Internship - Navigation Algorithms

Job description

Airbus Defence and Space SAS

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2018 it generated revenues of € 64 billion and employed a workforce of around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world's leading space companies. 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.

Job Description

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) provides an accurate mean of positioning anywhere on the globe. In particular, GPS, Galileo or GLONASS satellites can be used to provide improved aeronautical navigation services such as precision approaches. Other system, like EGNOS, can improve the performance and the integrity of the position computed by the user. A new generation of European SBAS (satellite-Based Augmentation Systems), EGNOS V3, has been launched, and is design, develop and validated by Airbus DS. This large ground system hosts complex algorithms of signal processing, including orbit determination, integrity monitoring, performance assessment and so on. The AIRBUS team is also involved in the new version of Galileo ground segment, Galileo Second Generation, that hosts similar algorithms. The goal of the internship is to work on the algorithms inside the Orbit Determination and Time Synchronisation chain (ODTS), a major chain of the EGNOS and GALILEO system. You will first assess the different algorithms solutions that already exist in the litterature, and then propose an innovative solution to meet the expected performance for the system. You will prototype these algorithms solution, and perform a first analysis of its performance. More precisely you will: - Design algorithms of orbit determination and flight dynamics for GNSS satellite. - Prototype (Matlab) the selected algorithms, using if necessary existing library. - Develop (C/C++, java or python) the prototype for a first assessment of real time performance - Write algorithm description, algorithm design justifications, algorithm performance test reports

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