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Internship (f/m/x): CMC manufacturing
Job Description
Req ID:  2027
Place of work:  Stuttgart
Starting date:  01.10.2025
Career level:  Scholarship (Marie Curie, DAAD), Internship
Type of employment:  Full-time
Duration of contract:  6 Monate

Remuneration: Remuneration is in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Sector - Federal Government (TVöD-Bund)

Enter the fascinating world of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.; DLR) and help shape the future through research and innovation! We offer an exciting and inspiring working environment driven by the expertise and curiosity of our 11,000 employees from 100 nations and our unique infrastructure. Together, we develop sustainable technologies and thus contribute to finding solutions to global challenges. Would you like to join us in addressing this major future challenge? Then this is your place!

The Institute of Structures and Design works on the development and optimization of materials and their processing and joining technologies, as well as new design approaches and the construction of full-scale demonstrators. Naturally, testing and validation in specialized test facilities and flight trials are also part of the daily work. The focus is on fiber-ceramic, polymer, and hybrid composite materials. The research of new multidisciplinary design tools and digital models forms the basis for hardware development.

 

What to expect

The position is based at the Institute of Structures and Design and is assigned to the Department of Ceramic Composites and Structures. The department primarily focuses on the development of complex lightweight structures made from ceramic composite materials for applications outside the aerospace sector. The work is particularly concentrated on the development of new manufacturing technologies, coating methods, and testing procedures for CMC structures used in engines, missiles, energy systems, and tribologically highly stressed components.

 

The developments are mainly oriented toward the state of the art with the goal of achieving realistically tested and operational structural components.

 

Your tasks

  • production of CMCs (Ceramic Matrix Composites – fiber-reinforced ceramic composite structures) using common manufacturing methods (e.g., autoclave, RTM)

  • monitoring of samples as well as data collection and quality control during processing (e.g., porosity measurements)

  • optical investigations (SEM) of samples for microstructural characterization

  • experimental testing (tensile, bending, compression, etc.) on samples and components with different or varying fiber architectures

 

Your profile

  • completed academic degree (Master’s / Diploma from a university) in engineering sciences (e.g., materials science, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, physics), or other relevant fields of study

  • extensive research experience in the field of fiber-reinforced composites

  • completed PhD and/or peer-reviewed scientific publications

 

We offer

DLR stands for diversity, appreciation and equality for all people. We promote independent work and the individual development of our employees both personally and professionally. To this end, we offer numerous training and development opportunities. Equal opportunities are of particular importance to us, which is why we want to increase the proportion of women in science and management in particular. Applicants with severe disabilities will be given preference if they are qualified.

We look forward to getting to know you!

If you have any questions about this position (Vacancy-ID 2027) please contact:

Nicole Gottschalk 
Tel.: +49 711 6862 8640 
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