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Your opportunity with us

Our future calls for investment in research, education and innovation. Substantial funding is provided by governments, public and private funding bodies, and companies. But for this funding to make an impact, it needs to reach the right people and projects. With €1.81 billion in grant funding managed annually, DLR Projektträger is one of the key drivers of research, education and innovation in Europe. As an independent unit of the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center), we design and manage innovation, research and funding programmes effectively and professionally.
 

Our approximately 1,600 employees are at the heart of what we do. To help you realise your full potential, we support new colleagues from day one – with professional IT equipment and a structured onboarding process supported by a buddy system. Flexible working hours and the option to work from home are part of everyday life here. As an employer committed to vocational training and offering excellent prospects of permanent employment, we take great care to nurture the next generation of talent. And we support your continued professional development: our comprehensive training programme gives you the opportunity to continuously develop and expand your professional, methodological and interpersonal skills.

In the ‘Germany’s Best Employers’ survey, conducted by ‘stern’ and Statista among 33,000 employees from 650 renowned companies, DLR has consistently ranked among the top 10 for several years. In January 2024, we ranked 8th overall and 1st in the ‘Consulting, Research and Technology’ category.
DLR Projektträger offers jobs across a wide range of fields, with diverse responsibilities and opportunities for people with a variety of qualifications. You’ll be just as welcome as an HR officer in our HR department, a research officer in one of our specialist departments, or as a member of one of our teams in Corporate Communications, Management Systems or the Executive Office.

Explore your opportunities now at one of Germany’s most attractive employers.
 

Start your career as a Scientific Officer at DLR Projektträger

You are an expert in your field: as a Scientific Officer, you analyse project proposals, initiatives and innovative ideas from companies, and review and assess them for funding eligibility. As a project manager, you’ll oversee our funded projects, ensuring quality and communicating their results. As a communications professional, you’ll engage in dialogue with a wide range of stakeholders from science, politics and business – always in a spirit of mutual respect.

And you’re always one step ahead: you monitor trends and emerging issues and use these insights to anticipate future societal developments.
 

Start your career in funding management at DLR Projektträger

Do you love numbers and people? As a grant manager, you provide expert support for funded projects and administer funding in accordance with the relevant legal framework. You recognise the potential of technical and social innovations and help new ideas develop into market-ready products, processes or services. In doing so, you communicate with a wide range of stakeholders from science and business – professionally and in a spirit of mutual respect.

Our dual study programme in Research and Innovation Management

Help shape a better future while you’re still studying: work on specific projects promoting equal educational opportunities, medical progress, the preservation of biodiversity, or innovative key technologies. Join us in supporting research for tomorrow’s innovations and help educational institutions and businesses get future-oriented projects off the ground and carry them out successfully!

Your degree programme at the RheinAhrCampus in Remagen will equip you with the economic and legal foundations of research management.

Here you’ll find further information about studying at Koblenz University of Applied Sciences – RheinAhrCampus.

During the practical phases, you’ll support specific funded projects at DLR Projektträger in Bonn. You’ll check whether the objectives set are being achieved in line with the financial planning and learn how to successfully mediate between politics, science, business and society – always with the aim of helping shape the future of our society.