Internship - Algorithm Development Engineer for Space F/H

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Thales is a global leader in high technologies specializing in three sectors of activity: Defense & Security, Aerospace & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly 4 billion euros per year in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.

Our commitments, your benefits

• Our technological expertise
• Our attention to employee work-life balance
• An inclusive and benevolent environment
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment (Thales Solidarity, CAC 40 ESG index…)

Your daily life

By joining the Toulouse site, you will integrate a site bringing together our sovereign cyber defense solutions to face growing cyber threats and our digital services activities enabling us to operate our clients' critical information systems and support them in their secure digital transformation.

You will join the Flight Dynamics team, composed of about twenty engineers, under the direct supervision of an experienced member. As part of a Thales initiative to propose innovative solutions in Space Surveillance, you will work on the characterization of spatial maneuvers. Your mission includes analyzing the problem, taking over the PATRIUS (Java) flight dynamics library from CNES, creating artificial intelligence algorithms to identify and characterize maneuvers, as well as their validation. You will write technical notes, propose new use-cases, and finalize an internship report. The position requires autonomy, initiative, and the ability to solve complex technical problems. Joining this team will allow you to strengthen your skills in space surveillance and software development, essential and rapidly evolving fields in the current space industry.

Your profile

Is your priority to complete a 5 to 6-month internship?

Do you have the ambition to perfect your knowledge in AI algorithms?

You are preparing an Engineering degree or equivalent (Bac +5) and you have experience in:

• object-oriented programming languages (Java and Python),
• applied mathematics and algorithms,
• the implementation of AI algorithms for solving algorithmic problems,

You have basics in space flight mechanics and orbital maneuvers.

Are your autonomy, analytical mind, learning ability, and rigor recognized as assets?

Then this position is for you!

All our internships are formalized by an agreement and subject to a gratification whose amount is determined according to your level of study.

Thales, a Handi-Engaged company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our best asset. Apply and join us!