Internship / In flight operational analysis of satellite for observation of the Earth (m/f)

Description de l'offre

Internship / In flight operational analysis of satellite for observation of the Earth (m/f)

Airbus Defence & Space Toulouse (ex Astrium SL)

Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus Group, formed by combining the business activities of Cassidian, Astrium and Airbus Military. This new division is the leading aerospace and defence company in Europe, it represents the second largest company in the space field and is among the ten best international defence companies. It employs some 40,000 people and records a turnover of approximately 14 billion euros per year.

Airbus Group is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2015, the Group - comprising Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space and Airbus Helicopters - generated revenues of € 64.5 billion and employed a workforce of around 136,600.

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.

Description of the job

Airbus Defence and Space (Toulouse) is looking for an intern for a 6 month internship.

This internship will start on 1 st March 2017 (subject to some flexibility).

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Tasks & accountabilities

Your task will consist in analyzing the in flight operational data of satellites for observation of the Earth into orbit (family Spot, Metop, military satellites…) in order to follow the behavior and the performance of the attitude monitoring system: angular speed measure with gyroscope for the assessment of attitude, reaction wheels or magneto-couplers for the creation of couple…
The objective is to analyze the evolution of the performances of critical subsets for satellite avionics (using telemetry in flight), to model and predict evolution of specific behaviors. The final objective is to provide to the customers of the satellite (CNES, ESA, DGA) necessary up to date data to ensure the performance of space segment: stability of pointing, capacities of agility, restitution of orbit…

You will join the department SCAO (monitoring systems of attitude in orbit) Design/GNC and flight dynamics, in close collaboration with the team of study engineers in charge of the SCAO design for satellite programs under development.

Your will have, amongst other things, the following responsibilities:

·  Analyze in flight data (telemetry) of satellites in operational service: management of files and large database, tasks liaised to basic and advanced signal treatment in order to analyse various phenomena
·  Improvement of knowledge of various components of the monitoring system (equipment, interference) in correlation of inflight attitude with simulations and with digital modeling (using Matlab and/or benches of functional validation)
·  Propose and validation of improvements/modifications of the on board software in order to maintain or increase the performance of the space segment.

This internship is adapted to a school of engineering 4th year student (cesure).

Required skills

You are in the 2nd year of a master's or the 5th year of engineering school, university or equivalent specializing in Engineering / Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering.

You ideally have an initial experience in this domain.

You have knowledge of:

·  Automatic and filtering, dynamics of the satellites, statistical analysis, General mechanical engineering,
·  Data processing: knowledge of Unix, language C, Matlab/Simulink wished.

You are a strong team player and have excellent interpersonal skills.

English: negotiation level,
French: negotiation level.