Student: Comparative Design Study for a Low-Altitude-Air-Delivery-UAS (m/f/x)

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; Braunschweig; On-site; EUR 20,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Braunschweig invites motivated students to join the KARGO project for a comparative design study of a low-altitude air delivery UAS. You will explore concepts, derive requirements from mission constraints, and evaluate options for a cost-effective, robust, and modular UAV system.

This internship combines flight mechanics, autonomy and system integration with hands-on modeling and analysis using MATLAB or Python, under the supervision of a

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a university degree program in aerospace engineering or a comparable field.

Responsibilities

• Familiarization with boundary conditions and objectives of the KARGO project and mission-based requirements for a Low-Altitude Air Delivery UAS.
• Develop a toolchain for preliminary design and optimization of a gyrocopter configuration and compare with rotary-wing and fixed-wing setups.
• Analyze configurations for performance and economic efficiency.
• Prepare, discuss and document results in close coordination with the supervising research team.

Education

University degree program in aerospace engineering or comparable field

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Student: Comparative Design Study for a Low-Altitude-Air-Delivery-UAS (m/f/x)

Job Description

Req ID: 6277

Place of work: Braunschweig, Cochstedt

Starting date: ab sofort

Career level: Graduates, Internship

Type of employment: Full-time, Part time

Duration of contract: nach Absprache

Remuneration

Remuneration is in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Sector - Federal Government (TVöD-Bund).

Enter the fascinating world of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.; DLR) and help shape the future through research and innovation! We offer an exciting and inspiring working environment driven by the expertise and curiosity of our 12,000 employees from 100 nations and our unique infrastructure. Together, we develop sustainable technologies and thus contribute to finding solutions to global challenges. Would you like to join us in addressing this major future challenge? Then this is your place!

Welcome to the Institute of Flight Systems. Our work focuses on the interaction between aircraft configuration, pilots and modern flight system technology. From flight dynamics to unmanned aerial vehicles, from simulation to real flight tests - we analyse, test and develop innovations that will shape the flying of the future.

What to expect

As part of the KARGO project, you will work on a comparative conceptual and preliminary design study for an unmanned aerial vehicle for precise cargo delivery at low altitude. The objective of the project is to develop suitable system concepts for a cost-effective, robust, and modular Low-Altitude Air Delivery drone and to evaluate them based on realistic mission scenarios. You will investigate different design options, derive requirements from operational constraints, and compare their effects on performance, safety, complexity, and economic efficiency. Depending on your focus, flight mechanics, operational, and conceptual aspects can be combined, for example with regard to low-SAIL BVLOS operations, autonomy, robustness, and integration into a modular overall system. This position offers you the opportunity to contribute to a highly relevant research topic in the field of unmanned cargo aircraft systems and to bring your own ideas into an application-oriented DLR research project.

Your tasks

• Familiarization with the boundary conditions and objectives of the KARGO project, as well as with mission-based requirements for a Low-Altitude Air Delivery UAS


• Development of a toolchain for the preliminary design and optimization of a gyrocopter configuration, and comparison with conventional rotary-wing and fixed-wing configurations


• Analysis of the different configurations with regard to performance and economic efficiency


• Preparation, discussion, and documentation of the results in close coordination with the supervising research team

Your profile

• Currently enrolled in a university degree program in aerospace engineering or a comparable field


• Interest in unmanned aerial vehicles and application-oriented research in the field of aviation


• Advanced knowledge of aircraft design


• Analytical and structured approach to work, as well as the ability to independently address technical questions


• Confident use of common tools for technical analysis, modeling, or programming, such as MATLAB, Python, or comparable software

We offer

DLR stands for diversity, appreciation and equality for all people. We promote independent work and the individual development of our employees both personally and professionally. To this end, we offer numerous training and development opportunities. Equal opportunities are of particular importance to us, which is why we want to increase the proportion of women in science and management in particular. Applicants with severe disabilities will be given preference if they are qualified.

We look forward to getting to know you!

If you have any questions about this position (Vacancy-ID 6277) please contact:

Lennart Kracke

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