Working Student in Germany

Hamburg, one of the world's largest civil aviation locations - alongside Toulouse - is the headquarters of Airbus Commercial in Germany. The site plays a key role in the development and manufacturing of all Airbus aircraft. We are also proud to work on future concepts, such as ZEROe for hydrogen-powered aircraft.

Bremen is Germany's second-largest aerospace site,  develops and produces lift systems and landing flaps and wing equipment for all aircraft. The site serves as a global hub for the repair of damaged components, and is home to Airbus' materials development and testing centre. 

The Stade location is one of the world's leading competence centres for carbon fibre composite materials (CFRP). This material has excellent mechanical properties in relation to its low weight, making it ideal for aircraft construction. At Stade, we use CFRP to produce vertical stabilisers for all Airbus airliners, as well as wing and fuselage components.

This location is one of the world’s most modern production facilities in the field of integrated shell production. It focuses on profile production, stretch forming of large-area metal structures, metal bonding and carbon fibre components. Every year, Airbus Aerostructures GmbH produces around 5,000 fuselage shells, with highly innovative manufacturing technologies. 

A Buxtehude heart beats in every Airbus cabin. With products such as the CIDS (Cabin Intercommunication Data System), SKYpower and UVSS (Universal Video Surveillance System), Airbus Buxtehude and KID-Systeme GmbH supply electronic systems that make the cabin tangible for passengers and crew. In this way, we make a significant impact! 

Since 2019, Airbus has been operating a new type of Industry 4.0 solar panel production from Ottobrunn, designed to provide solar power for satellites. The site also develops and manufactures optical space instruments for earth observation, alongside its activities in cyber security. 

Bringing together experts of more than 40 nationalities, our Manching site is Airbus Defence and Space's largest location. The variety of activities we carry out on site reflects the great diversity. Our scope of services ranges from administration to business, through management, development, system integration, logistics, procurement, marketing and sales.

From Research & Development to production, assembly and maintenance, Donauwörth faces big industry challenges. Around 6,500 employees work there on helicopter and aircraft carrier production, making us the world's largest manufacturer of aircraft carriers. The site also houses a competence centre for carbon fibre composite materials, a training academy and a military support centre.

Come and join us at our new space technology centre opened in 2019, with over 3,000 m² of advanced clean rooms. For over 60 years, the Friedrichshafen site has been the hub for the development and construction of satellites, space components, earth observation and meteorology, as well as experimental facilities for weightlessness research. 

In Ulm, Airbus teams are working together to develop cutting-edge solutions and stabilising global security. With tailor-made solutions, they support customers not only in the field of security or defence, but also transport, utilities and industry.

Backnang is home to TESAT, an independent subsidiary of Airbus. Around 1,000 employees develop, manufacture, integrate and test satellite communications systems and equipment on our 60,000 m² site. To put this in perspective, more than half of all telecommunications satellites in orbit are equipped with TESAT devices.

With over 100-year history, Augsburg is one of the pioneering locations in German aircraft construction. Premium AEROTEC focuses on the production and assembly of fuselage parts and heavy-duty structural components for civil and military programs. The location plays a leading global role in the field of CFRP technologies.

Trauen is one of the largest Airbus sites in terms of surface area. Its location close to Bundeswehr training centres provides an ideal testing ground. For +30 years, it has been producing the RESUS underwater rescue system and supplying satellite fuel. 

The Lampoldshausen site is Europe’s competence centre for the development and production of propulsion systems, dedicated to satellites and orbital platforms. It manufactures chemical and electrical engines, from high-precision components to fully pre-integrated drive subsystems. In parallel to its test bench for small engines, the site also includes a high-vacuum chamber for testing electric motors.

Equipped with one of the most modern machine parks in Europe, our Varel location produces complex components for all models of the Airbus family, the A400M military transporter and the Eurofighter. The site is also a pioneer in 3D printing and is responsible for assembling the A350 XWB’s door and gate frames. 

To qualify for a working student position in Germany, you must be enrolled as a fulltime student in a university or another higher education institution full-time and haven't passed the 25h semester. You also need to study a field that is represented within Airbus range of professions.

You are counted as a “normal” employee working part time with special features regarding the social insurance. 

After the submission of your bachelor or master thesis the employment for your working student at Airbus will end.

Our working student roles are mainly located in Hamburg, Bremen, Stade, Buxtehude, Nordenham, Munich, Manching, Donauwörth, Friedrichshafen, Ulm, Stuttgart/Backnang.

You can apply in many disciplines, as long as it is closely related to your field of study. This could be  in Engineering, Maintenance, Cyber, IT, Manufacturing, Finance, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Management, HR, Communication or others.

In general working students are not allowed to work more than 20 hours per week. The maximum has to be kept in every week in your own responsibility. In consultation with your supervisor and your HRBP you can agree to work more during the semester-break for a limited period of time (maximum 35 hours/week) without raising the contractual working hours. Thereby you can build up overtime to balance your flexitime account. 

Maximum twice a year, your contractual working hours can be modified, which will including a salary change as well for you. For example, you decide to reduce your working hours for a longer period of time due to exam period or you are requested to work up to 35 hours for operational reasons.

Note: students holding a "Work Permit" i.e. who have a residence permit for the purpose of studying (§16b AufenthG ) may be employed 120 full days or 240 half days a year (but not more). In this case, the contractual working hours can not be modified, you can only increase your flextime.

Your working student contract is valid for a limited period. As written in your contract, it will end on the agreed date without the need to give notice.

Generally, this end date corresponds to : 

- The day when the course of study or school attendance ends 
- The last day of examination
- The end of the month in which you are officially informed of the overall result of your examinations

You are required to inform your employer of the date of the last examination, the date of the announcement of your overall result and whether a passing mark was earned in good time, as soon as they are obtained.