Senior/Principal Analyst - Automotive, battery and industrial policy

🫵 Role: Senior/Principal Analyst - Automotive, battery and industrial policy

📍 Location: Berlin (Germany)

📅 Deadline for applications: 27/11/2026, at midnight

Job Description

Transport & Environment (T&E), Europe’s leading advocates for clean transport and energy, are offering a position for a research analyst in the German office, starting from Spring 2027.

T&E prides itself on developing data and evidence-based transport policy proposals. Your work will have a significant and lasting impact as we work with policy makers, advisory bodies, industry players and a coalition of civil society across the EU. Transport is the largest emitting sector in the EU - your work will help us to make sure transport plays its part in getting to net zero.

The role will primarily support T&E Germany in helping inform and shape automotive and industrial policies as well as their implementation, with a particular focus on battery value chains. Key policy files in Germany and on the EU-level will include the implementation of the EU Battery Booster strategy, the EU Industrial Accelerator Act and the Hightech Agenda Deutschland.

The successful candidate will join T&E’s Trends and Analysis team, responsible for research, transport modelling and data analysis. Project work will primarily be directed by the German T&E team and will support our advocacy in Germany. Opportunities to contribute to other work programmes may arise based on capacity and interest.

Our working environment fosters learning and professional development. We value ideas and afford our colleagues the agency and autonomy to develop evidence and argument-based solutions to our complex transport decarbonisation challenges. We work on issues that can have a positive impact on the way we travel, our health, the climate as well as on future value creation in Germany and Europe.

We are looking for someone who can apply appropriate quantitative analytical tools and techniques, and synthesize evidence from a range of sources, to help our mission in creating a sustainable transport system. This will include assessing the reliability and relevance of evidence and giving objective evidence-based advice to shape policy and the public narrative of transport issues.

Main functions of the role:

• Conduct research and quantitative analysis on electric vehicle and battery value chains, industrial strategy and related policy.

• Develop and deliver modelling and analysis for Germany and the EU, including work on battery cells, components and production.

• Analyze wider industrial policy issues, such as trade, investment, carbon footprints and supply-chain resilience.

• Translate research findings into clear reports and policy briefings, assessing how different policy options could affect the European and German automotive and battery industries and their value chains.

• Quality-assure T&E’s analytical outputs by reviewing models, data, assumptions and methods, challenging findings where appropriate, and interpreting results clearly.

• Provide evidence and analysis to support T&E’s policy and communications strategies.

• Contribute to analytical projects across other programmes and offices when capacity and interest allow.

• Depending on the profile of the candidate, present research findings to internal and external audiences, including policymakers, industry representatives, civil society organisations, at meetings, events and conferences.

• Depending on the profile of the candidate, line management in T&E’s Trends and Analysis team.

Job requirements:

• 5+ years relevant or equivalent professional experience in transport economics/analysis, climate/energy analysis or transport policy. Experience with batteries and battery value chains is particularly relevant.

• Experience or expertise in detailed quantitative analysis such as economic or transport modelling, data science or regression analysis is required.

• Expertise in programming (for example leveraging Python with AI tools) and/or qualitative analysis (e.g. interviews, surveys, literature reviews, content analysis) are considered a bonus.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills and an ability to write in German and English fluently, accurately and concisely. Other relevant languages are considered a bonus.

• Project management experience as well as strong interpersonal and team-working skills and an ability to deliver to tight deadlines.

• The confidence to think and act with initiative, to engage and influence policymakers, industry representatives and other stakeholders at the highest level.

Our offer

Salary and job title as well as line management responsibilities will be assessed based on experience and demonstrated competencies in the interview and your CV. We are an equal opportunities employer and offer competitive salary and benefits.

This position is for a full-time or at least 80% FTE permanent contract.

About Us

T&E is Europe’s leading clean transport advocacy and campaign group. We combine the power of robust evidence and a deep understanding of the transport sector with compelling communications and impactful advocacy. T&E will commit to your professional development and invest in training from your first day with the organization. Our people work across Europe: we have offices in Brussels, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Warsaw, London and Singapore.

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