Technical Product Designer, Mechanical and Plant Engineering
Your job
You will work in a team with our specialists at the Institute for Nuclear Physics and be responsible for the design and construction of specified technical products such as research and experimental setups. You will plan, organise and coordinate all work processes around the construction process, so that you will not only accompany the manufacturing process but also independently procure materials and inspect work results.
Stages and contents of your training
You will acquire extensive specialist knowledge in the fields of design theory and manufacturing engineering and develop a solid technical understanding during your three-and-a-half-year training period, which you can apply in dealing with a variety of technical systems and equipment. For example, by using 3D design tools, you will learn to design components and assemblies according to standards and manufacturing requirements and will simultaneously acquire in-depth knowledge and skills: from the design to the 3D model with associated drawing derivations to documentation and archiving, everything is included. You will also be thoroughly familiar with the comprehensive application of documentation software.
Step by step, you will be introduced to the independent processing of orders and projects such as the design of assemblies, apparatus and setups. In addition to a solid basis in handling design materials, you will gain valuable experience in implementing technical products. Also, take the opportunity to get to know other research facilities where the systems we produce are used.
What you should bring
- In addition to a good secondary school certificate, your grades in mathematics, physics and English should indicate a recognisable interest in the training occupation
- Your sense of responsibility and your careful and conscientious way of working will make it easier for you to carry out precise work steps and successful constructions.
- Initiative and the willingness to familiarise yourself with new, complex problems will help you to work out relationships independently and to keep going even with comprehensive activities.
- Your creativity, as well as your motivated and independent way of working, enrich your working day as you always bring in your own ideas and explore new solutions.
- Technical understanding and visual imagination support you in connection with design theory.
Training institution & theoretical training
The practical training to become a technical product designer takes place at the Institute for Nuclear Physics.
Special features
During your training, you will work on various research projects. The machines and experimental setups to be designed and manufactured are always unique pieces that constantly present new challenges to design and manufacturing. Due to the research character of the systems, new and also creative solution paths are always required.
In addition to pure design, you will have the opportunity to accompany the emerging products from the "blank sheet" to the finished research facility. You will also actively and comprehensively participate in the assembly, installation and commissioning of the designed components during your training.
An important field of activity, apart from the new design of experimental setups, is also the simple day-to-day business. Here, short-term orders such as changes and repairs to experiments or components are carried out. You will also create drawings, component views or detailed renderings for publications and final theses.
In addition to conventional manufacturing, modern manufacturing methods such as 3D printing in various materials are becoming increasingly important in practice. Here, too, you will have the opportunity to implement designs in additively manufactured (printed) components. This is done both with university-owned manufacturing facilities and in cooperation with external service providers.
Duration of training/ possibility of shortening
The training lasts three and a half years. A reduction to three years is possible for trainees with particularly good performance during training and at vocational school.
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