PhD in Vehicle motion control with performance and safety guarantees

Information about the project
We invite applications for one PhD position in vehicle motion control for autonomous driving applications. The main objective of this research is to study and experimentally validate model-based decision-making and control algorithms for autonomous vehicles where safety and performance must be guaranteed, despite of measurements noise and disturbances.

The position is announced at the Mechatronics research group of the Department of Signals and Systems at the Chalmers University of Technology. Chalmers has a long tradition of research in Transportation Systems, with intensive collaboration with society and automotive industry. A large part of such research is performed at the Department of Signals and Systems (S2), where this PhD position is announced. S2 is engaged in both fundamental and applied research, spanning a large variety of research areas including Automatic Control, Automation, Mechatronics, Biomedical Engineering, Communication Systems and Information Theory, Signal Processing and Antennas. We offer a dynamic and international research environment with about 150 employees from more than 20 countries, and with extensive national and international research collaborations with academia, industry and society. The department provides more than 70 courses, of which most are included in the Master’s Programs ”Biomedical Engineering”, ”Systems, Control and Mechatronics”, and ”Communication Engineering”.

Read more at www.chalmers.se/en/departments/s2

Major responsibilities
The successful candidate will join the Mechatronics group at Chalmers, where a team of PhD students, post-docs and senior researchers is focusing on autonomous driving problems. Moreover, the successful candidate is expected to work in close collaboration with the engineers at Volvo Cars Corporation.

The working time of a PhD student is mainly devoted to research. Undergraduate teaching duties, not exceeding 20% of the working time, may include (co-)supervision of MSc students.

The position is funded by VINNOVA under the program Komplex Reglering.

Position summary
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of five years.

Qualifications
Candidates shall have a Master’s Degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Math or in a related discipline. A successful applicant should have a strong background in control theory and optimization and be familiar with system identification tools. Programming skills in Matlab are required and in C/C++ are welcome. A genuine interest and curiosity in the subject, excellent oral and written English communication skills are needed.

Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application deadline: 2015-08-31

For questions, please contact:
Research level: Professor Paolo Falcone e-mail: falcone@chalmers.se

Division level: Professor Bengt Lennartson , e-mail: bengt.lennartson@chalmers.se


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