Internship within Engineering: Navigation with Android

Job description

Internship within Engineering: Navigation with Android

Airbus Defence & Space Ottobrunn

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2016, it generated revenues of € 67 billion and employed a workforce of around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from 100 to more than 600 seats. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as Europe's number one space enterprise and the world's second largest space business. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.

Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space.

Description of the job

Are you looking for an internship? Would you like to discover the work of an engineer? Then apply now! We look forward to you joining us as an intern (m/f) in the “TL1 Navigation System Support Ger” department (35 hours/week, flexi-time).

Location: Ottobrunn
Start: 01.10.2017
Duration: 6 months
Afterwards there is the possibility for writing a final thesis, upon agreement with the department.

The position is allocated to the department of navigation, a branch of the Earth Observation, Navigation and Sciences business unit of Airbus Defence and Space. With more than 60 engineers and almost 20 years of experience the department is playing a leading role in Europe's satellite navigation systems development and deployment programmes as well as application development and innovative concept demonstration.

Internships at Airbus

Desired profile

Tasks & accountabilities

Your exciting tasks:

·  Work in an integrated team on the ongoing exploitation of Galileo, the European satellite navigation system
·  Get an inside in the development of large systems
·  Support the assessment of Galileo in new mass-market devices
·  Support the maintenance of Airbus Android assessment apps
·  Identify reasonable testing scenarios and support the data evaluation
·  Contribute to innovative navigation concepts and concept testing with e.g. smartphones
·  Experimentation with navigation concepts in close cooperation with the navigation team
·  Activity can be shaped also for a final thesis work

Required skills

You offer:

·  Enrolled student within Software Engineering, Computer Science, Navigation or similar
·  Interest to deepen knowledge on satellite navigation systems
·  Experience in programming with Java for Android
·  Experience in rapid coding and efficient usage of development tools
·  Ambition to work in an international environment
·  Willingness to experiment with early system data and get an insight into processing algorithms
·  Interest to experiment with new and innovative ideas
·  English/German: advanced skills