Founder's Associate Intern (F/M/X)
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Job description
ISPTech posted this role. Below, we break down what it means for a working student in Munich: your weekly hours, take-home pay and visa limits. You can also open ChatGPT or Claude with a ready-made prompt to tailor your CV, check your fit, draft a cover letter or prep for the interview.
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Description provided by ISPTech
Your Main Responsibilities
- Identify and research potential customers, partners, suppliers, and investors
- Work directly with founders on high-priority initiatives
- Conduct market analyses, competitive research, and strategic assessments
- Analyse market trends and investment activity within the space sector
- Drive operational improvement projects across teams
- Support implementation of internal tools and workflows
Your Qualification
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Business, Economics, Aerospace, Physics, Management, or a related field
- Strong analytical and structured thinking skills
- High degree of ownership and self-motivation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Preferred previous experience in a fast past environment such as startup, consulting, or venture capital
- Additional German language skills preferred
Our Benefits
- Direct collaboration with the founding team and leadership with exposure to strategic decisions and company building
- An exciting work environment encompassing the whole process from the development, building, and launch of space propulsion systems
- Flexible working time
- Combination of working in the office, at home, and on the go
- Professional skills development through a broad base of responsibilities and freedom
- Engage directly and activelyparticipatein the end-to-end development processes of an expanding NewSpace start-up
About us
Space business is booming: the space market is growing rapidly, new market segments are opening, and disruptive changes are taking place. As consequence of this rapid growth, the number of satellites and spacecraft is strongly increasing – and each spacecraft needs a propulsion system to perform its specific task.Here ISPTech’s propulsion technologies come into the play. Based on more than 10 years of research and development work at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), ISPTech’s founders developed propulsion technologies that work with green (non-toxic) propellants. Our propulsion systems are characterized by a high efficiency, reliability and allow significant cost reductions.
By using these advanced propulsion technologies, ISPTech will satisfy the desperate demand for affordable, green and robust propulsion technologies and propel the whole Space ecosystem.
ISPTech’s relevance for the NewSpace market is backed by renowned deep tech investors (HTGF, Join Captial, Faber VC, First Momentum, Possible Ventures and others). We recently closed a €5.5M seed round.
Working student essentials
What this Operations internship in Munich means for you: the pay rules, the social contributions, and what international students should check before applying.
Weekly hours
Internships have no 20-hour cap, but a voluntary internship longer than three months generally has to pay at least the German minimum wage. Mandatory internships in your study programme are exempt.
Working student rulesSocial contributions
Mandatory internships are largely exempt from social contributions. Voluntary internships are treated like regular employment once they run long enough, so contributions usually apply.
Check your insuranceInternational students
Non-EU students can work 140 full or 280 half days per year (raised from 120/240 in March 2024). A working student contract usually fits within this — confirm the exact limits printed on your residence permit.
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