Working Student (m/f/d) - Legal

Your mission

As a Working Student in Legal, you will support our Legal Team with a wide range of legal matters and gain valuable insights into a technology-driven start-up in the field of battery recycling.

• You will support our Legal Team in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts.
• You will work on matters relating to commercial, corporate, and waste law.
• You will serve as a point of contact for day-to-day legal questions from various departments.
• You will support governance and compliance-related topics.
• You will contribute to legal projects and work closely with internal teams.
• You will prepare legal matters and recommendations for action in a clear and concise manner.
• You will collaborate closely with various teams to help develop pragmatic and legally sound solutions.

Your profile

• You are enrolled in a law or business law program, have already completed your First State Examination, or are at least in your fifth semester.
• Ideally, you have gained initial experience with commercial contracts or legal operations.
• You have a pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset and enjoy developing actionable solutions.
• You thrive in a dynamic and agile environment.
• You are interested in technology, sustainability, and battery recycling.
• You work proactively, take a hands-on approach, and take ownership of your responsibilities.
• You communicate clearly and enjoy collaborating with different teams and stakeholders.
• You have excellent written and spoken German and English skills.
• You are available to work 16–20 hours per week for at least six months and are willing to work with the team in our office in Aachen.

Why us?

• You take ownership from day one – after an intensive onboarding, you'll build something unique with us and shape outcomes with real impact on results.
• You work on something that truly matters – with your contribution, you strengthen Europe's battery supply chains and make circular economy a reality on an industrial scale.
• You're part of a mission-driven team – in a fast-paced scale-up environment, we live collaboration, because we can only move things forward together.
• You work to the highest standards – we combine the professionalism of leading industry with the innovative power of a top-tier, research-driven technology team.

About Us

cylib is a German battery recycling company that emerged from research at RWTH Aachen University in 2022. With an integrated network of sites, we bring together research and development at our headquarters in Aachen, dismantling and mechanical processing in Wernberg-Köblitz, and hydrometallurgical processing in Dormagen (in ramp-up). Our goal: building a resilient European value chain through the recovery of high-quality materials for sustainable batteries.

With our innovative OLiC technology (Optimized Lithium and Graphite Recovery), we recover over 90% of the contained raw materials – with a CO2 footprint that is 80% lower than conventional processes. Towards the realization of a true circular economy in the European market.

Interested?

Please upload your documents (a cover letter is not necessay) and answer the questions in the application form.

We look forward to receiving your application!