – We offer you bright, modern workplaces and good IT equipment

We value diversity

At TK Elevator, we aim to embrace diversity and welcome everyone, no matter the ethnicity, nationality, gender or gender expression, age, social background, religion or world belief, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic or status.

Do you have a disability and would like to work with us? Then we look forward to your application!

As a signatory of the Charter of Diversity, TK Elevator is committed to a prejudice-free and diverse working environment with equal opportunities. Although we are not completely barrier-free yet, we are working every day to improve ourselves. Let’s overcome barriers together and work on individual solutions that work for you.