MSc or BSc Thesis / Internship (m/f/d) Industrial Internet Speedtest

Mannheim, GermanyFull-timePosted Aug 6, 2026

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This position reports to:

R&D Team Lead - Secure Connected Systems

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You want to support industrial research projects and teams with your interest in network management and orchestration technologies, developing methods to automate network operation beyond office IT for industrial use-cases with state of the art networking technologies? Then join ABB, a global key player in industrial automation and smart electrification, as an intern or student worker. Apply your skills and grow personally in a challenging and fascinating environment.

ABB is a technology leader driving the digital transformation of industries toward autonomous industrial plants and buildings. Industrial systems comprise automation systems, networks and devices, software tools and platforms, and control solutions.

In the ABB Research Center Germany, we focus on innovating digital industries and smart and sustainable electrification systems. In our team, we contribute to these goals with connectivity, system integration, and applied security competencies.  Become a member of our team and be part of the projects and research teams and their endeavor of demonstrating great results by supporting with great visualization and UX approaches as well as prototype user interfaces.

Key responsibilities

The work model for the role is: #LI-Hybrid

You will be mainly accountable for:

  • In close collaboration with our research team, you will be developing a distributed network benchmark concept for industrial cloud/internet environments.  This includes:
  • Conceptualization, analyzing the characteristic communication patterns and QoS requirements of distributed automation traffic as well as different infrastructure scenarios; based on this, define test cases and a methodology to analyze measurements and provide an automated assessment of a concrete cloud/internet situation.
  • Development, implementing a benchmark software for the concept, including on-site front-end and cloud backend parts for users to execute tests, and to centrally collect the results.
  • Execution, running benchmarks and supporting other users in benchmarking to build a benchmark data-set; evaluate the results of the automated assessment.

    Qualifications for the role

    • We expect you to bring creativity, initiative, and result orientation to support driving our innovations toward new products and services.
    • You have a study background in computer science or communication engineering. You bring experience in software development, communication networks, and basic statistical analysis. A background in cloud application development and LLM-based software development are further benefits.
    • You are highly motivated, team-minded, and able to work independently.
    • Fluent English in verbal and written form is required.

    Interested in joining our team? We are looking forward to receiving your complete application (CV, Cover letter, Transcript of records) through our online tool. In the case of equal suitability, people with severe disabilities and their equals are given preference.

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