School student internship

In a school student internship at KUKA, you will experience a taster of everyday work at a high-tech company for one week. You will get to know the various departments, and will even be involved in working on the large industrial robots. In this way, you can find out what career suits you.

Finding the appropriate placement

Before you make your decision about which career you want to learn, it is best to gain an impression of the everyday working life. At KUKA, everything is about automation. We want to share our passion for this with you. As a result, we offer school students the opportunity of working for a week at KUKA as part of our taster placements in Augsburg and Bremen where they can get to know our products, procedures and structures. You will gain insights into our technical careers, and also find that our commercial branch has plenty to offer you.

You will get to know these careers and specialist areas during your school student placement:

In the industrial/technical area:

Industrial mechanic (d/m/w)
Electronics technician for automation technology (d/m/w)
Mechatronics technician (d/m/w)
Lathe/milling machine operator – specializing in milling technology (d/m/w)
Mechatronics (d/m/w)
Electrical engineering (d/m/w)
Mechanical engineering (d/m/w)

In the commercial area:

Industrial Clerk (d/m/w)

Procedure for a school student placement at KUKA in Augsburg

Location Augsburg

A school student placement at KUKA in Augsburg lasts one week, no matter which career branch you choose. The contents varies depending on the specialist area:

Placement in the industrial/technical area (d/m/w)

During the first two days and the last day, you will stay in our training center to get a taster of work at KUKA and find out what skills and competences are required for the individual professions. Then you spend Wednesday and Thursday in the production shops on the systems, machines and industrial robots – alongside experienced colleagues at all times, of course.

Placement in the commercial area (d/m/w)

During five days, you gain an insight into all departments that make up the industrial clerk training occupation. These include the Human Resources, Purchasing, Sales, Marketing and Controlling departments.

Location Bremen

In Bremen, a student internship at KUKA lasts between one and three weeks, no matter which career brand you choose. The content varies depending on the specialist area:

Placement in the industrial/technical area (d/m/w)

For their time at KUKA in Bremen, each trial intern receives an individually prepared schedule. The interns are mainly deployed in the training workshop as well as in the assembly shop and design department.

Placement in the commercial area (d/m/w)

In the commercial area, you will gain an insight into all departments that belong to the training profession of industrial clerk. These include the human resources department, purchasing, sales, marketing and controlling. Here you will get to know the processes and systems of the administrative departments.

Placements between March and June; applications start November

School student placements are possible at KUKA from March to June. The application window starts every year in November. At the location in Bremen, student internships are possible all year round. Please note:

The taster placement is unpaid.
During the Easter and Whitsun holidays, applicants from high schools and grammar schools are preferred. Background: it is not possible for you to take part in the school student placement during school time.

From November on, you can apply online at www.kuka.jobs for a school student placement at KUKA and learn about the world of automation and Industrie 4.0 – we are looking forward to hearing from you!