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Bachelor-/Masterthesis (f/m/x) - Automated transitive license analyse for space systems software
Job Description
Req ID:  2429
Place of work:  Berlin, Köln, Oberpfaffenhofen
Starting date:  01.09.2025
Career level:  Student research project and final thesis
Type of employment:  Part time, Full-time
Duration of contract:  3-6 Monate

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 11,000 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!

The DLR Institute of Software Technology sees software as a catalyst for research and innovation. The institute's staff, currently numbering around 200, make a significant contribution to advancements in the fields of aviation, space, energy, transportation, and security through the development of state-of-the-art software solutions and innovative research.

Our areas of competence include reliable and safety-critical software systems, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing and quantum computing, human-system interaction and visualisation, software and systems engineering as well as digital platforms and digital twins.

 

What to expect

The Intelligent and Distributed Systems department researches methods to make complex technical processes and systems – from software development to automated workflows and AI-assisted analysis – traceable, automatable, and interactively experimentally accessible.

Software licenses are a tool for controlling the use and distribution of copyrighted software. As part of the Sustainable Software Engineering Group, your thesis will focus on scientific foundations, design, implementation and evaluation of an automated and efficient method for the analysis of license compatibility in the dependency graphs of software projects, and the provision of analysis results in machine-readable formats. The results of the thesis support the development of software in space systems by optimizing development processes and the transfer potential of the software.

 

Your tasks

  • Analysis of the state of the art in traceable and transitive analysis of software licenses, e.g., through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR)
  • Design of an automated method for the traceable transitive analysis of software license compatibility
  • Prototypical implementation of an efficient automated method for the traceable analysis of software license compatibility
  • Evaluation of the prototype in complex software for space systems

 

Your profile

  • Student of computer science (e.g., with a focus on software engineering, systems engineering), or similar
  • Knowledge of research methods (e.g., systematic methods for finding and reviewing academic literature)
  • Good knowledge of relevant programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Rust) and their build systems
  • English proficiency: good communication skills, both written and spoken

 

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 2429) please contact:

Stephan Druskat
Tel.: +49 30 67055 8042

 

 

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