FAQ

You can apply very easily online. Just select the desired position under the job openings and click on “apply.” You can then prepare the application in your personal career area. With the online application, we make sure that your documents go directly to the correct contact person and that we can process them as quickly as possible.

Please have the following documents on hand for your application: Cover letter, resume, school, training and employment certificates, final transcript or current grade report, additional documentation and an application photo (if you wish).

The job openings listed on our website are always current. As soon as a position is filled, the posting is removed from the website.

There is no application deadline. You are welcome to apply as long as a position is posted.

After successful submission of your online application, you will first receive an automatic confirmation of receipt via email. In some cases, this e-mail may be in your spam folder. Further contact is made by e-mail or phone. If your application looks promising, we will invite you to an interview.

You are welcome to apply again.

If you have found more than one interesting position with us, you are welcome to submit multiple applications.

Please plan about 10 minutes to enter and submit your online application.

Please note that each of your attachments must not exceed 5MB, however, you may upload as many attachments as necessary.

Your documents will be saved for four months in our applicant database.

You can withdraw your application in our application system. Please note that you will then not be able to apply again for the same position.

We have been training the skilled workers of tomorrow for over 100 years - in what are now more than 15 different professions with a future.

Technical professions for which we offer vocational training:

• Industrial mechanic*
• Construction mechanic*
• Computer science expert with subject area software development*
• Metalwork specialist with subject area assembly technology*
• Mechatronics technician*
• Electronics technician for automation*
• Specialist for protection and security

Business Professions for which we offer vocational training

• Office Management Assistant* (with additional foreign languages qualification)
• Industrial Management Assistant* (additional qualification in international business management with foreign languages)
• Social Security Specialist*
• Skilled warehouse operator*
• Warehouse Logistics Expert*

Dual courses of study:

• Degree Course in mechanical engineering leading to Bachelor of Engineering
• Degree Course in electrical engineering leading to Bachelor of Engineering
• Degree Course in industrial engineering leading to Bachelor of Engineering
• Degree Course in computer science leading to Bachelor of Science
• Degree Course in Business Administration (industrial),leading to Bachelor of Arts
• Degree course in embedded systems leading to Bachelor of Engineering

Every profession has its own special prerequisites. You can find out what to expect in training and what prerequisites you need in the detailed descriptions of our training programs. Or just  contact us. We will be happy to answer your questions.

You can find the current training offerings for Friedrichshafen, Augsburg, Ruhstorf and Magdeburg here.

We offer secondary school students one-week trial internships in various professions in Friedrichshafen, for example in metalworking, electronics, business or engineering professions. Please apply in our career area with a cover letter, resume and your last three grade reports. Your contact person is Ms. Sandra Hanser.

If you are over 18 years of age and have four to eight weeks of time in the summer to take a job, please apply online for our posted positions [link to “career area”]. The job postings are published on our website in April or May of each year. Please indicate your exact period of availability in the cover letter.

For a vacation job we need:

• A short cover letter with indication of the desired work period
• Resume
• Grade reports
• If applicable, matriculation certification, acceptance notification, school certification or conscription notification

We offer pre-study internship positions for mechanical engineering in the summer. The job postings are published on our website in April of each year. Please apply online for the advertised position.

Enrollment is required during the whole period of your internship.

If you are over 18 years of age and have four to eight weeks of time in the summer to take a job, please apply online [link to “career area”] for our posted positions. The job postings are published on our website in April or May of each year [link to “job openings”]. Please indicate your exact period of availability in the cover letter.

You will find all available thesis projects under the job openings. The individual start date is flexible. Please indicate the exact period in your application. You are also welcome to apply for more than one posted thesis project.

As a rule, we recommend a period of about six months for internships and thesis projects. The time frame can also be changed in individual cases. Please observe the relevant information in the job description. The minimum period for a student job is four months.

Please enclose a current grade report, final transcripts, certificates and a current matriculation certification with your cover letter and resume. For an internship abroad we also need the cover letter and resume in English.

Yes they are. The payment depends on the particular employment relationship.

Yes, this is sometimes possible. During your online application you have the possibility to specify your desired period. In addition we recommend you to indicate the period also in your cover letter. The responsible department will check if the beginning of your employment relationship is flexible. Please consider that we can only hire you in the beginning of a new month.

In this case the start date is not fixed. However, please keep in mind that we only hire at the beginning of a new month.