Student Assistant Customer Discovery & Market Validation

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 12.000 - 17.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Direct startup exposure

Close collaboration with founding team

Hands-on market validation experience

Creative freedom

Zusammenfassung

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft seeks a student assistant to support customer discovery and market validation for a deep-tech startup. The role focuses on researching target markets, identifying potential customers and partners, and assisting with initial outreach.

You will work closely with the founding team, gaining hands-on experience in market validation, sales development, and fundraising preparation while attending trade shows and client meetings as needed.

Qualifikationen

• Full-time student in business, economics, industrial engineering, entrepreneurship or similar field.
• Interest in deep tech, startups, innovation, and B2B markets.
• Outgoing personality and reliable follow-up.

Aufgaben

• Market Validation: Research on target markets, customers, competitors, and use cases.
• Customer Acquisition: Identifying potential customers, partners, and pilot customers.
• Outbound Communication: Preparing and sending emails, LinkedIn messages, and initial outreach.
• Sales & Business Development: Building lists, CRM structures, and follow-up processes.
• Trade Shows & Events: Accompanying to trade shows, networking events, and customer meetings.
• Pitch & Presentation Materials: Assistance with sales materials, market analyses, and business cases.
• Startup development: Assistance with all business-related tasks during the early startup phase.

Kenntnisse

Strong communication

Structured work style

Outreach interest

Networking enthusiasm

Ausbildung

Full-time student (enrolled)

Jobbeschreibung

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Student Assistant Customer Discovery & Market Validation

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com ) is one of the world's leading organizations for application-oriented research. 74 institutes develop pioneering technologies for our economy and society – more precisely: 30 000 people from technology, science, administration and IT. They know: Anyone who comes to Fraunhofer wants to and can make a difference. For themselves, for us and for the markets of today and tomorrow.

Future. Discover. Together.
Excellent research and innovation are at the centre of the work of the HHI - Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications. We are a world leader in researching mobile and optical communication networks and systems, as well as machine learning, computer vision and compressing digital videos. Become a part of our team and join us on our journey of research and innovation!

Be part of change

• Market Validation: Research on target markets, customers, competitors, and use cases
• Customer Acquisition: Identifying potential customers, partners, and pilot customers
• Outbound Communication: Preparing and sending emails, LinkedInmessages, and initial outreach
• Sales & Business Development Processes: Building lists, CRM structures, and follow-up processes
• Trade Shows & Events: Accompanying you to trade shows, networking events, and customer meetings
• Pitch & Presentation Materials: Assistance with sales materials, market analyses, and business cases
• Startup development: Assistance with all business-related tasks during the early startup phase

What you contribute

• Full-time student, ideally majoring in business administration, economics, industrial engineering, entrepreneurship, or a similar field
• Interest in deep tech, startups, innovation, and B2B markets
• Outgoing personality
• Structured, independent work style and reliable follow-up
• Strong communication skills and a good sense of how to engage with different types of people
• Eagerness to attend trade shows, events, and client meetings

What we offer

• Direct insight into the development of a real deep-tech startup
• Close collaboration with the founding team
• Hands-on experience in market validation, sales, business development, and fundraisingpreparation
• Plenty of creative freedom instead of rigid corporate structures
• Access to customers, partners, investors, trade shows, and startup networks
• The opportunity to take on responsibility early on
• If the collaboration goes very well: the prospect of becoming a long-term member of the startup

The position is initially limited to 1 year. An extension is explicitly desired.

The weekly working time is 20 hours. 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 are given preference in the event of equal suitability. Our tasks are diverse and adaptable – for applicants with disabilities, we work together to find solutions that best promote their abilities.

With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial utilization of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. As a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and scientific excellence, Fraunhofer helps shape society now and in the future.

If you require further information about this position, please contact:

Mr. Max Bode

Requisition Number: 84935 Application Deadline: 09/15/2026