Working Student Testing Lab (f/m/d) - #2113549

Your Tasks

Responsibilities

We, at Sono Motors, are a motivated small team dedicated to the successful market launch of solar products for commercial vehicles. As part of our project team, you will be involved with project co-ordination and the test and development of solar components integrated into vehicles. You will also be responsible for our in-house material testing as well as supporting our technical project leads. Your tasks in our team will include:

• Conduct mechanical and thermomechanical tests such as peel-, tensile- and shear adhesion strength tests on our in-house pulltester machine
• Complete physical testing, interpret the results, create relevant documentation and present it to the wider company
• Support the project engineering team by conducting component research, create design concept documentation and assisting in project planning, such as taking meeting minutes
• Create simple CAD Designs of mechanical parts using CATIA V5
• Support the creation of system wiring diagrams
• Support in performing reliability tests, such as damp heat, thermal cycling or humidity freeze tests in our in-house climate chamber and sun simulator
  
  

Our Requirements

• You are currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Material Science, Renewable Energies or a related field
• You are at least in the 4th semester
• Engineering background and interest in mechanical engineering and material science, ideally polymers
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with a hands-on approach, and an ability to work independently
• Flexibility to take on a range of tasks that may be new or out of your direct responsibility
• Basic CAD skills for CATIA V5 are of advantage
• You are required to be predominantly on-site and ideally living in the Munich region
• Fluent in English; German proficiency is advantageous
• You have a proactive attitude and sustainability values are important to you
  
  

What To Expect

• A visionary and highly dedicated team in a "newborn" company striving to fight CO2 emissions
• Additional benefits like allowances for public transport, gym memberships or others - your choice!
• Flexible working hours and option for home office according to tasks
• No entrenched processes and hierarchies, but a lot of courage to shape the transportation industry in a sustainable way
• A culture of mutual support and appreciation in which we celebrate successes as well as mistakes together
• An office and workshop space in the north of Munich, easily accessible with public transport - and bike ;)
• Free Charging of your electric car at the office
  
  

Interested?

Do you want to become a team member of Sono Motors joining as Working Student Testing Lab (f/m/d)? As you apply for this role, we would like to give you some insights into our company culture and organization. At Sono Motors, we replace the traditional employer-employee relationship with a partnership at eye level. When people transition from large organizations to Sono, we sometimes hear that they miss certain services, support, and infrastructure. We invite you to address these gaps with us. We see you as a creator of our company, not someone who only shows up to do their job. At Sono Motors, you take matters into your own hands, and you will achieve the desired impact. Our CEOs will work alongside you, and together with the entire Sono team, you will lead our organization. We expect you to take the initiative, contribute to our organizational development, accept imperfection, and communicate transparently. We call this #staysono; this is our culture.

About Us

Vision, motivation and professionalism. Creativity and trust. Love for our planet. All of this unites our current team of around 50 colleagues. Together, we are driving forward the realisation of our vision, which we want to achieve with a new strategy and focus of our company: Offering Solar Integration for the transportation industry.

Our technology is already being used by more than 25 B2B customers, who are testing our Solar Bus Kit and other solar integration solutions in a variety of vehicle architectures, including buses, refrigerated vehicles, cars and eTrucks/eVans.