Internship - IT Consultant – R&D Applications - CTBC

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity at the intersection of IT and R&D?

This is your chance!

Join our dynamic Information Technology team as an Intern – IT Consultant in the R&D IT area. In this role, you will support digital transformation initiatives, learn how IT solutions are delivered in an innovation-driven environment, and contribute to operational excellence across our R&D applications and projects.

 Your key responsibilities:

• Support IT implementation projects (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid) within the R&D IT environment.
• Assist with project planning, execution, documentation, and coordination to help ensure on-time delivery.
• Contribute to identifying, tracking, and reporting project risks and issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional project teams and help foster effective teamwork and communication.
• Help prepare stakeholder communication materials to ensure transparency and alignment.
• Learn and apply IT governance standards, compliance requirements, and best practices.
• Provide support in technical consulting activities for internal business stakeholders and help evaluate suitable IT solutions.
• Assist with monitoring the operation, performance, and compliance of R&D applications to ensure availability and efficiency.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to support application lifecycle management.
• Build strong working relationships with IT colleagues and key user groups to co-create meaningful and strategic solutions.

• You are currently studying Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Informatics, or a related field (or recently completed your degree).
• You have a strong interest in IT project management and are eager to learn how IT projects are managed in a real business environment.
• Any previous exposure to IT projects or collaboration with technical teams (e.g., through university projects, internships, hackathons, personal projects) is a plus.
• You are interested in understanding IT application operations, project delivery processes, and how enterprise applications are managed.
• Interest with R&D or Engineering applications.
• You enjoy collaborating with others and are motivated to work with cross-functional teams (business, IT, external partners).
• You have good English skills, both written and spoken.
• You communicate clearly, are open to feedback, and enjoy working with different types of stakeholders.
• You are self‑driven, curious, and solution‑oriented, with a proactive attitude toward learning new technologies and ways of working.
• You are customer-focused and willing to support internal users and business partners.
• You have a genuine passion for digital innovation, technology trends, and continuous improvement.

• The 13th salary – Paid once a year, in December;
• Meal tickets - With a value of 40 Ron;
• Hybrid schedule – Work-life balance is important, so we offer a flexible schedule. Please agree on this with your superior;
• Private Health Insurance – Health is the most important, so we offer you a medical subscription through Signal Iduna;
• Referral bonuses - We encourage colleagues to refer new candidates to us and, at the same time, to get the chance to receive a bonus;
• Bookster – Feed your body and your mind. You can borrow books and you’ll receive them at the office;
• Sports benefits- It’s important to stay active, so we offer you the 7Card;
• Discounts at our partners – We collaborate with different vendors, and we receive discounts for various products/ services like rubbers, restaurants, kindergartens, etc;
• System for Rewarding Improvement Ideas – We have an internal improvement program (Continental Idea Management) that gives you the opportunity to come up with ideas and to be honored with an attractive bonus (this is established by the CIM team according to your improvement idea);
• Happy days – If you or your child is getting married, or you become a parent, you receive some extra free days;
• Life events celebration - If your family is growing, we praise your newborn with a bonus;
• Unfortunate events - In case of unhappy events in your life, we support you by offering you free days and financial support (handled on a case-by-case basis);
• Extra vacation days – You begin with 22 vacation days/year, and starting with the 3rd year with us, we offer you 1 more day of vacation and, afterward from 2 to 2 years you’ll get one more extra day (the maximum you can achieve is 29);
• Transport from the Timisoara area – You can choose to come with the bus provided by the company if you’ll work from the plant location/office;
• Professional development - Many opportunities to develop yourself within the company;
• Diversity and multicultural mindset - We encourage you to join us no matter who, where, or what you are. We have colleagues from different nations and a variety of languages are spoken in our company.

Ready to drive with Continental? Take the first step and fill in the online application.

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Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2021, Continental generated sales of €33.8 billion and currently employs more than 190,000 people in 58 countries and markets. On October 8, 2021, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary.

The ContiTech group sector develops and manufactures, for example, cross-material, environmentally friendly and intelligent products and systems for the automotive industry, railway engineering, mining, agriculture and other key industries. Guided by the vision of “smart and sustainable solutions beyond rubber,” the group sector draws on its long-standing knowledge of the industry and materials to open up new business opportunities by combining various materials with electronic components and individual services.