Student: Comparative Design Study for a Low-Altitude-Air-Delivery-UAS (m/f/x)

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Student: Comparative Design Study for a Low-Altitude-Air-Delivery-UAS (m/f/x)

Job Description

Req ID: 6277

Place of work: Braunschweig, Cochstedt

Starting date: ab sofort

Career level: Graduates, Internship

Type of employment: Full-time, Part time

Duration of contract: nach Absprache

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!

Welcome to the Institute of Flight Systems. Our work focuses on the interaction between aircraft configuration, pilots and modern flight system technology. From flight dynamics to unmanned aerial vehicles, from simulation to real flight tests - we analyse, test and develop innovations that will shape the flying of the future.

What to expect

As part of the KARGO project, you will work on a comparative conceptual and preliminary design study for an unmanned aerial vehicle for precise cargo delivery at low altitude. The objective of the project is to develop suitable system concepts for a cost-effective, robust, and modular Low-Altitude Air Delivery drone and to evaluate them based on realistic mission scenarios. You will investigate different design options, derive requirements from operational constraints, and compare their effects on performance, safety, complexity, and economic efficiency. Depending on your focus, flight mechanics, operational, and conceptual aspects can be combined, for example with regard to low-SAIL BVLOS operations, autonomy, robustness, and integration into a modular overall system. This position offers you the opportunity to contribute to a highly relevant research topic in the field of unmanned cargo aircraft systems and to bring your own ideas into an application-oriented DLR research project.

Your tasks

Familiarization with the boundary conditions and objectives of the KARGO project, as well as with mission-based requirements for a Low-Altitude Air Delivery UAS

Development of a toolchain for the preliminary design and optimization of a gyrocopter configuration, and comparison with conventional rotary-wing and fixed-wing configurations

Analysis of the different configurations with regard to performance and economic efficiency

Preparation, discussion, and documentation of the results in close coordination with the supervising research team

Your profile

Currently enrolled in a university degree program in aerospace engineering or a comparable field

Interest in unmanned aerial vehicles and application-oriented research in the field of aviation

Advanced knowledge of aircraft design

Analytical and structured approach to work, as well as the ability to independently address technical questions

Confident use of common tools for technical analysis, modeling, or programming, such as MATLAB, Python, or comparable software

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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 6277) please contact:

Lennart Kracke

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