German for Engineers

Discover how to use LinkedIn, Zyng, and StepStone with salary expectations to craft a standout profile while understanding three company models—main companies, external consulting, and technical services.

Exchanging information for engineering job applications, this lecture shows how to discuss why you applied, match your profile to the role, and express experience and company fit.

Learn how to discuss internships in German, using das Praktikum and Praktika. Use verbs like absolvieren and erfahren über, and frame details with Während meines Studiums and in Deutschland stattgefunden.

Describe your berufserfahrung in an interview using verbs such as erworben, vertiefen, einbringen, and sammeln. Highlight your funktion and werdegang, and soft skills like zuverlässig, kreativ, and verantwortungsbewusst.

Learn how engineers describe work experience in German, using verbs like zuständig sein and herstellen, with examples covering quality planning, steel processing, and a computer-aided design office.

Learn how to describe leadership positions, team leadership, and customer trust in German for engineers, with phrases for production and product development expertise and being up to the task.

Learn to present work experience and engineering skills in German during interviews, using phrases like sich auskennen mit and besondere kenntnisse to describe familiarity with assembly.

Master how to describe your knowledge, experience, and skills in German for engineers, including discussing projects, areas, and designing and manufacturing products to standards.

Practice describing your German language mastery for job interviews, including examples like 'Ich habe mir Deutsch angeeignet', C1 certificates from Goethe-Telk-Institut, and speaking multiple languages such as English and Arabic.

Practice German for engineers with interview dialogues on flexibility, new locations, tasks, and clients, and learn to discuss training courses, working hours, and relocation.

Explore key interview phrases in German for engineers, including asking about contract types, probation, relocation, and how to request feedback and department insights.

Learn to greet colleagues professionally, describe the company, and navigate onboarding during your first week, using essential vocabulary and grammar including imperative, accusative, dative, genitive, and adjective declension.

Learn how to begin your first day, receive your laptop and other equipment from your contact person, and set up hardware or software for home office or on the go.

Take a guided tour of the company facilities, from the entrance area and lockers to the Z1 building’s large montage hall, learning key terms for assembly, equipment, and processes.

Explore how modern lab facilities and technical equipment align with ESMI guidelines, and learn about outsourcing cleaning and disposal to specialized firms during a German company tour.

Navigate onboarding by receiving access emails, creating passwords, and managing design tasks; identify who is responsible for deliveries and who to contact for any issues.

Learn how to use übernehmen and abgeben to express taking over tasks and responsibilities, and compare related terms like aufgabe, tätigkeit, verantwortung, aufgabenbereich, and der ansprechpartner.

Discover how to secure understanding in engineering discussions by asking questions, repeating unclear points, spelling and pronouncing new terms, and verifying equipment, tasks, and results.

Discover chapter 3 topics, including the design office and design department, the planning and manufacturing departments, and the conversation and important notes structure.

Learn construction office German vocabulary for engineers, including how to express length, width, height, and ramp, use genitive forms, and describe amounts with betragen.

Examine material selection in a design office, using German terms das material, materialien, and raw material, explain abhängen von with genitive, and discuss advantages and disadvantages.

Explore material X’s waterproof advantages and the idea of recommending it when it does not absorb water, then compare steel, aluminum, concrete, plastic, wood, and glass.

Learn where to find information for designers, machines, and facilities, follow guidelines on the disk drive, and discuss a new design concept with colleagues.

Identify the department's construction and design software, learn to create 3d concepts and 2d drawings, and recognize Katia as a well-known tool in the aerospace industry.

Learn ändern and durchtauschen to describe changes or swaps in German, using passive forms wie wurde geändert and wurde getauscht to indicate die Position des Objekts old versus new.

Explore essential design office terms for documents, drawings, parts lists, and assembly in 3d cad contexts, including threads, screws, seals, and standard parts.

Discuss how to perform simulations and mechanical tests on concepts and materials, covering simulation execution, tensile and compression tests, stress-strain diagrams, elastic and plastic deformation, necking, fracture, and elongation.

Learn German terms for changing from form a to form b with von nach, von auf, and durch, use durchführen for tests, and describe stress-strain diagram, normteile, dimensions, and materials.

Move from design to the testing and approval department and learn what to consider during checks, focusing on passive constructions and criteria like tragfähigkeit, entwässerung, verformung, korrosion for bridge checks.