ArianeGroup is an industrial group that carries out sovereignty missions in the fields of space and defence. With more than 8,300 highly qualified employees in France and Germany, ArianeGroup has unique expertise in access to space. The company's expertise covers the entire spectrum of civil and military launch vehicle systems, from design to development, manufacturing, integration, flight preparation, maintenance and dismantling. ArianeGroup is prime contractor to ESA for the European launcher Ariane 6 and to the French procurement agency DGA for the M51 strategic ballistic missile of the French Oceanic Deterrent Force. In the launcher sector, ArianeGroup commercialises and operates the Ariane 6 and Vega-C launchers developed for ESA via its subsidiary Arianespace. The subsidiary MaiaSpace develops and markets the reusable launcher Maia. ArianeGroup is a joint venture between Airbus and Safran, in which each holds a 50 per cent stake. The Group's consolidated turnover in 2023 amounted to 2.3 billion euros.

ArianeGroup GmbH in Bremen is looking for an intern in the field of Flight dynamics & GNC (m/f/d) for the department JTEE1 with immediate effect.

What we offer you:

• 🚀 Practical experience and involvement in an international aerospace company

• 💶 Attractive remuneration

• 🌤Company health management (regular prevention programmes, social counselling, company integration management)

• 🕓 Flexible working hours with partial home office option

• 🎾 Discount through employee benefits

• 🥗 Staff canteen and car park

Your main tasks and activities:

• Activities: Implementation of optimal Guidance algorithms using MATLAB / Simulink for an Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV). Integration of the algorithms in a full-scale G+C simulator. A trade-off will be performed between the different methods, both from a mathematical / numerical point of view, and from the point of view of the impact on the whole system.

• Design and implementation of a Missionization tool for a full-scale GNC simulator: Final scope is to have an easy way to transfer the typical Mission Analysis data into the a Functional Engineering Simulator (FES). Moreover, the tool shall enable mission adaptations independently.

• Guidance for Rendez-vous and Docking: First step is to compute several Mission Analysis scenarios for RdV and Docking for an OTV. They will afterwards be simulated in 6DoF. Different types of targets will be considered

You have the following qualifications:

• Full time enrolled Master student (d/f/m) in Aerospace Engineering with focus in flight dynamics

• Fluent English language skills; good German and/or French would be beneficial

Are you interested?

Then we look forward to receiving your application, including CV, cover letter and references, via the application button. Please note that currently only one document can be uploaded with the application. Please use a free online tool to summarise your documents in a PDF.

Your contact person for questions:

Alina Ortjohann

Few more words about our site of Bremen

This site, located on the outskirts of the Hanseatic city of Bremen in north-west Germany, has specialised in the development and manufacture of the upper stage of the Ariane launchers since the start of the programme. Its experts are responsible for the design, development and final integration of the Ariane 6 upper stage. They are also developing the Astris Kick Stage, an additional upper stage powered by the future reignitable bi-propellant engine called Berta, which will further enhance Ariane 6’s versatility. The Bremen site also produces metal tanks for the orbital propulsion systems.