MERLIN Support Office
Join the MERLIN team at DLR and become one of the developers of new airborne lidar systems to demonstrate new technics for use in space.
DLR is looking for a physicist, mathematician, aerospace engineer or similar (f/m/d) for development of aircraft-borne lidar systems and their use, application and data evaluation.
What you can expect:
The Institute of Atmospheric Physics deals with relevant questions of atmospheric research, with reference to the programmes of the Helmholtz Association of German research institutions: Aeronautics, Space, Transport and Energy.
The Institute’s Lidar Department develops ground-based, airborne and spaceborne lidar systems and operates them for active remote sensing of important meteorological variables and atmospheric trace gases, which are used for weather and climate research and air traffic safety. With its lidar systems, the department takes part in national and international flight measurement campaigns for atmospheric and climate research and contributes to research into the atmosphere from the ground to the lower thermosphere. The above-mentioned activities are to be used within the framework of the development and application of aircraft and satellite-borne lidar systems for the observation of greenhouse gases.
Within this research field, your tasks will include the following activities:
- Development of airborne lidar systems and their use, application and data analysis
- Development of aircraft-borne lidar systems for the measurement of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
- You will develop novel, tunable laser systems in the laboratory, investigate customised receiver systems and construct measurement and test setups
- You will carry out measurements and laboratory tests for prototype development and optimise the designs
- You transfer the results from the laboratory and further develop the prototypes into operational aircraft-borne lidar systems and organise certification on research aircraft
- Use, application and data analysis of lidar systems
- You will operate lidar systems on research aircraft and take part in measurement campaigns lasting several weeks and their planning
- You will analyse the data scientifically, apply it in process studies and publish your results in relevant specialist literature and present them at conferences, as well as to specialist committees, project partners and third party funding bodies
- Further work on the utilisation of satellite data
- You will be involved in the preparation of the Franco-German climate mission MERLIN in terms of quality assurance and scientific mission planning
- You will create analysis software for the satellite data, procedures for quality assurance and prepare the use of the MERLIN satellite data for estimating greenhouse gas fluxes
For more Information about this position visit the DLR job portal or follow the link directly to the position description (german only).
