Who we are:

Aleph Alpha’s mission is to deliver sovereign, human-centric AI to governmental institutions and large enterprises. To that end, we deliver category-defining AI innovation that enables open, accessible, and trustworthy deployment of GenAI in industrial applications. Our organization develops foundational models and next-generation methods that make it easy and affordable for Aleph Alpha’s customers to increase productivity in development, engineering, logistics, and manufacturing processes.

The role:

As a Founder’s Associate Intern, you support the Chief Research Officers & Research Strategy Manager in a wide range of strategic and operational projects, such as e.g. implementing project-management best practices, driving initiatives on boosting talent acquisition, and developing external communication toward the executive team and external stakeholders. The role offers a unique proximity to state-of-the-art GenAI research, and you will be able to work with some of the brightest scientists in the field.

You’ll contribute to a breadth of initiatives in a fast-paced and dynamic environment; one week, you might be preparing reports for the board; another week, you’ll be helping facilitate our research organization's project planning and objective setting for the next quarter.

We are looking for full-time interns for a duration of 5-6 months, starting in December or January in our Heidelberg office. The position is open for gap year or end-of-study interns, with an opportunity for full-time employment afterwards.

Note: Our team will begin reviewing applications and inviting candidates to interview in the beginning of October. Nonetheless, interested candidates are encouraged to apply early.

Your responsibilities:

As an FA, you can be asked to work on almost any subject, for example…

Strategic projects: Drive a number of strategically important topics such as initiatives to boost our talent pipeline, community-growth efforts, and extension of our project management framework.
Internal & external communication: Develop high-quality material for internal and external stakeholders that concisely communicates our mission, research, and results.
Cross-department alignment: Co-design and implement processes that foster an open information exchange across departments.
Funding Calls: Help manage the delivery and administration of results for several publicly funded projects.

Who you are:

Previous experience in a fast-paced environment such as consulting, venture capital, investment banking, high-growth startups, or similar. Alternatively, if you’ve built an impressive project or company, we’d love to hear about it in your application.
We welcome applicants from a wide range of educational backgrounds (incl. business, engineering, natural sciences, …). A finished Bachelor’s or Master’s degree is nice to have, but not required.
You are a versatile generalist who can jump on any topic and get things done.
You have an entrepreneurial self-starter mindset and an ability to work under uncertainty.
You are humble, self-aware, and a team player.
Fluent in English, German is a plus.

Even if you don't tick all of the boxes, but you are motivated and want to work with us, you are very welcome to apply.

Our Tenets:

We believe embodying these values would make you a great fit in our team:

We own work end-to-end, from idea to production: You take responsibility for every stage of the process, ensuring that our work is complete, scalable, and of the highest quality.
We ship what matters: Your focus is on solving real problems for our customers and the research community. You prioritize delivering impactful solutions that bring value and make a difference.
We work transparently: You collaborate and share your results openly with the team, partners, customers, and the broader community through publishing and sharing results and insight including blogposts, papers, checkpoints, and more.
We innovate through leveraging our intrinsic motivations and talents: We strive for technical depth and to balance ideas and interests of our team with our mission-backwards approach, and leverage the interdisciplinary, diverse perspectives in our teamwork.

What you can expect from us:

Become part of an AI revolution!
Flexible working hours, hybrid working model
Join a dynamic start-up and a rapidly growing team
Work with international AI industry and science experts
Responsibility to shape our company and technology
Regular team events
Access to a variety of fitness & wellness offerings via Wellhub
Mental health support through nilo.health
30 days of yearly paid vacation; pro-rated for contract length

Founder's Associate Intern