Bachelor Internship: Handling Variants in Automotive Software
Join us in defining a dynamic strategy for managing software variation that effectively addresses the use cases and scenarios at DAF!
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Location Eindhoven
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Organisation Unit Internships Eindhoven
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Fulltime Fulltime
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Education level Bachelor
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Contract type Internship contract
Job description
While most DAF trucks look similar, they can be very different under the hood. Obvious examples are: the truck can have a diesel powertrain vs an electric one, or it can have normal mirrors vs cameras and displays. There are a lot of less obvious examples as well. These different hardware variants of the truck also result in differences in the software.
As there are a lot of possible truck configurations, in the order of 1000s, we are looking at a way to properly deal with this. The goal of this assignment is to define a strategy for handling variation in the software that meets the use-cases and scenarios at DAF.
This task includes:
- Investigate use-cases and scenarios that can result in variations in software;
- Research existing solutions for handling variation in software, for example: how is this done in open-source software;
- Create examples for handling variation in each of the use-cases and scenarios.
Possible extensions:
- Investigate a strategy for handling software variants in automated software tests.
Your profile
For this assignment we are looking for a Bachelor student ICT, Embedded profile. You possess the following competences: cooperation, creativity, planning and organizing, problem solving.
Department
You will be part of an experienced international team of the Platform Development group of DAF Embedded Engineering that is located in our awesome new office in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. You can read testimonies of our software engineers https://www.daf.com/en/working-at-daf/meet-your-colleagues/luuk-van-rossum and at https://www.daf.com/en/working-at-daf/meet-your-colleagues/ruud-van-den-boomen
DAF Embedded Engineering is primarily located in Eindhoven as part of PACCAR Electronics. The rest of our department is located in Renton (near Seattle, USA). Our location in Eindhoven has about 200 highly skilled people today. Together with our colleagues in Renton we deliver world class engineering in the domains of powertrain controllers and vehicle controllers.
The products developed within PACCAR Electronics are applied on DAF trucks but also in the famous PACCAR brands Kenworth and Peterbilt. Through component sales our products are also used by leading bus and coach manufacturers.
We offer
- A view behind the scenes at a large international corporation;You will get a lot of freedom and responsibility;
- We are open to your initiatives and depending on the assignment you see your results back in the workplace;
- An experienced coach and supervisor who can teach you a lot and is willing to help you with your assignment;
- After your graduation, you will have the opportunity to start your career at DAF;
- An internship wage of € 375,- (Bachelor) and € 450,- (Master) per month on full-time base;
- A travel allowance, if you don’t have a student travel product (provided by the Dutch government);
- A housing allowance, if you temporarily rent a room near DAF.
Each intern will have the opportunity to participate at the Student Event. During this event you will meet other interns and find out more about DAF/PACCAR!
Would you like to know more about the experiences of other students? Here you can read stories of our former interns.
