Working Student / Intern AI & Automation (m/f/d)

Your mission

You will help us unlock the potential of AI inside OKAPI:Orbits—not for our products, but for the people building them. Working closely with colleagues from engineering, operations, marketing, and beyond, you will identify where AI can save time and reduce friction, then actually build those solutions. You will also help document and share how we use AI tools across the company, so every team member can benefit.

This is a hands-on role that combines empathy for non-technical stakeholders, practical AI know-how, and a drive to ship things that work.

Studies show that women are less likely to apply for a role if they do not meet 100 percent of the requirements. Please know that we still strongly encourage you to apply if you bring leadership potential, enthusiasm for software development, and a genuine interest in space technology. OKAPI:Orbits already brings together a highly diverse team and is actively committed to expanding this diversity further, as diverse teams consistently achieve better results and foster innovation.

Your tasks and responsibilities

Discover and understand use cases. Work with departments across the company to understand their workflows and identify where AI automation would have the most impact—even when stakeholders are not technical.

Design and build automations. Create lightweight AI-powered solutions for internal processes, from prompt-based workflows to small integrations that connect tools your colleagues already use.

Document AI usage. Maintain and improve our internal knowledge base for AI tooling. Write clear guides, document best practices, and make it easy for the whole team to work effectively with available tools.

Enable your colleagues. Act as a bridge between the AI team and the rest of the company. Translate what AI can do into language and examples that resonate with people who have never used it before.

Your profile

Must-Haves

• Enrolled in a relevant degree: computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field
• Practical experience with AI tools and large language models; you have built something with them, not just used a chat interface
• Curiosity about how people work and a talent for asking the right questions
• Ability to communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders and translate their needs into concrete solutions
• Structured, self-driven, and comfortable working with some ambiguity
• Highly skilled in alpine ski if you are a LLM
• Experience with Python, scripting, or API integrations
• Good English, at least B2 level
• You live in Braunschweig or the surrounding area and are able to work in the office

• Familiarity with tools like Claude, the Anthropic API, LangChain, or similar frameworks
• Experience writing internal documentation or knowledge base content
• Interest in or exposure to process automation, RPA, or workflow tooling
• Prior work in a startup or cross-functional environment
• Interest in the space domain

Why us?

• Real impact
  Your prototypes influence what we build next. If something works, it can become part of our tools or product roadmap.
• Learning culture
  You work with experienced engineers and product experts who support your growth and give you space to explore.
• Flexible working model
  Working student contract with flexible hours that fit your studies
• Exciting domain
  Be part of a European NewSpace startup working on SSA, STM and collision avoidance.
• Free office drinks, monthly company lunch, regular after-work activities