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An offer from the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training

Your profession: Physicist (m/f)

Professional activities

Physicists research the events, processes, phenomena, states and correlations which occur in inanimate nature. They formulate physical laws and implement physical knowledge and methods of thought in practice in order to solve technical problems in sectors such as vehicle manufacturing. They work, for example, in science and teaching, in product development, in the field of technical sales or expert assessment.

Fields of work

Physicists work

  • in research institutes and universities
  • in companies in the field of vehicle construction and engineering
  • in companies in the semi-conductor industry
  • in thermal power plants
  • for data processing services and in software development
  • for manufacturers of (electrical) medical devices
  • in physical investigations and consultancy or at engineering companies
  • in public administration such as at calibration or testing agencies or the Federal Office for Radiation Protection

The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).