Training as a technical product designer: KUKA trainee at work

Apprenticeship: Technical product designer

The apprenticeship as technical product designer is right up your street if you are a creative person and are equally thrilled by function and technology. With your talents, you give KUKA products the perfect design to allow them to be operated efficiently.

Your apprenticeship at KUKA

Technical product designers assist our engineers and designers in developing all kinds of products. The bandwidth ranges from the smallest component up to complete robots.

As a technical product designer, you analyze the specified planning and make lifelike 3D models. In doing this, you consider the properties of the particular material, which you know all about. As a result, we can produce individual components at KUKA and develop new, innovative products all the time.

If you decide on this training, you can expect these learning fields in particular:

Creating visual representations using 3D/CAD software programs
Creating 3D/CAD data sets from construction, design, layout and customer specifications
Drafting, constructing and designing components and assemblies
Application of company-specific simulation methods and investigation of the behavior of components and assemblies
Creating technical documentation

Our training and further education offers

At KUKA, we offer you various learning modules that go beyond the specialized training as technical product designer. This means you will achieve a wide-ranging qualification for your subsequent working life. The learning modules include, for example:

Introduction days
Robot training
Courses in foreign languages
Courses for exam preparation

Duration of the apprenticeship and graduation

KUKA offers training as a technical product designer in Bremen.

Upon successful completion after 3.5 years, you will be trained Technical Product Designer of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Your training will take place in cooperation with the TBZ Mitte vocational school in Bremen. For you, this means that both your practical assignments at KUKA and your classes will take place in Bremen.

What you should bring with you

Affinity for engineering, technology and communication
Enthusiasm and passion for IT topics
Enjoyment of mathematics, physics and computer science
Creativity
Logical thinking and analytical approach
Enjoy working with other people in a multicultural / international environment
Customer orientation and strong communication skills
Good command of written and spoken English
Interest in exchanging knowledge and ideas as well as learning new things
Middle maturity or (technical) high school diploma

This is what you can look forward to

Varied and interesting tasks

as well as insights into Industrie 4.0
Learn more about Industry 4.0
Extensive continuous professional development opportunities

Sponsorship programs for master workers or technicians
State-of-the-art training

in the new education center (opened in September 2020)
Learn more about our training center
State-of-the-art training facilities

(New machines, tablet PCs at the workbenches, etc.)
Attractive remuneration

including Christmas bonus and vacation pay
Foreign placements of four to six weeks

For example in Belgium, China or USA
30 days paid vacation
Company canteens and café
Very good transport connections
Financial support in the 365 Euro Ticket from AVV
Events and actions

such as summer parties, karting or a visit to the subsidiaries.

Start date: Start is annually 01 August.

Application

Please apply online via our careers page around one year before the start of the training with complete application documents (letter of motivation, CV, certificates, etc.).