Internship (m/f/d) - Optimization Problems defined on Networks

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Looking for a taste of working life in an international, future-focused corporate group? Then join us as an intern (m/f/d) and familiarise yourself with a suitable department for 3 to 6 months. You will be involved in large-scale projects and perform a defined set of duties independently. Use your internship to build a network and become familiar with our company.

Your responsibilities

• Contribute to ongoing research activities on energy networks operations optimization, helping incorporate new models for different networked systems.
• Implement methods for heat networks in object-oriented python code.
• We expect that you show readiness to tackle difficult problems, above-average motivation to implement and test developed models and algorithms, and proactiveness to come up with new ideas on how to overcome possible challenges.
• Driving an independent work task as a project team member.

Your background

• You are currently enrolled in a master’s program in Mathematics or Physics, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or similar knowledge.
• You have experience with one of the following: non-linear constrained optimization, hyperbolic balance laws/PDEs, ordinary differential equations.
• You are interested in solving complex industrial optimization problems.
• You have programming experience in an object-oriented language (e.g. Python, C/C++).
• You have a good command of written and spoken English.
• You show readiness to tackle difficult problems, above-average motivation to implement and test developed models and algorithms, and proactiveness to come up with new ideas on how to overcome possible challenges.
• A bonus is experience with one of differential-algebraic equations, modeling of heat networks, writing software tests.

More about us

We believe in fairness, so interns who join us will benefit from our expertise as they expand their own knowledge. We give you the scope to try things out for yourself and obtain practical experience. Your time is valuable, so you will receive appropriate remuneration for the duration of the internship. Please note that internships are generally limited to six months, while voluntary internships during a bachelor course are for a maximum of three months. Please state whether you are applying for a voluntary internship or undertaking a mandatory internship, and be sure to enclose your certificate of enrolment. In the case of mandatory internships, please include the corresponding extract from your university’s internship guidelines. Interested? Then we look forward to receiving your informative application (cover letter, CV, certificate of enrolment, current transcript of grades and other supporting documents) through our online careers tool.