Orion is a family of products that provide realistic training for ATC and airport environments. Our products are built using the latest technologies to enable us to serve the training needs of our partners without limitations.
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PILOT
Our Pseudo Pilot tool for effective control of aircraft during training
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CREATOR
Simulation exercise creation from real flight data
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TOWER
A highly-realistic 3D Tower environment
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DRIVER
Airport Driving simulator for driver training

Internship & Research Opportunities
Thank you for visiting our booth at Framadagar 2023!

We are proud our origins are at the universities in Iceland where we have maintained a relationship with the community since our inception. That includes our annual participation in Framadagar, a networking event between students and leading Icelandic companies. Companies such as ourselves search for new talent to assist in shaping the future of both their successes. It's an environment that builds company awareness and fosters guidance for young professionals - like yourself.
Developed by Tern Systems — Operated by Isavia ANS
Keeping with our connection in aviation, we have partnered with Isavia ANS for Framadagar 2023 at Stand A31-33, where you can learn what air traffic control is and how the Controllers operate with software built for safety in the skies, developed and designed by Software Developers.
Tern Systems offers meaningful Internship & Research Opportunities during the summer and beyond. Become part of an expert team who develops a wide range of products for Air Traffic Controllers and Airports.
Isavia ANS is searching for those who are interested in joining the next generation of Air Traffic Controllers. If that sounds like you, check out their training program.
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So you want an internship
We are looking for collaborators with great talents and passion for solving meaningful problems to join us in building a new generation of Air Traffic Control systems.
2023 Summer Projects
Internships
We offer summer internships for undergraduate (second and third year) and postgraduate students in computer science and engineering. We are, of course, happy to consider applications from other fields as well. As an intern, you will be either a member of one of our development teams working on a running project or become part of a team with other summer interns working on a specific R&D project.
Masters Thesis
Alternatively, are you looking to do your bachelor’s or master’s thesis with a company? We offer a variety of thesis opportunities related to Air Traffic Management Systems, ranging from Business to Computer Science, Engineering and more. The sky's the limit!

Exercise Management System for Orion Airport Driving Simulator
Orion Driver, our Airport Driving Simulator, is a highly realistic and state-of-the-art driving simulator within the Air Traffic Management industry. It is currently being used at Keflavík Airport and has secured interest at multiple large and small airports - large and small - in Europe. This project aims to build a web-based exercise and training management system that would significantly increase functionality. This includes providing the instructor with the capability to schedule training and track important performance indicators for each exercise and student.
Communications Simulator Enhancement
& Integration
Orion Pilot is Tern Systems air traffic simulator, used for training air traffic controllers. When training air traffic controllers, a Voice Communication System is used between trainee and trainer to simulate radio communications with flights and other phone communication. Normally, the voice communication system requires separate hardware and display. The aim of this project is to both improve and integrate the voice communication system developed by Tern into Orion Pilot to improve the usability of the product for the trainers, as well as removing the need for separate hardware for voice communications on training workstations.

Visualisation of high level winds on Polaris ASD
Polaris Area Situational Display (ASD), is the main interface to Tern Systems Air Traffic Management (ATM) System. This project will focus on visualising high level winds from GRIB2 format (3D vector with position, magnitude and direction) by adding a map layer on top of the map already within Polaris which can be toggled on and off. Visualisation of both air traffic and weather forecast data within the same system increases situational awareness which results in better and quicker decision making.
Research Engineer with a focus on Trajectory Prediction
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Education:
MSc in Systems, Control, and Robotics (Electrical Engineering) from KTH - Graduated 2022
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Masters Thesis:
2022 - An Adaptive IMM-UKF method for non-cooperative tracking of UAVs from radar data
Member of the ORION team where she continues to develop the Simulator
Education:
BSc Software Engineering at University of Iceland - Graduated 2021
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Summer Project:
2021 - Supporting development of the ORION Air Traffic Simulator. Pseudo Pilot and Exercise Creation
Developer on the ACES team working on ISDS (Integrated Situation Display System)
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Education:
BSc in Computer Science at Reykjavik University - Graduated 2018
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Summer Project:
2018 - Created a weather display website for Isavia ANS to monitor the weather at Keflavík airport
Hólmfríður
Saga Rut
Kolbrún
Interns & Researchers routinely become essential members of our diverse community
Davíð Sindri
Dofri
Hörður
Implements new user interfaces for POLARIS MAG, a new Air Traffic Control system developed for the Hungarian air space
University
BSc Software Engineering at University of Iceland - Graduated 2021
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Summer Project
2019 - Built a new air traffic voice communications simulator
2020 - Created an editor for simulated air traffic environments
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Develops the Simulator as a team member of ORION
Education:
BSc Software Engineering at University of Iceland - Graduated 2021
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Summer Project:
2021 - Supporting development of the ORION Air Traffic Simulator. Pseudo Pilot and Exercise Creation
Software developer with Ursa Minor, fine-grading Polaris-ASD Editor
Education
BSc Computer Science at Reykjavík University - exp graduation May 2023
Summer project
2022 - Developing Polaris-ASD Editor where users can CRUD map layers in a more simple and interactive GUI