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The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world’s leading applied research organization. Around 32 000 employees work with an annual research budget of 3.4 billion euros. 

Our group «Communication Systems» is seeking a motivated student to work with our link-level and system-level simulation environments, and ensure compatibility with requirements from 3GPP and ORAN. The simulation results are expected to support Fraunhofer’s contributions to the ongoing standardization activities. This topic provides an exciting opportunity for detailed research and development involving next-generation communication standards with integrated AI/ML solutions.


You are interested in combining research and practices and would like to develop further in the field of 6G standardization and AI/ML?
Then have a look at our offer!

What you will do

  • You familiarize yourself with the content of the ongoing standards discussions. This will include 3GPP and ORAN specifications related to AI/ML and mobility management.
  • You extend the simulation frameworks to generate datasets according to selected case studies in the standards discussions for training and testing the AI/ML algorithms.
  • You compare performance of different supervised and self-supervised algorithms for implementation of AI/ML-based prediction in radio resource management.

What you bring to the table

  • You are knowledgeable in fundamental principles of wireless communications and networking.
  • You have experience with data analytics and application of AI/ML algorithms.
  • You are familiar with communication standards such as 3GPP, DVB, ETSI, IEEE or ORAN.
  • You are experienced in MATLAB and Python.
  • You have worked with frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch.

What you can expect

  • Flexible working hours
  • Open and friendly team work
  • Varied tasks with room for creativity
  • Exciting seminars and events
  • Networking with scientists
  • Active contribution in applied research
  • Interesting an innovative projects
  • Mentoring program »josephine®« for talented female students

Weekly working hours are determined by agreement. You can start from now on (as a student assistant from 15 to 20 hours a week or as an intern for a period of at least three months ). You can reduce your hours before exams and increase them during semester breaks. You can flexibly determine the working days. After your studies, you have the option of working with us full or part time.

You will also have the opportunity to work on a bachelor's or master's thesis in cooperation with us in the above-mentioned subject area. The thesis will be assigned and carried out in accordance with the rules of your university. For this reason, please discuss the thesis with a professor who can advise you over the course of the project. 

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.

Interested? 

Apply online now (PDF: cover letter, CV, transcripts). We look forward to getting to know you! 

Contact person:
Anne Weber

Fraunhofer-Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en