Master Thesis - Advanced Sensor Processing for Navigation (m/f/d)

As Master thesis student, you will be a key part of our Navigation Team, exploring advanced data-driven approaches to enhance the robustness and reliability of autonomous aircrafts. Together with out world-class team, you will take an empowering role: pushing the boundaries of drone technologies.

You will be working closely with stakeholders from the Navigation, Software and Flight-Test departments to develop and evaluate innovative methods using real-world flight data. By enhancing the robustness of our navigation system in challenging environments, your master's thesis will make a direct contribution to the autonomous capabilities of Quantum Systems' aircraft.

What is your Day to Day Mission:

• Research and evaluate state-of-the-art data-driven methods for safety-critical navigation applications

• Analyse real-world sensor and flight-test data to identify patterns, anomalies, and opportunities for improvement

• Develop, train, and validate promising approaches in a simulation and prototyping environment

• Compare your solutions with established model-based methods using representative scenarios and meaningful performance metrics

• Collaborate closely with our Navigation, Software, and Flight-Test teams

• Integrate selected concepts into our existing navigation framework and evaluate them using flight-test data

• Document your findings and communicate results through technical discussions, presentations, and your Master thesis

What you bring to the team:

• You are currently studying robotics, aerospace engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a comparable technical discipline

• You already have practical experience in machine learning, data analysis, signal processing, state estimation, or autonomous systems

• You are personally interested in autonomous systems, aviation, robotics, and emerging technologies

• Due to your open, communicative, friendly and competent attitude, it is easy for you to be considered as an internal expert.

• You are highly self-motivated and drive your area of responsibility independently.

• Communication in English is a matter of course for you.

Why Quantum-Systems:

We believe in the power of combined efforts: straightforward tech expertise paired with a customer-centric focus.

We are industry pioneers who are ambitious, bold, and visionary.

We push limits, think outside-the-box and strive for technological excellence to shape the future of aerial data.

We promise to be your runway for individual and professional growth.

Our benefits:

Flexible working hours: With trust-based working hours, you are not only responsible for your working hours, but also for your work-life balance.

Mobile working: If it gets too turbulent for you in our office, you can get the necessary balance through mobile working.

Stay active: With EGYM Wellpass, you get access to thousands of fitness and sports facilities — and of course, we subsidize the membership.

Corporate Benefits: Your opportunity for attractive offers and discounts from well-known suppliers and brands, e.g. Adidas, Apple, Expedia.

Employee events: We not only want to grow together, but also celebrate our successes together.

Lunch-Card: Be powerful with delicious energy, daily lunch budget is sponsored.

Company Shuttle: Enjoy our convenient shuttle service that picks you up from Laim in Munich and brings you to our location, with return trips at the end of the workday.

About us:

Quantum Systems specialises in the development, design, and production of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS). The company’s range of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) sUAS are built to maximize range and versatility and to provide operators with a seamless user experience. By integrating cutting-edge software capabilities, like edge computing and real-time AI-powered data processing, Quantum Systems is building next-generation UAS for clients in defence, security, public sectors.

Our commitment:

We are an open-minded company that not only values diversity, but actively promotes it. Regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation or disability, we firmly believe that the diversity of our employees is an essential part of our success.

At our company, every voice is heard and every perspective is valued. We believe that our differences enrich us and help us to find creative solutions and generate innovative ideas. We pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment where all employees can reach their full potential.