Intern Distributed Design Optimization (f/m/x)

BMW Group; München; Hybrid; EUR 13,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mobile work

Apartments for students (Munich only)

Job summary

BMW Group invites a motivated student to join as Intern Distributed Design Optimization (f/m/x) in Munich for six months. You’ll contribute to distributed design optimization and accelerate convergence with nonlinear programming concepts while supporting the digital transformation of vehicle development.

You’ll gain practical Python software experience and collaborate with experts. The internship focuses on building mathematical methods, benchmarking distributed problems, and improving a Python

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of numerical optimization and/or non-linear programming.
• Studies in mathematics, computational engineering, computer science or a related field.
• Practical experience with object-oriented software development in Python is advantageous.
• Structured, self-motivated and independent work style.
• Very good English or German language skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in distributed design optimization research and implementation.
• Support early-stage virtualization of vehicle development.
• Contribute to benchmarking with distributed design problems.
• Help evaluate simulated design processes and identify insights for algorithm improvements.
• Develop software features to improve the Python framework user experience.

Skills

Mathematical optimization

Non-linear programming

Python

Education

Mathematics

Computational engineering

Computer science

Tools

Python

Job description

Intern Distributed Design Optimization (f/m/x)

THE BEST INTERNSHIP IN THEORY - AND IN PRACTICE.

SHARE YOUR PASSION.

World-leading technologies don’t make it into a BMW until they’ve undergone one of the most challenging journeys imaginable. It takes dynamic teams with outstanding technical skills to take them from the drawing board to the road. That’s why our experts will treat you as part of the team from day one, encourage you to bring your own ideas to the table – and give you the opportunity to really show what you can do.

Our team at the BMW Group focuses on distributed design optimization, a promising approach for coupled optimization in the early phase of car design across our multidisciplinary organization. We develop mathematical methods to accelerate and stabilize the convergence of our distributed design optimization framework, especially when dealing with integer variables from practical applications.

What awaits you?

• You help drive the digital transformation and support the early-stage virtualization of overall vehicle development.
• Furthermore, you support the research and implementation of the latest mathematical concepts from non-linear, mixed-integer programming to accelerate convergence towards the optimal design.
• In addition, you help add representative distributed design problems to our existing benchmark.
• Moreover, you support the evaluation of the simulated design process, help identify insights into the coordination of distributed systems, and contribute to proposing algorithmic improvements.
• Furthermore, you help implement software features that improve the user experience of our Python framework.

What should you bring along?

• Studies in mathematics, computational engineering, computer science or a related field.
• Profound knowledge of mathematical numerical optimization and/or non-linear programming (mandatory).
• Practical experience in object-oriented software development with Python is advantageous.
• Structured way of working with a high degree of self-motivation and independence.
• Very good English or German language skills.

Are you passionate about mathematical optimization and eager to shape the digital transformation of vehicle development?

What do we offer?

• Mobile work.
• Apartments for students (subject to availability & only at the Munich location).

Duration: 6 months

Working hours: Full-time

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Intern Distributed Design Optimization (f/m/x)

Legal Entity:

BMW AG

Location:

Job Field:

New technologies

Job Id:

197274

Publication Date:

14.10.2026