Defence jobs for graduates and interns in Germany

104 open roles for graduates and interns at 14 defence and security companies in Germany. None of them states a citizenship or security-check demand. 2 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 2 Nov 2026
open technical roles
104
companies
14
open to any nationality
100%
estimated median pay
$47k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Rheinmetall36100%
HENSOLDT27100%
MBDA Deutschland13100%
Airbus11100%
Tytan Technologies4100%
Thales Group4100%
ArianeGroup2100%
Blaser Group1100%
WORK Microwave1100%
Habia1100%
Helsing1100%1
Hive Robotics1100%
TKMS1100%
Boeing1100%1

Newest roles

Boeing

boeing.com
boeing.com · HQ: Arlington, United States · Aerospace Manufacturing · Combat Aircraft · Aircraft Manufacturing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1916 · Trust A · Hiring 610, 154 new
HQ: Arlington, United States · Aerospace Manufacturing · Combat Aircraft · Aircraft Manufacturing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1916 · Trust A · Hiring 610, 154 new
Boeing is a global aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor specializing in commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, and space systems. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States, the company operates across three main business divisions: Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; and Global Services. Through aircraft engineering, defense hardware production, and worldwide fleet support, the enterprise serves commercial airlines, armed forces, and government partners across more than 150 countries.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 5 hours ago 4 days ago Hiring now · 99%

Working student / Werkstudent - Flight Deck / Systems Engineering (m/f/d)

≈ $34k – $71k per year (Estimated) · Intern · In office (Neu-Isenburg, Germany) · Relocation · PhD · Part-Time · Shift work · Intern · English: C1
AI Agents
MedTech
Human Factors Engineering
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Airbus

airbus.com
airbus.com · HQ: Blagnac, France · Defense Manufacturing · Satellite Manufacturing · Aerospace Manufacturing · Aircraft Manufacturing · 5000+ employees · Est. 1970 · Trust B · Hiring 2917, 281 new
HQ: Blagnac, France · Defense Manufacturing · Satellite Manufacturing · Aerospace Manufacturing · Aircraft Manufacturing · 5000+ employees · Est. 1970 · Trust B · Hiring 2917, 281 new
Airbus is a European aerospace group formed in 1970 as a consortium of French, German, British and Spanish manufacturers to build a competitor to the American aircraft industry, and now the largest commercial aircraft maker in the world. Its passenger jets run from the A220 through the best-selling A320 family to the A350 widebody, built in an unusual pan-European industrial system where major sections are made in different countries and flown to final assembly lines. Beyond airliners it is the largest civil helicopter maker, builds telecommunications and observation satellites, and supplies military aircraft including the A400M transport.
Lars Wagner · Directeur Général · decision-maker
Carmen-Maja Rex · Directeur Général · decision-maker
Alberto Gutierrez · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Catherine Jestin · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 4 days ago Likely open · 63%

Werkstudent (d/m/w) im Bereich Agentic-AI-gestützte Softwareentwicklung

≈ $36k – $75k per year (Estimated) · Intern · In office (Ulm, Germany) · Part-Time · Intern · German: C1 · English: C1
AI Agents
Management
Scrum
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 5 days ago Likely open · 63%

Internship within Commodity Management for IT Infrastructure (d/f/m)

≈ $33k – $68k per year (Estimated) · Intern · In office (Ottobrunn, Germany) · Internship · Intern · English: C1
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TKMS

tkmsgroup.com
tkmsgroup.com · HQ: Kiel, Germany · Defense Manufacturing · Naval Systems · 5000+ employees · Hiring 14, 13 new
HQ: Kiel, Germany · Defense Manufacturing · Naval Systems · 5000+ employees · Hiring 14, 13 new
TKMS is a German naval shipbuilding and maritime defence group headquartered in Kiel that designs and builds submarines and surface warships and supplies naval electronics and services. The former thyssenkrupp Marine Systems draws on more than 185 years of shipbuilding tradition, builds HDW-class submarines for navies worldwide, and includes ATLAS ELEKTRONIK for sonar, mine countermeasures and unmanned systems, TKMS Hagenuk Marinekommunikation for naval communications and a shipyard in Wismar, with more than 9,700 employees. It hires welders and metal shipbuilders, industrial mechanics, design and systems engineers, network engineers, project managers and maintenance coordinators.
No named decision-maker yet.
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≈ $16k – $24k per year (Estimated) · In office (Hamburg, Germany) · Part-Time · German: B2 · English: B2
C
C
U-Boot
AI/ML
Machine Learning
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ArianeGroup

ariane.group
ariane.group · HQ: Issy-les-Moulineaux, France · Missiles · Launch Services · 5000+ employees · Est. 2015 · Trust A · Hiring 225, 32 new
HQ: Issy-les-Moulineaux, France · Missiles · Launch Services · 5000+ employees · Est. 2015 · Trust A · Hiring 225, 32 new
ArianeGroup is a European aerospace company and a joint venture of Airbus and Safran, created in 2015 and headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris. It designs, builds and operates the Ariane family of launch vehicles, including Ariane 6, and supplies the propulsion and missile systems of the French deterrent force along with space equipment, propellants and reusable-launcher demonstrators such as Themis. The group employs engineers, technicians and test specialists at sites in France and Germany, among them Les Mureaux, Vernon, Saint-Medard-en-Jalles, Bremen, Ottobrunn and the Kourou spaceport.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 5 days ago Likely open · 63%

