Student Aerospace Engineering, Communication Engineering, Electronic Engineering or Physics (f/m/x) - Channel Simulation for Satellite Constellations

The optical communication group of DLR’s Institute of Communications and Navigation develops experimental laser communication systems for optical data links between airborne carriers such as airplanes or satellites and optical ground stations as well as demonstrator platforms for testbed system verifications. The system development covers several disciplines such as optics, mechanics, electronics and programming.

The successful applicant will support our team in the development of optical, photonic and communications systems for very-high-throughput satellite communications applications. Foremost, she/he will perform theoretical analysis and simulation of various techniques to characterize the optical communication channel and the different sources of impairments, for Sat-to-Ground and Inter-Satellite Links. Literature review on Satellite Optical Communication and Atmospheric Impairments would conclude the theoretical part, which shall be followed by simulation development on programming languages such as MATLAB or Python, to assess the performance of the communication links.

It is an excellent opportunity to work in a cutting-edge topic, gain experience on real optical hardware, and improve your engineering skills.

Tasks:

• Optical Communication Channel model development
• Performance analysis
• Link Budget and SNR evaluations
• programming of Python or Matlab simulation tools