Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is hiring a Market and Technology Researcher for its Industrial High Frequency Systems (IHS) division. In this role, you will provide essential services in market, competition, and technology research, offering strategic support for the division's research and acquisition activities.
What You'll Do
- Conduct in-depth internet research on competitors and potential project or consortium partners, analyzing company websites and relevant patent databases.
- Continuously monitor public tenders at national and EU levels to identify strategically relevant funding and project opportunities.
- Perform trend analyses, technological forecasts, and examine market and price structures for strategic classification.
- Prepare results for management-level presentation for division and department heads.
- Maintain structured documentation in the Confluence area 'Research & Market Analysis'.
- Develop and conduct targeted training on market research and analysis for internal units and external partners to build sustainable competence.
What We're Looking For
- A completed Master's degree in industrial engineering, economics, technology management, engineering sciences, or a comparable field.
- Very good German and English language skills, both written and spoken, with pronounced communication, presentation, and moderation skills.
- Experience in market research, competitive analysis, trend and forecast analysis, and monitoring of markets and tenders.
- The ability to structure information, create reliable decision-making bases, and apply suitable analysis and evaluation methods.
- An understanding of technical contexts, ideally in the field of industrial high-frequency systems or comparable technology-oriented industries.
- Independent work style, strategic thinking, teamwork, and high reliability and discretion.
Team & Environment
You will be part of the 'Industrial High Frequency Systems' (IHS) division, which consists of four departments. You will work in an open and collegial environment within a professional research facility equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The culture focuses on future-relevant key technologies and values the diversity of its employees' competencies.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation according to the collective agreement for the public service (TVöD).
- Flexible working hours for good work-life balance, including a 39-hour week, a flexitime system, bridge day regulation, and the possibility of mobile work.
- Company pension scheme (VBL).
- Subsidy for the Deutschland-Ticket.
- Family-friendly culture with a 'with-child' office and support from an external service provider for emergency care for children and dependents.
- Additional performance and success-related variable remuneration components.
- Above-average, supported further education culture with a wide range of offers for personal development.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in Wachtberg near Bonn.
We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity. Severely disabled persons will be given preferential consideration if equally qualified.
