Warum wir? Join our dynamic and fast-growing startup and be part of our exciting journey to revolutionize space transportation and hypersonics. We are a passionate team dedicated to pushing boundaries, fostering innovation, and creating impactful solutions that make a difference. As we expand our operations, we are seeking a skilled and driven individual to join us at our headquarters in Bremen. As part of our spaceplane aerial refueling project, we are developing a formation flight capability between tanker and receiver aircraft to perform aerial refueling fully autonomously. To strengthen our team, we are looking for support in the areas of object recognition and flight control. However, the position is not limited to these tasks. Other activities include the co-development and testing of the docking boom, support in the production of the tanker aircraft and participation in flight campaigns. Deine Aufgaben Responsible for object detection on both the tanker and receiver aircraft sides Support for the boom refuelling system, from design to integration Support the implementation and testing of the flight controller including controller tuning during flight testing Assist in the production and system integration of the tanker aircraft Supporting flight test campaigns Dein Profil Degree in aerospace engineering or a related technical field Experience with flight dynamics and advanced controller design, e.g. model predictive control, Kalman filters Solid programming skills, ideally in Python Basic understanding of aircraft manufacturing and integration processes Excellent analytical skills and willingness to extend own expertise Experience with sensor technologies and object detection (e.g., radar, lidar, optical systems, YOLOv8) advantageous Preferably experience with centimetre accurate GNSS tracking (e.g. SAPOS, RTK, INS) Team player and start-up mentality Über uns Die POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH entwickelt ein innovatives, wiederverwendbares Raumfahrt- und Hyperschall-Transportsystem, basierend auf mehr als 30 Jahren deutscher und europäischer Raumfahrtforschung am Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt DLR.