Internship Opportunity: Automation & Testing in Medical Software Systems

Founded in Munich, Germany in 1989, Brainlab develops, manufactures and markets software-driven medical technology, enabling access to improved, more efficient, less-invasive patient treatments. Our key to success is our creative, talented and hard-working team, which consists of around 2400 dedicated and inspiring individuals in 25 locations worldwide. To succeed in reaching our targets, we are seeking committed colleagues who can stand behind our core values curious, authentic and useful.

Job Description

Join us in shaping the future of medical technology! We're offering an exciting internship focused on the automation of installation, configuration, and testing workflows for complex medical software systems. You’ll work hands-on with technologies like Ansible , virtual machines , and automated test pipelines , helping us streamline and improve the reliability of our development and testing environments.

Your mission will be to:

• Develop scripts and tools to automate the setup of hardware platforms and virtual machines.
• Enable developers and testers to replicate field systems with minimal effort.
• Create standardized demo and penetration test setups for internal and external use.
• Design and implement automated workflow tests across multiple software components.
• Collaborate with teams from different departments
• Support strongly with manual testing of our software as a critical part of the validation process

Technologies & Tools You’ll Work With

• Ansible for configuration management and automation of virtual machines
• Automated testing frameworks (e.g., Cypress)
• Monitoring & reporting tools
• Medical navigation systems and virtual machines
• Visual Studio Code as a multi-purpose programming IDE
• Git for version control

Qualifications

We’re seeking a motivated and technically skilled student who:

• Is currently enrolled in a technical university
• Is pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Medical Informatics , or a related field
• Has solid programming/scripting experience (e.g., Javascript, Python, Powershell, YAML)
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across departments
• Proactive and solution-oriented mindset
• Knowledge of Ansible, windows servers , and automation tools is a plus
• Ideally, has experience with git for version control , CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks (e.g. Cypress)

Additional Information

• Working environment: A mutually supportive, international team
• Practical experience: Opportunity to build career experience in an exciting international company with a lasting impact on medical technology based in Munich
• Working conditions: Flexible working hours
• Bike storage: Parking garage and safe underground bike storage
• Food and Snacks: Award-winning subsidized company restaurant and in-house cafes
• Fitness: Variety-rich fitness program in our ultra-modern 360m2 company gym
• Socializing: Weekly student lunches as well as regular after work and company events

Ready to apply? We look forward to receiving your online application including your first available start date.

Contact person: Lilli Balogh