Job
- Level
- Junior
- Job Field
- Data
- Employment Type
- Part Time/Full Time
- Contract Type
- Internship / school internship
- Location
- Cologne
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop data-driven approaches to analyze heart rate variability and eye movements to assess the mental workload of remote operators in rail transport.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- The 'Sleep and Human Factors' department at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine researches, among other topics, how fatigue and overload can impair the cognitive performance of operators, whether and how modern systems (e.g., supported by AI) can genuinely relieve an operator, and much more.
- Physiological data can increasingly be used for immediate and continuous assessment of mental states, such as fatigue or workload.
- An important study-based indicator for determining current mental workload is heart rate variability (HRV) from the ECG.
- Furthermore, eye movement metrics such as blink rate, fixation duration, or saccade velocity are used to assess workload.
- As part of a larger project, a platform-based collection and analysis of such data is planned.
- The goal is to prepare the development of a study investigating remote operators in rail transport in such a way that, by fall 2026, a smooth collection and analysis of the HRV and eye movement data of the participants will be possible.
- In spring 2026, smaller pilot tests for system validation are to be conducted.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed bachelor's degree in computer science, machine learning, data science, medical informatics, or a related field.
Qualifications
- Very good knowledge of Python.
- Enthusiasm for the field of aerospace and human factors.
- Willingness to familiarize oneself with new topics, try out new technologies, and develop independently.
- Strong team skills and very good German and English language proficiency.
Experience
- Experience in the field of Machine Learning and with common ML libraries (e.g., Scikit-learn, CatBoost) and models.
- Experience with processing physiological or behavioral data.
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Benefits
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Topics that you deal with on the job
Job Locations
This is your employer
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt eV.
As one of the leading research centers in the field of aerospace in Germany, DLR offers its approximately 8,700 employees the unique diversity of topics in aviation, spaceflight, energy, traffic, security and digitalization.
Description
- Company Size
- 250+ Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Agriculture, Silviculture
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Master's student in computer science, machine learning, data science
- Location
- Cologne
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
