At the Fraunhofer Application Center »Connected Mobility and Infrastructure« in Ingolstadt, concepts and technologies are being developed to make the mobility of the future safer, more efficient and more resource-friendly. Questions of automated and cooperative driving are dealt with as well as topics related to autonomous flying. The young and dynamic team has broad expertise in the fields of sensor technology, communication and Artificial Intelligence and uses synergies with local industry, the Technical University and the city of Ingolstadt. 

What you will do

For our current research projects we are looking for motivated students who would like to write their thesis in the field of Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence. In the context of the Master thesis you can contribute your competences to various projects and support us in the following areas: 

• Urban Air Mobility (autonomous flying and autopilot) 
• autonomous mobility 
• sensor data fusion 
• Artificial Intelligence and simulation 
  

What you bring to the table

• student in Computer or Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical and Information Engineering, or a related field 
• strong background in the areas of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and/or Computer Vision 
• excellent academic performance 
• very good programming skills in Python and/or C++ 
• experience with frameworks such as ROS and PyTorch/TensorFlow 
• structured, self-dependent and result-oriented way of working 
• ambition, creativity and commitment in the daily work routine 
• high motivation and ability to work in a team 

What you can expect

• challenging tasks in cutting-edge and application-relevant subject areas
• interdisciplinary research on promising technologies
• professional supervision
• adequate remuneration
• a modern research infrastructure
• flexible working hours
• a young, dynamic team in an open and friendly working environment

Fraunhofer is Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization. Our research efforts are geared entirely to people’s needs: health, security, communication, energy and the environment. We are creative. We shape technology. We design products. We improve methods and techniques. We open up new vistas.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI in Dresden employs more than 150 research fellows in five departments and collaborates closely with the TU Dresden, the TU Bergakademie Freiberg and the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt.

The weekly working time is 39 hours. We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability. 

With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial utilization of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. As a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and scientific excellence, Fraunhofer helps shape society now and in the future. 

Interested? Apply online now. We look forward to getting to know you!

If you have any questions, please contact:

Henri Meeß
henri.meess@ivi.fraunhofer.de
phone +49 (0) 172 5169897 

Fraunhofer Application Center »Connected Mobility and Infrastructure«

Visiting address
Stauffenbergstraße 2a 
85051 Ingolstadt

Postal address
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Esplanade 10 
85049 Ingolstadt 

Please state the requisition number: IVI-Hiwi-00700

Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI

Requisition Number: IVI-Hiwi-00700                Application Deadline: