Postdoc in automatic control at the Department of Electrical Engineering
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The Division of Automatic Control at the Department of Electrical Engineering has a vacant post-doctoral position in the area of numerical methods for motion planning and predictive control under uncertainty for autonomous systems. The research aims to develop improved numerical methods for solving challenging belief-space motion planning problems, where the uncertainty in the problem is explicitly considered. In particular, it will investigate how to tightly integrate state-of-the-art sampling-based methods with state-of-the-art methods from numerical optimal control in a theoretically as well as computationally sound way. Additionally, receding horizon variants of this solution strategy will be investigated. The position is financed by the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development (EOARD) and is a full-time research position.
Qualifications
To be qualified for employment as postdoc, you must have been awarded a doctoral degree or have a foreign degree that is deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree. This degree must have been awarded at the latest by the point at which LiU makes its decision to employ you.
It is considered advantageous if your doctoral degree is no older than three years at application deadline for this job. If there are special reasons for having an older doctoral degree – such as taking statutory leave – then these may be taken into consideration.
The applicant should have good knowledge of automatic control, optimal control, statistics, and optimization. Furthermore, good programming skills are required, including Python and C++, and preferably ROS. Knowledge of motion planning under uncertainty is desirable. The applicant should have good cooperation skills, be able to present research well both orally and in writing, and be able to work independently.
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The employment
This employment is a temporary contract of two years with the possibility of extension up to a total maximum of three years. The employment is full-time.
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Application procedure
Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button. Your application must be received no later than May 9, 2025.
Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.
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