Traineeships – European Court of Auditors – Luxembourg

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) was established in 1975 as the European Union’s external auditor. One of the EU’s seven institutions, it is based in Luxembourg and employs around 1000 audit, support and administrative staff of all EU nationalities. They contribute to improving the EU’s financial management and promote accountability and transparency. They warn of risks, provide assurance, indicate shortcomings and successes and offer guidance to EU policymakers and legislators. They present our observations and recommendations to the European Parliament, the Council of the EU, and national governments and parliaments, as well as the general public.

The ECA is launching this call aiming at attracting recent graduates or doctoral students, giving them a unique opportunity to gain their first working and learning experience in an EU institution. The selected applicants will work on pre-determined projects in the area of artificial intelligence and related disciplines relevant for AI projects.

Requirements:

• be nationals of one of the member states of the European Union;
• have never benefited from a traineeship (paid or unpaid) at any EU institution, body or agency;
• have never been employed, neither in the past nor at the time of application, at an EU institution, body or agency as: a member of the temporary staff, contract staff or employment agency staff; a seconded national expert; or an assistant to a Member of the European Parliament;
• be fluent in English (minimun C1 por AI projects);
• have completed university studies attested by a diploma or be currently undertaking doctoral studies, in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology or similar disciplines relevant for AI projects.

Skills:

• ability to compile, synthesise and analyse information;
• good communication and interpersonal skills;
• general understanding of how generative AI works and how it can be applied to solve real-life problems;
• familiarity with at least one commercial AI tool: ChatGPT, MS Copilot, etc.
• practical knowledge of AI technologies (Retrieval-Augmented Generation, prompt engineering, etc.), applications (Chatbox, Summarization, and Q&A engines) and
  frameworks (Open source LLMs, Azure, AWS)

Benefits:

• 6-month period traineeship, renewable for a maximum period of 6 months
• 2.500€ of monthly allowance

Deadline: 12 December 2025 (midnight, Luxembourg time)

For more information: European Court of Auditors