Co-Op - Connected Infotainment Validation

Job Description

**Please note, we are not able to consider OPT/CPT candidates**

Volkswagen Group of America's 6 - month Co-Op Program targets undergraduate students entering their Junior or Senior years who are eager to acquire practical, real-world experience in the automotive industry. This program is designed for high potential, highly mobile, and self-starter candidates with a strong interest in the automotive industry. Focused on the development of professional and technical competencies as well as on-the-job-training, our Co - Op Program is an excellent opportunity to explore career choices early on. At Volkswagen Group of America, Co-Op participants have the chance to make an impact because we challenge them and trust them to perform meaningful work.

Program Information:

* 6 - month (Summer and Fall) Start Date (non-negotiable): June 2, 2025

* Program Duration: June 2, 2025 - December 23, 2025

* Please attach a copy of your current resume. Cover letter is optional.

* Please attach a copy of your current transcript. A PDF is required.

Role Summary:

This is an excellent opportunity to learn the basics of vehicle's electronic architecture and functionality. The goal of this internship is to setup test benches for different vehicles platforms and make sure they're commissioned and fully functional. This will expose the intern to a lot of various tools and knowledge base.

My team is responsible for all product validation activities for connected infotainment services across all VW brand vehicles. we start very early on in the development cycle usually on a test rack and move on to vehicle level testing as the product matures. we test a wide variety of features, like Radio, Navigation, Car Play & Android Auto, online services (vehicle tracking, calling from the vehicle, wifi) and mobile app vehicle functionality.

The intern will gain knowledge and skills in vehicle's architecture, ECU coding and SW flashing, vehicle diagnostics, issue resolution and root cause analysis, for all the features mentioned above.

Role Responsibilities:

Daily Tasks:
Provides documentation (failure report, CAN trace) on infotainment communication errors found during static and dynamic evaluation
- Uploads the documentation to the central database and follows up directly with responsible engineers for resolution
- Ensure the test benches and vehicles are at the correct version levels
- Define and implement changes with the team as required"

Weekly Tasks:
- Ensure that bench and vehicle test setups are up to date with the latest SW releases
- Ensure that coding is valid and up to spec
- Proper documentation of the latest vehicles and benches status

Monthly:
- set up a test rack from scratch
- ensure all control modules are configured and coded correctly
- identify setup issues and followup with specialists accordingly for solutions
- ensure the setup is functional as expected

Qualifications

Skills:

• Experience with automotive infotainment control modules
• Experience testing infotainment technology and the interaction with in-vehicle systems
• Understanding of vehicle communication networks and the ability to capture communication traces
• Degree in Electrical / Automotive Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
  
• Microsoft Office

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Volkswagen Group of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.