Internship / Optimization of Earth Observation Satellite Constellations (m/f)

Description de l'offre

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 aerospace, defence and related services. In 2013, the Group - comprising Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space and Airbus Helicopters – generated revenues of € 59.3 billion and employed a workforce of around 144,000.

(The legal name change from European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. ('EADS N.V.') to Airbus Group N.V. is subject to the approval of the Annual General Meeting).

Description of the job

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

Thanks to lower costs for both satellite manufacturing and launchers, we can now consider relying on multiple satellites instead of large but few ones and so reduce significantly delays for shooting high resolution image requests from space (typically from several days to a couple of hours).

You will be responsible for designing and developing a mission analysis tool for performing sensitivity analyses and optimisations on constellation characteristics such as orbital parameters, number of satellites or station visibilities.
You will also contribute to the definition of the next generation of systems for providing satellite imagery, have the opportunity to understand the main drivers for defining complex space systems and acquire significant knowledge on satellites and ground segments.

This internship will start on 1st March 2016 (subject to some flexibility).

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Tasks & accountabilities

Your main tasks will include:

· Identifying the specific constraints and needs in the specific case of constellations,
· Proposing tool architecture and algorithms for constellation analysis and optimization,
· Implementing proposed solutions in simulation tools,
· Demonstrating benefit of the developed tool on a standard case.

Profil recherché

Required skills

You are in the 2nd year of a master's degree, or in the 5th year of an engineering school or university, specialising in engineering.

You ideally have initial experience in this field and you have:

· Background in applied mathematics, algorithmic and statistics,
· Software development skills (Matlab, Java, C).

And ideally:

· Generic background in space systems and Earth-observation missions,
· Knowledge of orbital dynamics, attitude and orbit control systems.

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

English: negotiation level,
French: negotiation level.