Internship Additive Manufacturing Start date: November 2026, Duration: 4 for 6 months
Required skills
Job description
Lufthansa Technik posted this role. Below, we break down what it means for a working student in Hamburg: your weekly hours, take-home pay and visa limits.
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Description provided by Lufthansa Technik
The Additive Manufacturing Center makes targeted use of the advantages of additive manufacturing for Lufthansa Technik. With almost 30 3D printers and processes such as FDM, SLS and SLA, we produce over 3,000 components a year - from prototypes to repairs. We support all areas of the company and optimize time, costs and processes along the entire value chain.
Tasks
Depending on the focus of the specific topic, you will support us with the following tasks:
- Gaining practical skills with a focus on supporting 3D printers and the printing service (model preparation, print start, post-processing)
- Support in the design, production and post-processing of prototypes and tooling
- Collaboration on projects for additively manufactured aircraft components
- Contact person for internal customers, project support from design to production
- Further development of the digital process chain
- Collaboration in research projects with room for your own ideas (thesis possible)
- Component screening in specialist departments (tools, repairs, aircraft parts)
- Analysis of new printing systems, materials and processes
- Support with projects, meetings, workshops and presentations
- Insights into different areas through cross-segment tasks
- Participation in workshops
Benefits
- Free parking
- Flexible working hours
- Employee events
- Cafeteria
Requirements
- At the time of the internship you are at least in the 3rd semester of a degree course in engineering (e.g. mechanical engineering, aircraft construction, process engineering, materials engineering) or an equivalent course of study
- Enrollment for the entire duration of the internship (current enrollment certificate and written proof of mandatory internship must be included with the application) or internship between the Bachelor's and Master's degree program (Gap Year)
- You are a technically skilled student with CAD and design experience
- Ideally, you have already gained some practical experience with additive manufacturing
- You have a very good command of German and English and good IT skills
Further information can also be found in our FAQs.
Working student essentials
What this Engineering internship in Hamburg 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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