Internship in Payload Engineering for Space

Job Description:

Internship within Life Support & Payloads for Space (d/f/m)

Are you looking for an internship? Would you like to discover the world of Systems Engineering and manned spaceflight? Then apply now! We look forward to welcoming you to join us as an intern (f/m/d) with focus on scientific payload engineering for space within the department of “Life Support & Payloads”.

• Location: Friedrichshafen/Immenstaad
• Start: 01.04.2026
• Duration: 12 months

Our department competence is to build Life Support Systems and Payloads in biology, medicine, physics and material science for space applications for our customers ESA/DLR. Our perimeter emphasizes the development of Space Payload Systems such as scientific payloads for the International Space Station with overall responsibility for on time, on cost, on quality delivery. Hereby we build the bridge from science to the product solution by applied systems engineering and we manage the interaction between customer, sub-contractor and Airbus.

Your location
At the Airbus site in Friedrichshafen you will be working on innovation where others spend their holidays. Enjoy panoramic views of Lake Constance while having lunch in our canteen. And after work, join one of our many corporate sports groups to go running, sailing or skiing.

Your benefits

• Attractive salary and work-life balance with a 35-hour week (flexitime).
• A final thesis is possible after consultation with the department.
• Traveling within Germany 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

• As a student/intern, you will accompany before mentioned processes and be mentored by a member of the Chief Engineering Team, enabling you to get an insight to human space flight business.
• You will be assigned to the cutting-edge projects CIMON.
• CIMON is the first free-flying crew assistant on-board the ISS, equipped with artificial intelligence, launched in 2018. Now, we are updating the system to support the exciting upcoming missions in 2026 and beyond.

Desired skills and qualifications

• You are an enrolled full time student (d/f/m) within the field of systems engineering, software engineering, aviation and aerospace engineering, mechatronic, physics, mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering
• You come with a hands-on mentality and try to solve challenges pro-actively
• CAD skills (e.g. Solid Works, CATIA, FreeCAD) are an asset
• Software skills (e.g. C++, Python) are an asset
• You are very well organized and you know how to adapt to different situations
• Languages: advanced in English (advanced in German is an asset)

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

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Company:

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Employment Type:

Internship

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Experience Level:

Student

Job Family:

Sub-system development <JF-EN-EQ>

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