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About Volkswagen Group

The Volkswagen Group is one of the first and most successful international partners in China’s automobile industry, growing alongside it for four decades. Volkswagen Group China’s business scope includes the production, sales, and services of vehicles and parts, such as engines and transmissions. The Group is represented by many auto brands in all segments, including Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Audi, ŠKODA, JETTA, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini, and Ducati, etc.

Your role

Department Mission:

Volkswagen is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated intern to join its Language Modeling team and contribute to the creation of training data and optimization of the model evaluation process. As an intern, you will have the opportunity to work closely with experienced professionals and gain valuable hands-on experience in the field of AI and Large language models.

Your Responsibilities:

• Create and annotate training data for language models. Collect and preprocess raw text data from various sources. Create high-quality and original prompt/response pairs.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of data pipelines, and collaborate with data engineers and machine learning engineers to design and implement data processing workflows.
• Optimize model evaluation procedures, develop and implement evaluation metrics and benchmarks for language models, Analyze model performance, and identify areas for improvement.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and propose new ideas for model optimization and evaluation, Support research initiatives by conducting literature reviews, and collecting and analyzing data.
• Keep detailed records of data processing procedures, annotation guidelines, and evaluation results. Document findings, insights, and recommendations in collaboration with the team

Training & development

As a result of innovations and changing requirements, the variety of projects and tasks is constantly growing for them as a company and that is why Volkswagen systematically and sustainably promotes the future-oriented development of its employees. Supervisors regularly discuss the employee's qualitative development and assist in individual career planning and these are then coordinated with the personnel officer to introduce appropriate personnel development measures.

Compensation & benefits

Volkswagen Group offers:

• Remuneration 150 RMB/day for Bachelor, 180 RMB/day for Master students gross.
• Housing allowance of up to RMB 4000 for students who are not Beijing residents and are not studying in Beijing.
• Internship certificate (Only if the actual duration lasts more than 3 months where stability and sense of obligation are demonstrated).
• Strong brands, excellent products and image, international working environment and global network, good management, teamwork, open communication & feedback.

Career progression

As a Top Employer, Volkswagen Group China values the outstanding talent of each and every employee by offering opportunities for growth. Volkswagen believes that the company's development as a whole is the direct result of the progress made by each individual employee. 

Work-life balance

Volkswagen Group promotes a positive work-life balance by offering flexible working conditions in line with individual needs and requirements. The company's remote work option ensures more freedom, flexibility, and autonomy in the new working world.

Culture & vibe

Volkswagen Group is an employer with an open corporate culture and corporate values that are reflected in the actions and conduct of its employees. The company's employees are also its top priority, as the employees represent the key factor that leads to the success of its services.

About you

Required qualifications:

• Language skills: Fluent in English.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software.
• Team working spirit, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Above Bachelor Degree.
• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program with a focus on computer science, linguistics, or a related field
• Strong interest in natural language processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence
• Proficient in Python and familiar with common NLP libraries and frameworks (e.g., NLTK, spaCy, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of machine learning evaluation metrics and statistical analysis

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page.

• volkswagengroupchina.com.cn/en/volkswagengroupchina/aboutvgc
• volkswagengroupchina.jobs2web.sapsf.cn/vgcbeijing/content/Life-at-Volkswagen/?locale=en_GB
• volkswagen-groupservices.com/en/career/corporate-culture-benefits
• youtube.com/@volkswagen