Student Assistant* Machine Learning / Lidar

As a leading research institution based in Berlin, the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute delivers innovations for the digital society of the future and has become a world leader in the field of optical data transmission. Building on many years of experience, its outstanding expertise in the field of optical wireless communication also enables the development of solutions in closely related fields, such as photonic sensing technologies. In recent years, the activities on LiDAR (e.g. with a focus on automotive applications) have grown to become another main area of expertise.

Be a part of our highly motivated and international research team and go on an innovation journey with us!

What you will do

• Participation in the development of a LiDAR prototype

• Implementation of object recognition using Deep Learning (Python)

• Building or enhancing software for a LiDAR prototype

• Documentation, maintenance, and validation of the software

• Experimental verification of the simulation results

What you bring to the table

• Full-time student at a German university preferably in the field of electrical engineering, communications engineering or physics with good to very good grades

• Practical experience in the field of machine learning, preferably deep learning with Python

• Experience with convolutional-neural-networks (CNN) and class-activation-mapping (CAM) desirable

• Proactivity and interest in scientific work

• Good communication skills (German/English) and team spirit

• Hands-on laboratory experience is desirable

What you can expect

• Attractive salary

• Modern and excellently equipped workspace in central location

• Great and cooperative working atmosphere in an international team

• Opportunities to write a master’s or bachelor´s thesis

• Flexible working hours

• Opportunities to work from home

The position is initially limited to 6 months. An extension is explicitly desired.

The monthly working time is 80 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!

Mrs Sarah Cwalina / Mr Volker Jungnickel

email: [email protected]

Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI

Requisition Number: 61000 Application Deadline: 01/31/2023