Working Student (M/F/D) Intellectual Property And Innovation

About the role

The world is transitioning towards renewable energy generation and sustainable transportation to counteract global climate change. Batteries are both the key and the Achilles' heel of this transition. Our mission is to enable efficient development and long lifetime of stationary energy storage systems and electric vehicles with our Predictive Battery Analytic Software. Join us on our way to an emission-free future.

Within Twaice, we always strive for innovative ways to improve our technologies and to push the boundaries of what’s possible. With the help of our deep knowledge and creative minds, we're building a strong patent portfolio to ensure Twaice retains its leading position in the market.
The Intellectual Property &
Innovation team is responsible for a wide range of IP-related tasks such as the acceleration and evaluation of internal inventions and filing of patent applications, patent searches, as well as the management and administration of our IP portfolio. Furthermore, we drive the interdisciplinary Innovation Management and manage externally funded R&
D projects together withsome of the biggest and most important actors in the field.To strengthen our IP &
Innovation team, we arenow looking for a Working Student (m/f/d) for 20 hours a week during the semester and up to 40 hours a week during semester breaks.

Your daily business will involve

• Innovation Management:
  
  • Project management:
    Support large R&
    D innovation projects with leading OEMs, research institutions and other pioneering startups jointly working on accelerating the transition towards a sustainable future of mobility and energy.
  • Project Management tasks include creation of project management tools, external communication with stakeholders, documentation, financials, and more.

• IP Management:
  
  • Close collaboration with and support of our IP &
    Innovation Manager – tasks my vary based on current priorities.
  • Analyzing internal patents, IP processes, and supporting the creation of effective IP visualizations as well as performing patent searches and monitoring the competitor landscape.
  • Help orchestrating and accelerating our patent game:
    Reduce our inventors’ workload by driving the patent application process together with our IP &
    Innovation Manager (bridge-building activities and coordination with internal inventors (tech), external patent attorneys (legal), and Management (business strategy), monitoring progress and events/deadlines).
  • Consolidating feedback from patent search reports coming from Patent Offices.
  • Supporting tasks for internal IP and/or Innovation workshops as well as analyses of internal Innovation Management Processes.

• Sustainability Management:
  
  • Setting up sustainability initiatives.
  • Identifying, measuring, and reporting the impact Twaice has on people and the planet (technical/environmental analyses).
  • Identifying, measuring, and reporting ESG metrics.

Your profile

• Student enrolled in IT, Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial Engineering/Natural Sciences or similar.
• Ideally, you are interested in supporting us on a long-term basis (>
  6 months).
• English and German working proficiency with very strong communication skillsis mandatory.
• You have a curious mindset, thorough way of working, and the capability to quickly become acquainted with complex issues.
• You have a good technical understanding.
• Battery/software knowledge is a plus.
• You are an action-taking team player in an agile environment.
• Structured and proactive way of working.
• First knowledge within the area of Intellectual Property (IP) is desirable, but not a must.

Benefits

Apart from you having a meaningful activity in one of the most exciting areas of our time, we care about your mental and physical health. We care about your flexible working time and your time off, about your social environmentand yourpersonal growth.
We offer you:

• A competitive salary.
• Free breakfast, free lunch, free snacks, drinks and coffee.
• Free access to a tool of your choice:
  Skillshare or Coursera.
• Subsidized access to gyms via a Gympass membership - not only for you, but also for your family and friends.
• A high degree of personal responsibility, creative freedom and opportunities.
• Strong team culture with regular team events and off-sites (Summer and Christmas party, at least one big off-site, Oktoberfest event, regular team and sports events).
• Flexible working hours and flexible home office within Germany:
  You decide when and where you work. We provide you with state-of-the-art IT hardware. Working within the EU is also possible for up to 90 calendar days a year.
• Borrow our company cars (e-Golf and Tesla) for private purposes and free EV-charging at our company.
• Book circle (Order a book via TWAICE - we pay for it, you read it).

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About us

The world is transitioning towards renewable energy generation and sustainable transportation to counteract global climate change. Batteries are both the key and the achilles heel of this transition. Our mission is to enable efficient development and long lifetime of stationary energy storage systems and electric vehicles with our Predictive Battery Analytic Software based on Digital Twins. Join us on our way to an emission free future. We are a fast growing venture capital financed start-up of about 120 employees – Become part of the family!