Internship/Graduation: Developing User-Centred Technical Documentation

Vanderlande Industries GmbH; Veghel; Remote; EUR 5,600 - 6,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly internship allowance

Commuting allowance

On-site health center

Employee communities

Restaurant & coffee bar

Job summary

Vanderlande Industries GmbH in Veghel is offering an internship/graduation placement in the Content Development & Training department. You will explore how people find, use, share and adapt technical information in daily work through interviews, observations and user research.

You will assess the technical, learning and safety requirements behind Vanderlande information and seek opportunities to make documentation more relevant and user-centred.

Qualifications

• Interviews, observations and other user research methods to understand information needs.
• Analytical approach to synthesize research findings and inform documentation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct interviews and observations to understand how people use technical information.
• Identify users' information needs and difficulties when searching for or using documentation.
• Investigate technical, learning and safety requirements behind existing information.
• Analyse findings to identify opportunities for more user-centred documentation.
• Propose improvements by aligning user needs with technical requirements.

Skills

User research

Analytical mindset

English communication

Curiosity

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor/Master level (Human- Technology Interaction, Industrial Design, Innovation Sciences or related)

Job description

Assignment type: Internship/ Graduation

Start date: February 2027

Assignment duration: 6 months

Location: Veghel

Education level: Bachelor / Master

Desired study: Human- Technology Interaction, Industrial Design, Innovation Sciences, other user-centered disciplines

Language: Dutch / English

Description of assignment

Technical documentation serves many purposes. It helps users perform their work safely and effectively, understand technical systems and meet legal, safety and contractual requirements. However, users may not always need the same information, or need it in the same format. How can technical information be designed around the people who use it?

During this internship or graduation assignment, you will investigate how people find, use, share and adapt technical information in their daily work. Through interviews, observations and other user research methods, you will explore what information users really need, what they use today, what they struggle to find and where they develop their own solutions.

You will also investigate the technical, learning and safety requirements behind the information Vanderlande provides. By bringing these perspectives together, you will explore opportunities to make technical information more relevant and useful for its intended users

Department description

The Content Development & Training department at Vanderlande is responsible for developing technical documentation, training materials and user-focused information that help people understand, operate and maintain Vanderlande systems. The department works with different types of content for a variety of audiences and applications, with a focus on making technical information clear, accessible and useful in practice.

Tasks/responsibilities

• Conduct interviews, observations and other user research to understand how people use technical information
• Identify users' information needs, current practices and difficulties when searching for or using documentation
• Investigate the technical, learning and safety requirements behind existing technical information
• Analyse research findings to identify opportunities for more user-centred technical documentation
• Bring user needs and technical requirements together to explore potential improvements

Your profile

• An interest in understanding how people interact with technical information
• Curious and motivated to investigate user needs through interviews, observations and research
• An analytical mindset and the ability to bring different perspectives together
• An interest in user-centred design, human factors, ergonomics or related disciplines
• Comfortable communicating in English
• *Mandatory enrolment to a Dutch Education System & resident of The Netherlands

What we offer

• A monthly internship allowance (based on a 40-hour work week):
  Bachelor: €500 per month
  Master: €550 per month
• Full commuting allowance, including public transport, depending on whether you have access to free public transport or not
• On-site health center with gym
• Active employee communities and initiatives
• Excellent company restaurant and barista coffee bar