Working Student / Intern – Product Development (all genders)

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Product Developement Intern / Working Student (m/f/d), you will help us validate and refine our product in close collaboration with customers, operators, operations experts, and internal engineering teams. Depending on your profile, the role can have either a stronger technical focus or a stronger business and market-facing focus. You will work on topics ranging from customer outreach, expert interviews, market research, and product demonstrations to prototyping small demo systems and test setups. This role offers hands-on exposure to product development in a deep-tech environment combining technical understanding, market insight, and real customer feedback.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

As a Product Developement Intern / Working Student, you will support ERC's product and commercial teams in product validation, customer discovery, and market understanding. Conduct outreach to customers, operators, operations experts, and industry stakeholders Prepare, conduct, and document expert interviews Support market research, competitor analysis, and customer segmentation Participate in product demonstrations, live tests, and customer workshops Prototype small demo systems, mockups, or test setups to validate customer interaction Support customer-facing payload, subsystem, and demonstration setups Translate customer and expert feedback into product insights Contribute to product validation processes, documentation, trade fairs, and field tests

WHAT YOU BRING

You are currently studying Engineering, TUM-BWL, Technology Management, or a comparable technical-business degree, ideally towards the end of your bachelor's or during your master's You are interested in customer-centric product development and enjoy bridging technical systems, user needs, and market opportunities Depending on your profile, you bring either a stronger technical builder mindset, a stronger business and research orientation, or a combination of both

You have experience in some of the following

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