Master’s Thesis: Differentiable Ray Tracing for Wireless

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology; Wien; Vor Ort; EUR 13.000 - 18.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Canteen & meal allowance

Organic coffee, tea & fruit baskets

Flexitime & home office options

Zusammenfassung

The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna invites applications for a master’s thesis position in the Reliable Wireless Communication and Sensing group. You will support ongoing research projects focusing on reliable wireless 5G/6G communication and sensing, under supervision from experienced researchers.

You will gain hands-on experience with modern wireless simulation frameworks, AI-enabled optimization methods, and physics-based propagation.

Qualifikationen

• Pursuing a master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Physics, or a related field.
• Experience in atmospheric refraction modeling for ray tracing or learning environment properties using differentiable ray tracing is desirable.
• Solid Python programming skills; object-oriented development is an advantage.
• Basic understanding of electromagnetics, wave propagation, wireless communications, or computer graphics.
• Knowledge of ray tracing, geometric optics, optimization or machine learning is beneficial but not required.
• Experience with scientific computing frameworks (NumPy, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Sionna) is a plus.
• Good written and spoken English skills are required.

Aufgaben

• Advance differentiable ray tracing for large-scale wireless propagation, integrating atmospheric refraction models or learning environment properties.
• Implement and evaluate atmospheric refraction models in the differentiable ray-tracing framework Sionna RT.
• Develop algorithms to estimate electromagnetic material properties from channel measurements.
• Create and validate simulation workflows for physics-based propagation and gradient-based optimization.
• Collaborate with researchers in wireless communications to advance ray-tracing methods.

Kenntnisse

Python programming

OO programming

English skills

Ray tracing

Numerical computing

Ausbildung

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Physics, or related field

Tools

NumPy

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Sionna

Jobbeschreibung

The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna invites applications for a master’s thesis position in the Reliable Wireless Communication and Sensing group. You will support ongoing research projects focusing on reliable wireless 5G/6G communication and sensing, under supervision from experienced researchers.

You will gain hands-on experience with modern wireless simulation frameworks, AI-enabled optimization methods, and physics-based propagation.