Jens Bold

  • 1968 Born in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany
  • 1988 – 1996 Study of aeronautical at Technical Univerity Munich, Germany
  • 1995 – 1996 Diploma thesis at IPTN Indonesian Aircraft Industrie, Bandung, Indonesia
  • 1996 – 1998 Working for two automotive engineering companies in Munich, Germany
  • 1998 – 2001 Eurocopter Donauwörth, Germany
    1 year at stress department helicopter fuselage as stress engineer
    2 years at aircraft door department a stress engineer
  • 2001 – 2007 Airbus Hamburg, Germany
    3 years in A380 fuselage stress
    2 years as chief stress for all fins
    2 years at structure accedemy to develop and teach composite engineering
  • 2008 – 2010 Toyota Motorsport, Cologne, Germany
    Stress engineer composite chassis and composite suspension
  • 2010 – 2013 DLR (German Research Center for Aerospace), Braunschweig, Germany
    Research engineer in the field of aerostrucure, e.g. wing
  • 2013 – 2015 Johnson Controls, Burscheid, Germany
    Manager New Technologies in the department Technology & Advanced Development
    Developing composite seat structures (also for RECARO Kaiserslautern and Kirchheim/Teck)
    (the US and German department was closed in March 2015 and all had to find new opportunities)
  • 2015 – 2016 Finalizing my PhD thesis
  • 2016 – Research Engineer at Boeing Research & Technology Europe, Munich office