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Flight Software Internship (f/m/x) - Landing Guidance Algorithm (MATLAB)
Job Description
Req ID:  5629
Place of work:  Bremen
Starting date:  01.10.2026
Career level:  Internship
Type of employment:  Full-time
Duration of contract:  4-6 months

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 12,000 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 Institute of Space Systems in Bremen designs and analyzes future spacecraft and space missions (launchers, orbital and exploration systems, and satellites), and assesses them with regard to their technical performance and cost. It applies state-of-the-art methods of multi-disciplinary engineering in system design and analysis – for example, a computerized system for concurrent design. The Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems Department focuses on the capability to analyze, design, develop, implement, simulate, test, and verify attitude and orbit control systems (AOCS) / guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems for space applications and their components. This involves a range of disciplines, including requirements management, systems engineering, algorithm development, software implementation, systems analysis/simulation/verification, and hardware-in-the-loop testing. The GNC Systems Department is also conducting research and development of promising and strategic technologies for AOCS and GNC systems.

 

What to expect
You will join the G&C team developing an online landing guidance algorithm for reusable launch vehicles. Your role will focus on ensuring that the algorithm is robust, reliable, and easy to understand. You’ll design, implement, and maintain unit and integration tests, as well as author clear, concise documentation. The work will expose you to applied mathematics, optimal control theory, and the software engineering practices that make mission critical flight software safe and trustworthy. 


Your tasks 

  • Review the current landing guidance codebase and identify testable modules
  • Develop comprehensive unit and integration tests in MATLAB
  • Improve code documentation, including user guides and algorithm descriptions
  • Work with the G&C team in evaluating the performance of the landing guidance based on Monte Carlo campaign data as well as Processor-in-the-Loop tests

 

Your profile 

  • Current student in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field
  • Good knowledge of MATLAB & Simulink and how to write clean, maintainable code
  • Strong foundation in optimal control theory

 

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 5629) please contact:

 

Henrik Harms
Tel.: +49 421 244201139
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