Bachelor-/ Masterthesis - Development of an automated test rig for electrical performance test (m/f/

Bachelor-/ Masterthesis - Development of an automated test rig for electrical performance tests (m/f/d)

Are you keen to embark on a space adventure? Would you like to play a part in ensuring European space autonomy and sovereignty? ArianeGroup’s international teams design and build cutting-edge technologies for space, defence and industry: they are shaping Europe’s future in space. Whether you are a first-time job-seeker or an experienced professional, you’ll find that our 13 sites in Germany, mainland France and French Guiana offer career opportunities spanning a wide array of professions – engineering, customer service, quality control, legal matters and production, to name just a few. Here, you can discover our job.

ArianeGroup GmbH in Lampoldshausen is looking for a Bachelor-/ Masterthesis in the field of - Development of an automated test rig for electrical performance tests (m/f/d) for the department JLOM7 – EP Integration & Test.

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:

During development and acceptance testing, flight components to be delivered to the customer as well as test equipments like test harnesses need to be subjected to electrical performance & health check testing. The tests shall be conducted following a fixed procedure and test sequence. Following the test, a test report needs to be created. The test results shall be stored in a data base. Currently theses tests are performed in manual labor and shall be automated in order to increase the reproducibility (eliminate operator influence) and to reduce cost. Following types of measurements need to be performed among automatically others: Resistance/continuity; High voltage/Insulation; Frequency dependent Inductivity; Capacity, Quality factor.

• Review of existing test operator work instructions/ test procedures
• Review market study for a make or buy decision
• Trade off/Selection of instruments that can be controlled from remote
• Develop a software driver to control instruments via Software
• Write and specify a software that allows the automatic execution of user-defined test sequences
• Create automatic test data report
• Defining a software interface which transfer relevant data to SAP PM or Siemens Team Center
• Planning and conducting a verification test
• Documentation within a design description

You have the following qualifications:

• Enrolled full time student within Electrical Engineering or similar subject
• Practical electrical measurement experience
• Interfacing laboratory instruments with a computer
• Programming experience ideally in Labview, Python or similar
• General solid IT proficiency
• Very good English and German language skills (as operator procedures are written in German language)

• Vocational training in an electrical profession

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 summarize your documents in a PDF.

Your contact person for questions: [email protected]

Few more words about our site of Lampoldshausen

At Lampoldshausen, in Baden-Württemberg, ArianeGroup operates a European centre of excellence for the development and production of propulsion systems for satellites, spacecraft and orbital platforms. It designs and produces propulsion systems and single and bi-propellant electrical and chemical engines, along with high-precision components for satellite and launcher attitude and orbit control systems (AOCS). The site also provides services such as satellite propellant refuelling.

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