Internship: HMI & UX Design for Smart Automation

Vanderlande Industries B.V.; Veghel; On-site; EUR 5,600 - 6,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly internship allowance

Commuting allowance

On-site health center

Cafe/restaurant facilities

Job summary

Vanderlande Industries B.V. offers an internship in HMI and UX design for smart automation in Veghel. Start date February 2027 for 6 months, open to Bachelor/Master in Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, Industrial Product Design or HBO ICT.

You will design intuitive operator interfaces for PLC-controlled parcel sortation systems and work with Siemens TIA Portal. You will join the Modularization and Deployment department within Technology, guided by the PLC team, engaging with global

Qualifications

• Interest in HMI usability and user-centred interface design.
• Basic knowledge of Siemens TIA Portal.
• Practical experience with PLC or HMI systems preferred.
• Good communication skills in English.
• Affinity with industrial automation and UI design.
• Mandatory enrolment to a Dutch Education System & resident of The Netherlands.

Responsibilities

• Interview service engineers and other users to understand requirements.
• Develop a compact HMI design baseline covering navigation, labels, buttons, status indications, alarms and screen titles.
• Review the interface with representative users and document findings, decisions and dependencies.
• Implement agreed HMI improvements in Siemens TIA Portal, including PLC/HMI interface changes.
• Test the improved solution on Siemens MTP700/1200 HMIs.
• Prepare the solution for reuse and document remaining steps for automatic project generation.

Skills

HMI usability

User-centered design

English communication

Problem solving

Education

Electrical/Control Eng

Tools

Siemens TIA Portal

Job description

Job Title Internship: HMI & UX Design for Smart Automation Job Description

Assignment type: Internship Start date: February 2027 Assignment duration: 6 months Location: Veghel Education level: Bachelor / Master Desired study: Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, Industrial Product Design, HBO ICT Language: Dutch / English

Description of assignment

When every minute of downtime matters, technical systems need to be easy to understand and troubleshoot. In this internship, you will work on improving the operator interfaces used with our PLC-controlled parcel sortation systems. These HMI screens show system status and diagnostics and are used by customers, project controls engineers and service engineers in the field. You will explore what users need from the interface and translate these needs into a clear, consistent and intuitive HMI design. You will improve existing visualizations, add new functions based on user feedback and make the interface scalable for future functionality. The agreed improvements will be implemented and tested.

Department description

You will join the Modularization and Deployment department, which is part of Technology. The department is responsible for modularizing standard equipment into functional, multidisciplinary building blocks. These building blocks are used by projects to engineer customer solutions for parcel sortation systems. The team develops and deploys PLC software deliverables and other multidisciplinary library files for engineering. The department also supports engineering teams in using these solutions and continuously improves them based on user feedback. During your internship, you will be guided by the PLC team and work with stakeholders from multiple global engineering offices.

Tasks/responsibilities

• Interview service engineers, project controls engineers and other users to understand their requirements
• Develop a compact HMI design baseline covering navigation, labels, buttons, status indications, alarms and screen titles
• Review the interface with representative users and document findings, decisions and technical dependencies
• Implement agreed HMI improvements in Siemens TIA Portal, including relevant PLC/HMI interface changes
• Test the improved solution on Siemens MTP700/1200 HMIs
• Prepare the solution for reuse and document the remaining steps for automatic project generation

Your profile

• An interest in HMI usability and user-centred interface design
• Basic knowledge of Siemens TIA Portal
• Practical experience with PLC or HMI systems is preferred
• Good communication skills in English
• Affinity with both industrial automation and user interface design
• *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 initiativesExcellent company restaurant and barista coffee bar

Every day, millions of people rely on Vanderlande without even knowing it. From baggage checked in at the airport to parcels on their way to someone’s doorstep, our automation solutions help keep the world moving. Vanderlande designs, delivers, and supports automation technology, operational software, and lifecycle services for leading airports and parcel operations worldwide. Across more than 100 countries, our customers rely on us to keep their operations moving reliably, efficiently, and sustainably. Behind every solution are the people who make it happen. At Vanderlande, how we work matters just as much as what we deliver.

Our values, Every Day Better, We Care, and Team Play, guide how we collaborate, support each other, and create value for our customers. Here, you can work with colleagues across disciplines and cultures, contribute to work that makes a difference, and build your future in an organisation that invites you to grow. Explore what is possible at Vanderlande and discover how you can make an impact. Aspire. Grow. Achieve. Together.