Honeypot Company Portrait Series: Mercedes-Benz

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3 min readMar 15, 2022

Most people will already know the company in today’s Company Portrait Series. Think German innovation, design, and engineering.

Mercedes-Benz Group AG — one of the world’s most successful automotive companies.

Automobiles today are much more than just hardware. They are bursting with Software that connects cars and drivers, provides smart ways of controlling, interacting and operating.

Let’s see what’s behind the software, what the tech teams at Mercedes-Benz are working on and which developers are wanted for the job.

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Mercedes-Benz

What is Mercedes-Benz Group’s mission?

With Mercedes-Benz AG, we are one of the leading global suppliers of premium and luxury cars and vans. Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG offers financing, leasing, car subscription and car rental, fleet management, digital services for charging and payment, insurance brokerage, as well as innovative mobility services. We have been moving people and goods for more than 130 years. Building outstanding, fascinating vehicles is what we do best, and by doing so we inspire our customers, both today and tomorrow.

And what role does tech play in your company? What are the Mercedes-Benz tech teams working on? What are they trying to achieve?

Our tech teams are currently working on The Next Big Thing — Mercedes-Benz Operating System. In the field of digitization, we focus on the seamless integration and harmonization of software and electronics. This includes the development of innovative products and services aimed at customers’ needs. The next big step in this regard is our internally developed operating system as a direct interface for customer-experience features, which will become the basis for all future Mercedes-Benz vehicles as a unique and standard software platform.

What are the perks of working at Mercedes-Benz?

At Mercedes-Benz, we offer an attractive package for candidates in a modern working environment. For employees, it means greater flexibility and personal responsibility when it comes to the organization of working hours, and even more performance-related pay.

We create ideal framework conditions for a high degree of independence, performance-oriented remuneration and individual freedom. There are many benefits at Mercedes-Benz — from flexible work time models, international assignments and individual personal development opportunities to a diverse health and sports program and an attractive salary with special benefits. Our employees will have the opportunity to thrive in diverse, interdisciplinary teams that allow them to play to their strengths and put forward their ideas freely. Furthermore, we support the personal development of our employees with qualification offers.

What are your hiring goals over the next 12 months?

The future “Mercedes-Benz Electric Software Hub” will play a central role as an integrating centre of competence for electric and electrified drives and digitization. This means that in order to accelerate the transformation towards “Digital First”, Mercedes-Benz AG is hiring around 1,000 software developers at its Sindelfingen site. We are looking for highly committed, talented SW Specialists who are passionate about developing the most desirable vehicles in an agile team. These include Programmers, System Architects, and experts in Battery development and driving assistance systems.

To know more about this project and related jobs, click on the link below to know from one of our Hiring Managers what it is like working on the futuristic Mercedes-Benz Electric Software Hub and what it has to offer:

https://www.daimler.com/career/about-us/mercedes-benz-operating-system/petya-dasheva.html

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