Technical Product Designer - Specializing in machine and systems engineering!

“As a technical product designer at the HZDR, I work together with design engineers on current projects, create sets of drawings and prepare all the data for production.

In research, no two tasks are the same and the parts that have to be drawn are just as varied. Our work supports the various research areas at the HZDR, for example, with systems for testing new recycling processes, energy generation issues or basic research in various fields.

During your training at the HZDR, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce training center and the vocational school, you will learn how to design components, create 3D data sets and drawings. You will also be able to try out the main manufacturing processes in practice.

If you have a good technical understanding and enjoy tinkering with new designs, then this is the right place for you!”

Training contents

• translating design engineers’ specifications into plans and technical documents
• creating technical drawings for new constructions, developments and modernizations of devices, machines and vehicles
• working at the drawing board and with the PC or CAD (computer-aided design) system
• drawing function/wiring diagrams and generating lists of components
• creating sketches and designs based on a model or template
• preparing accompanying technical documents
• performing technical calculations

• interest in technology and mathematics
• practice in working with IT systems
• good spatial imagination
• careful and precise working methods
• motivation, reliability and tidiness
• teamwork and problem solving skills

School leaving certificate