Lunar PVT Algorithms Intern – Moonlight Project

European Space Agency; Nederland; Híbrido; EUR 6700 - 13.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

European Space Agency’s End-To-End Systems Engineering Division in Noordwijk invites a university student to join the Navigation Systems Implementation and Validation Section as an intern. You will contribute to the Moonlight programme by developing advanced lunar PVT algorithms and evaluating them with simulations.

Qualifications include being enrolled in a Master’s program, proficiency in MATLAB and Python, and knowledge of GNSS concepts.

Formación

• Must be a university student, preferably in the final or second-to-last year of the Master’s program.
• Good knowledge of MATLAB, Python or other related programming languages.
• Familiarity with Satellite based navigation concepts such as Earth GNSS.

Responsabilidades

• conducting research and developing innovative algorithm(s) for Position, Velocity and Time (PVT) estimation in the lunar environment using measurements from a single Moonlight navigation satellite
• developing, implementing and validating the PVT algorithm(s) through simulation and performance assessment activities
• performing sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of key error sources, including satellite orbit determination and timing synchronisation
• investigating and analysing the use of additional information sources available in the lunar environment, such as DEMs and signals from ESA Pathfinder satellite, to enhance navigation performance
• evaluating the algorithm performance under different lunar operational scenarios, including the initial Moonlight deployment phase when only a single navigation satellite may be available

Conocimientos

MATLAB

Python

GNSS concepts

PVT algorithms

Research

Educación

Master's student in a relevant field

Descripción del empleo

European Space Agency’s End-To-End Systems Engineering Division in Noordwijk invites a university student to join the Navigation Systems Implementation and Validation Section as an intern. You will contribute to the Moonlight programme by developing advanced lunar PVT algorithms and evaluating them with simulations.

Qualifications include being enrolled in a Master’s program, proficiency in MATLAB and Python, and knowledge of GNSS concepts.