Reference number: 2727
Place of work: Oberpfaffenhofen
Join Date: 01/01/2026
Career level: internship, student and thesis
Employment Level: Part-time, Full-time
Duration of employment: 6 months
Remuneration: Remuneration is paid in accordance with the applicable collective agreements of the public service (federal government).
Enter the fascinating world of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to help shape the future with research and innovation! With the know-how and curiosity of our 11,000 employees from 100 nations as well as our unique infrastructure, we offer an exciting and inspiring working environment. Together, we develop sustainable technologies and thus contribute to solving global challenges. Would you like to tackle this great task for the future together with us? Then your place is with us!
The DLR Institute of Communications and Navigation is dedicated to mission-oriented research in selected areas of communication and navigation. His work ranges from the theoretical foundations to the demonstration of new processes and systems in a real environment and is embedded in the DLR programmes Space, Aeronautics, Transport and Security and Digitalisation.
What to expect
Optical free-space communication is an exciting technology that is currently being intensively developed to enable secure, high-bandwidth communication in all regions of the world. To ensure reliable light reception at the optical ground station, adaptive optics are used to detect wavefront aberrations in light and correct them in real time. This requires high optical precision, powerful control systems and accurate calibration procedures.
Your tasks
- Design and implementation of a comprehensive C++ test suite, including hardware simulators
- Establishing a Continuous Integration Pipeline to Automate Validation for the Adaptive Optics System
- Design of a logging system
- Reworking the codebase with modern CMake
- Creating benchmarks to ensure our real-time performance requirements are met
Your profile
Knowledge in some of the following areas is desirable:
- C++
- Git
- Cmake
- Linux Environment
- Continuous Integration
- Docker Containers
What we offer you
DLR stands for diversity, appreciation and equality for all people. We promote independent work and the individual development of our employees in their personal and professional environment. For this purpose, our numerous further education and training opportunities are available to you. Equal opportunities are of particular concern to us, which is why we would like to increase the proportion of women in science and leadership in particular. We give preference to applications from severely disabled people if they are professionally suitable.
We look forward to meeting you!
If you have any questions about this position (reference number 2727), please contact:
Douglas Laidlaw
Phone: +49 8153 28 4522
