SpacePNT - Internship

Deadline: As soon as possible

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  • Switzerland
Neuchâtel

Overview

SpacePNT is a leading Swiss company based in Neuchâtel developing Position Navigation Timing (PNT) technology for Spaceborne applications, building industry’s world leading devices used across LEO services (Earth Observation, PNT, GNSS back up). Are you our new intern?

Details

  • Domain: Space Industry
  • Purpose: Critical software validation
  • Goal: Validate the telemetry/telecommand (TM/TC) Packet Utilization Standard (PUS) protocol for a high performance spaceborne GPS/Galileo receiver

Description

  • Get familiar with the Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) that communicates to the receiver and the TM/TC PUS protocol
  • Document the EGSE
  • Write the validation plan to cover the whole protocol (low/high level)
  • Get familiar with the static analysis tools (SonarQube / gcov…) to ensure the code coverage
  • Write the tests scripts
  • Run the tests
  • Write the tests report and configure the results.

Are you interested?

Please send your CV and motivation letter to:

SpacePNT – Human Resources
Rue du Puits-Godet 8
2000 Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
hr@spacepnt.com

About us

SpacePNT is an innovative, low cost GNSS receiver maker for the fast-growing New Space satellite market, delivering decimetre-level positioning accuracy for single satellites and LEO constellations and highest signal reception sensitivity for Moon missions, all in real-time through its unique Positioning, Navigation and Timing technology. Its core team comes from the Swiss EPFL, ranked 14th in the world, where it has pioneered the development of high sensitivity GNSS for Moon missions, participating in many proof-of-concept studies.

Our Solutions

  • NAVILEO: SpacePNT has developed NAVILEO, a high performance GNSS receiver platform designed to meet the most stringent needs and challenges of the New Space market
  • NAVIMOON: NAVIMOON is SpacePNT’s advanced autonomous GNSS receiver solution delivering <100 m accuracy at Moon altitude and removing the reliance on costly Earth station infrastructures for Moon missions.

SpacePNT’s core team comes from the Swiss EPFL, ranked 14th university in the world, where it has pioneered the development of high sensitivity GNSS algorithms for space exploration missions. The team also participated in many proof-of-concept studies and receiver developments from 2004-2017, before starting with Syderal Swiss SA in 2018 the development of the NAVILEO’s spaceborne receiver product line that inherits from the long space heritage (>25 years) of Syderal.

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Eligibility

Candidates should be from:


Description of Ideal Candidate

You Profile

  • BSc (third year) or MSc student in computer sciences.
  • Familiarity with embedded systems is a plus.
  • Fluent in English speaking and writing; other languages, in particular French, is a plus.
  • Creative, reliable, results-driven and a good team-player.

Dates

Deadline: As soon as possible


Cost/funding for participants

Duration: 3 months

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