Job Description:

Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

Working Student in Solar Arrays (d/f/m)

You are a full time student looking for a working student position and you would like to support the solar array engineering team Then apply now! We look forward to you supporting us as a working student (d/f/m) with approx. 18 hours a week!

• Location: Taufkirchen

• Start: Spring 2026

• Duration: 12 months

Definition working student

Working students are students who are enrolled at a University or some other institution of higher education and who are employed in a reasonably long fixed-term position parallel to their studies. This position must not be confused with an internship or with the possibility of writing a final thesis.

This employment usually takes place directly on the companys premises. A working students main focus remains on their studies which is why during term-time working students are not allowed to work more than 20 hours per week.

Working students therefore usually work near their place of study so as to conveniently combine studying and employment.

Your location

Our site is just a stones throw away from Munich the beautiful capital of Bavaria. Are you into sports and other outdoor activities The Alps and Lake Starnberg are within an hours reach offering a multitude of recreational options.

Your benefits

• Attractive salary and work-life balance with an 18-hour week (flexitime).

• A final thesis is possible after consultation with the department.

• Mobile working after agreement with the department.

• Traveling overseas or within Germany (team events) is possible after consultation and agreement from the department.

• International environment with the opportunity to network globally.

• Work with modern/diversified technologies.

• At Airbus we see you as a valuable team member and you are not hired to brew coffee instead you are in close contact with the interfaces and are part of our weekly team meetings.

• Opportunity to participate in the Generation Airbus Community to expand your own network.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Implemtation of solar cell / diode models into database

• Harmonize the powerPy tool

  • check on consistency of the class definitions

  • align the methods

  • add detailed docstrings

  • Establish a online help and / or documentation

• Add features / extensions to electrical simulation software

  • LEO capabilities (coupled thermal solver)

  • implement astrodynamic features (eclipse orbit properties)

• Establish user templates for simulating PVAs in project context.

• Usage of parallelisation options (wing simulation) MPI / CUDA

• Porting the software to Linux ETX cluster or aircloud HPC

• Coupling of Powertool with Systema/Thermal

Desired skills and qualifications

• Basic knowledge of analog circuit technology

• Basic heat transfer knowledge

• Knowledge of SPICE simulation S/W (nice to have)

• python coding; Fortran knowledge

• Object oriented programming

Please upload the following documents: cover letter CV relevant transcripts enrollment certificate.

Not a 100% match No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth.

Take your career to a new level and apply online now!

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity as the foundation for the Companys success reputation and sustainable growth.

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