Koblenz
Apprenticeship Electronics Technician for Operational Technology 2027
- 08 September 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Koblenz
Job summary
Join Deutsche Bahn, a leading employer connecting millions daily. Help us improve the railway experience!
Tasks
- Understand electrical concepts like voltage, current, and resistance.
- Analyze and troubleshoot operational technical issues effectively.
- Ensure power supply for 20,000 daily train journeys across Germany.
Skills
- You’ve completed school with a recognized diploma in Germany.
- Enjoy math and physics, and have strong hands-on skills.
- Reliable, team-oriented, and able to work independently.
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About the job
We are Deutsche Bahn. Millions of passengers travel with us every day and we transport enormous quantities of goods – throughout Germany and neighbouring Europe. Too often, we also disappoint. That is why we are working intensively on a better railway. For that, we need power and you! We are one of the most diverse employers in Germany. Every year, we look for around 5,000 apprentices in 50 different training professions who want to make the railway a little better with us day by day. Join in: We offer you attractive benefits, a fixed contact person, and a great team by your side. And after successful training, you have excellent chances of being taken on!
This is what awaits you in your apprenticeship:
- You will be taught an understanding of electrical quantities such as voltage, current, resistance, and power
- In addition, as an electronics technician for operational technology, you will learn to analyse and eliminate faults in operational technology
- You are jointly responsible for the power supply of around 20,000 electric train journeys daily and ensure sufficient energy at the approximately 5,700 stations in Germany
- In particular, you work on high-voltage systems and support our maintenance staff with maintenance work and installations at transformer stations in stations, substations along the railway lines, and converter plants in the 110 kV railway power network
- You ensure that our energy supply systems are regularly inspected and maintained
Your profile:
- You have (soon) successfully completed school and your school leaving certificate is recognised in Germany
- Your German language skills correspond to at least the B2 level
- You enjoy maths and physics
- You are handy and like tinkering with electronic components
- You are definitely a team player
- It is also clear that you are reliable
- In addition, you like to work independently
This is important to us:
Benefits
Attractive remuneration
DB Youngster Community
Fixed contact persons
Free travel
Rental cost subsidy
Mobile device
Permanent employment
Equal opportunities and self-determined participation of severely disabled persons and those with equivalent status, as well as respectful cooperation, are firmly established principles within the DB Group. Therefore, severely disabled and equally entitled applicants are given preferential consideration if equally qualified.