Working student in the area of Tool Development in Thermomechanics (m/f/d)

≈ $36k – $74k per year (Estimated) · Intern · In office (Taufkirchen, Germany) · Part-Time · Intern
C++
Python
DevOps
Prometheus
Git
SpaceTech
Abaqus
ANSYS
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 19 days ago Fading · 29%

Praktikant im Bereich Produktionsprozesse (m/w/d)

≈ $33k – $69k per year (Estimated) · Intern · In office (Lampoldshausen, Germany) · Internship · Intern · German: C1 · English
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Thales Group

thalesgroup.com
thalesgroup.com · HQ: Paris, France · Electronic Warfare · Satellite Manufacturing · Identity Management · Avionics & Flight Control · C4ISR · 5000+ employees · Est. 1893 · Trust B · Hiring 2450, 324 new
HQ: Paris, France · Electronic Warfare · Satellite Manufacturing · Identity Management · Avionics & Flight Control · C4ISR · 5000+ employees · Est. 1893 · Trust B · Hiring 2450, 324 new
Thales is a French technology group whose lineage runs back to 1893, and it is one of Europe's largest defence and aerospace electronics companies. It builds radar, electronic warfare, sonar and command systems for armed forces, avionics and in-flight entertainment for aircraft, signalling for railways, and satellites through the Thales Alenia Space joint venture with Leonardo. A large cybersecurity and digital identity division, assembled through the Gemalto and Imperva acquisitions, supplies hardware security modules, encryption and the SIM and biometric documents used by banks and governments worldwide.
Pascal Bouchiat · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Patrice Caine · Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 6 days ago Likely open · 63%

Werkstudent (m/w/d) IT-Kommunikation

≈ $31k – $64k per year (Estimated) · Intern · Hybrid (Stuttgart, Germany) · Part-Time · Intern · German: C1 · English: C1
ServiceNow
Confluence
Miro
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≈ $15k – $23k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid (Stuttgart, Germany) · Full-Time · German: B2 · English: B2
MATLAB
C++
Python
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Rheinmetall

rheinmetall.com
rheinmetall.com · HQ: Düsseldorf, Germany · Ammunition · Armored Vehicles · Defense Manufacturing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1889 · Trust A · Hiring 942, 49 new
HQ: Düsseldorf, Germany · Ammunition · Armored Vehicles · Defense Manufacturing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1889 · Trust A · Hiring 942, 49 new
Rheinmetall is an integrated technology group that specializes in defense systems, security equipment, and civil industrial solutions. Headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, the company manufactures a wide range of armored vehicles, weapon systems, ammunition, and electronic sensors. It serves armed forces and government agencies worldwide while also delivering advanced technologies for sustainable mobility and energy transition.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 5 hours ago 7 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Werkstudent Testing (m/w/d)

≈ $31k – $65k per year (Estimated) · Intern · In office (Düsseldorf, Germany) · Part-Time · Intern · German: B2 · English: B2
Python
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Verified live · 5 hours ago 12 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Werkstudent IT- Abrechnungen (m/w/d)

≈ $33k – $69k per year (Estimated) · Intern · In office (Neuss, Germany) · Part-Time · Intern · German: B2
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Skills these roles ask for

.NET 20Python 7Microsoft Office 7Siemens NX 5C++ 4Linux 3Confluence 3Windows 2Machine Learning 2CI/CD 2Git 2IBM DOORS 2Power BI 2Jira 2AI Agents 2Qt 1

Where the roles are

Schrobenhausen 12Bremen 11Ulm 11Kassel 6Munich 6Neuss 6Düsseldorf 6Ottobrunn 6Fürstenfeldbruck 5Stuttgart 4

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

104 of the 104 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does - a citizenship, a national security vetting, a US clearance - says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which companies hire most?

Rheinmetall (36), HENSOLDT (27), MBDA Deutschland (13), Airbus (11), Tytan Technologies (4).

Which employers count as defence companies?

Companies whose main business is defence and security - prime contractors, defence electronics, naval, land and air systems, defence software and the defence tech startups - and the defence divisions of diversified groups. Companies of Russia, Belarus, China, Hong Kong, Iran and North Korea and companies under sanctions are left out.

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