Research & development

Technologies for Small Aircraft

The Technologies for Small Aircraft facility operates the Innovation Center for Small Aircraft Technologies for research into electric and hybrid-electric flight.

Technologies for Small Aircraft

Location:

  • Würselen (city region Aachen)

Web: DLR.de/en/kf

The Innovation Center for Small Aircraft Technologies is dedicated to the topics of electric flight with a view to small aircraft: This is the place to be to research and demonstrate new solutions for innovative technologies for small aircraft in interdisciplinary teams from various institutes.

Scientific issues are addressed in particular in the areas of general aviation and (inter)urban air traffic (advanced air mobility).

What specialities are we looking for?

The facility Technologies for Small Aircraft and the institutes located in the associated innovation center offer attractive job opportunities in both the scientific and administrative fields.

Scientific field:

  • Electrical engineering
  • Computer science
  • Aerospace engineering
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Measurement and control engineering
  • Physics
  • Psychology

Administrative field:

  • Civil engineering
  • (Specialised) Computer science
  • Humanities
  • Business people for office management
  • Aerospace engineering
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Mechatronics
  • Industrial engineering and management
  • Economics

The infrastructure of the Innovation Center for Small Aircraft Technologies with its new workspaces provides an ideal working environment for interdisciplinary work. The research groups also benefit from the use of the workshops and the test environments.

The Technologies for Small Aircraft facility is responsible for the operation and development of the Innovation Center for Small Aircraft Technologies, as well as providing administrative and technical support to researchers.

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