Careers & Education

Careers at the German Space Agency at DLR

Here you will find current vacancies at the German Space Agency at DLR. The German Space Agency at DLR in Bonn currently employs around 300 people.

DLR Careers Portal

DLR conducts research and development in the areas of energy and transport, security and digitalisation – and, of course, aeronautics and space. We employ 11,000 people from all over the world and from a wide range of specialised fields. As the research centre of the Federal Republic of Germany, DLR develops pioneering and sustainable solutions for the challenges facing humanity.

Opportunities for Young Scientists

The German Space Agency at DLR offers students the opportunity to plan and build their own experiments or even rockets with the REXUS/BEXUS and STERN programmes and the 'Überflieger 2' competition.

School and Youth Projects

How do you build a robotic arm? What can you see on satellite images? And what happens to seeds that have been in space? The school projects of the German Space Agency at DLR have the answers to these and many other questions. Exciting projects await students of all ages.