Working Student - HFIN Phase 1

About

As a working student in the highly innovative research project HFIN (Human Factors for Navigation) Phase 1, you will directly contribute to road safety by helping to optimize the driver's cognitive load.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in researching and analyzing driver cognitive load metrics and their impact on road safety.
• Necessary literature review.
• Support data collection and analysis related to driver behavior.
• Creation of optimal algorithms as per HFIN use cases.
• Data mining, as well as the creation of insights needed for HFIN.
• Participate in testing and validating the results.
• Visualization of the results using the HERE Platform.
• Familiarization with the HERE platform and its application within the HFIN project.

Note: This is a 20-hour-per-week working student contract for 6 months. We offer a hybrid working model, with 2 days per week onsite at our Schwalbach office required.

Who are you?

• You are currently studying Computer Science, Data Science, GIS, or a related field (BSc or MSc level).
• Programming skills in Python or Java, with an understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Experience in data mining, analysis, and visualization.
• Familiarity with GIS platforms and understanding of cognitive load, driver distraction, and human-in-the-loop system principles (nice-to-have).
• Strong written and verbal communication English skills to clearly report findings.
• Detail-oriented mindset with strong analytical skills and interdisciplinary curiosity.
• Openness and motivation to learn and adopt new tools and technologies.
• Applicant needs to have student status and must be enrolled in a German university in and around Schwalbach/Frankfurt region.

What Do We Offer?

• A chance to work on real, production-grade challenges.
• Mentorship from experienced GIS-experts, engineers, and architects at HERE.
• Hybrid model of work (2 days office and 3 days home office per week).
• Work on the development of high-scale services, serving and storing petabytes of data.
• Work with cutting-edge, modern technologies.
• Flexible working hours.
• A diverse team of fantastic & talented people from 60+ countries worldwide.

About Us

HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.

At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change, join us. Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel.