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About BASF Malaysia

BASF SE, an initialism of its original name Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik (German for ‘Baden Aniline and Soda Factory’), is a European multinational company and the largest chemical producer in the world. In Malaysia, BASF has been operating for more than 30 years with 6 leading production and operation sites, 3 joint-venture businesses, and a regional service hub for Asia Pacific located in the country.

Your role

In this role, you will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Actively participate in Scrum ceremonies
• Understand user requirements, and create manual test cases to validate and analyze test outcomes, including errors, bugs, and usability issues
• Identify coverage deficiencies and enhance the test coverage
• Gather and compile data, generating detailed test reports and documentation
• Review and enhance application requirements while preparing detailed test scenarios

Training & development

In this internship, you will get:

• Opportunity to be part of the global team that develops and manages the state-of-the-art in-house developed application that will be used in BASF Plants around the world
• Opportunity to collaborate with the Application Operations Engineering and Test Automation teams located in Kuala Lumpur
• Exposure to key functions of Application Management and Quality Assurance

Benefits

Aside from getting a monthly allowance, from this internship, you can also expect the things below:

• A rewarding internship journey with tasks and projects that enable you to transfer your theoretical skills to a real business environment and gain exposure to diverse parts of Application Management and Quality Assurance.
• A chance to develop and manage the state-of-the-art in-house developed application that will be used in BASF Plants around the world
• A collaborative and multicultural atmosphere where you are an essential team player to support colleagues and managers in a wide range of projects and activities
• Guidance, coaching, and feedback from supervisors on performance help you learn and shape your working style.

Career progression

University students can gain experience beyond the college environment to prepare for their future career life by participating in BASF's internship program. The company provides learning offerings to enhance business knowledge, product/professional know-how, competencies, etc. to support career development. Although there is no mention of whether interns will be offered full-time positions after finishing the program, it's common for the company to prioritize top interns for their future recruitments.

Work-life balance

Based on another online career media, BASF Malaysia gets a rating of 3.8 out of 5 regarding work-life balance. Then, on its one of social media accounts, the company states that it offers a wide variety of opportunities for its employees to stick to the growing demand for flexibility concerning time and location, as far as their job allows. These include flexible working hours, part-time employment, remote working, and time-off options that provide the necessary flexibility to care for children or family members. 

Company culture

BASF has a collaborative, caring, and safe work environment so its employees can perform at their best. And the company knows that life is more than just work. Therefore, BASF provides ways for employees to integrate their personal and work lives. BASF`s work environment contains, among other things, modern infrastructure and communication instruments, equipment, flexible work arrangements, as well as financial stability, and a long-term perspective of the employer.

About you

To apply for this role, you need to meet the requirements below:

• Pursuing a Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, business informatics, or in a comparable field
• Able to commit to 6 months of full-time internship from May 2024 onwards
• Growth mindset with curiosity to learn and improve.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for a collaborative team environment.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to think critically, structure, and organized
• Good understanding of testing, development lifecycle, and agile methodologies
• Familiarity with automation testing software tools like Selenium, Cypress, Postman, etc., is an added advantage.

Sources

We gather information on this page based on the following sources:

• basf.com/my/en/careers/students/Your-internship-at-BASF--the-foundation-for-your-career.html
• basf.com/hk/en/careers/why-join-basf/what-you-will-get.html
• linkedin.com/company/basf/about/
• glassdoor.com/Reviews/BASF-Kuala-Lumpur-Reviews-EI_IE4231.0,4_IL.5,17_IM1100.htm