Bachelor-/ Master-Thesis (m/f/d) - Software Engineering / Architecture

At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. That's our story. Make it your story.

Your role and responsibilities

We will support you in the final phase of your bachelor or master's degree course. Compile your practically-oriented thesis with us, and seize the opportunity to gain insights into an international group. ABB will provide you with wide-ranging, professional and expert support to bring your thesis to a successful conclusion. The financial support we can offer includes a utilization bonus for your thesis The following tasks and responsibilities will be part of your role: • Research emerging academic and technology developments according to collected industrial requirements. • Define and answer research questions from defined research area. • Evaluate your results on industrial use cases and software systems from ABB's offering. • Areas of the theses topics include, but are not limited to: Cloud and Edge Computing, Containerization and Container Orchestration, Digital Twins, 5G networking, Microservice Architectures, Applied Machine Learning, Software Product Line Engineering, System and Software Modeling, Technical Debt and Software Quality Metrics, Software Performance Modeling. • Contributing to academic publications on international conferences and journals.

Qualifications for the role

• Highly-motivated student in computer science, software and systems engineering, information technology, electrical/automation engineering (or a related subject) who is curious about new technologies and want to tackle challenges collaboratively and independently
• Experience with software development in OOP (Java or C#) and/or other languages (C/C++)
• Additional experience in scripting languages (e.g. Python) is a plus
• Experience or willing to learn software and system modeling languages (UML, SysML, C4)
• As a good communicator, you have sound English skills in speaking and writing required by an international team

More about us

We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory With the approval of your university, you can complete your bachelor or master's degree by spending three to six months with us as you work on a practically focused thesis. You define the subject matter with us, with the support of the right contacts in various departments. 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.