Management Trainee (f/m/d) - Software Architecture

You have successfully completed your master’s degree or PhD and now you want to kickstart your career – preferably in an international environment. During our management trainee program, you will quickly assume responsibility for your tasks in the global KION Electronic Systems Team with a focus on our global approach to Software Architecture. From the outset, you will be an important part of the KION Group and a member of a collaborative team striving for excellence.

What we offer:

Brief Facts

Homebase: Hamburg or Aschaffenburg

Duration: 18 months

Program start: 01 October 2025

• In addition to a multifaceted job, you can look forward to exciting career opportunities and above-market remuneration
• You will quickly get to know all the important interfaces that ensure cross-functional collaboration based on partnership and trust
• The global orientation of the program is complemented by a 5-month assignment at one of our international locations
• From the start, we will assign you tasks for which you will have individual responsibility, giving you the opportunity to contribute your own ideas
• Your mentor, one of our KION executives, will support you along your journey and will drive your personal development

Tasks and Qualifications:

Tasks

• You will work intensively at the software development for our Industrial Trucks & Services (ITS), including autonomous vehicles
• You will conceptualize, design, and develop innovative embedded software architectures for vehicle control systems
• You will create and analyze software requirements and define the interfaces for software components
• You will evaluate appropriate technologies and tools to implement software architectures
• You will collaborate with teams from Product Management, Production, Digital Solutions, Operations, Quality and Sales & Service, which are important stakeholders for our solutions
• Another area of focus will be a deep dive of all different technologies used at our trucks to be a key player at the development of the next generation of trucks
• You will improve software development processes and strategies for continuous integration and testing

Requirements

• You have a master’s degree or PhD in engineering, (business) informatics or natural science and are now excited to gain practical experience
• You have a keen interest in systems engineering, embedded systems (cyber physical systems), and ideally already have initial practical experience in software development
• First experiences with real-time operating systems, embedded Linux, version control systems (e.g., Git) and continuous integration / continuous deployment (Ci/CD) pipelines are beneficial
• You have professional working proficiency in English enabling you to communicate with stakeholders and our global development teams; German language skills are needed as well
• You have already acquired international experience and/or are excited by the prospect of international collaboration and a placement abroad for several months as part of the trainee program
• You have strong IT skills – you particularly use MS Office daily and have knowledge of relevant programming languages, e.g., C/C++ or Python
• You are a team player with strong communication skills, and you are keen to take on responsibility and to work with a high level of initiative to achieve results you can be proud of

Did we spark your interest? We look forward to receiving your application.

Summary

• Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany; Hamburg, Germany
• Type: Full time