Postdoc position at the Division of Automatic Control within high-performance numerical methods for MPC under uncertainty
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The Division of Automatic Control at the Department of Electrical Engineering invites applications for a postdoctoral position in optimal motion planning and model predictive control (MPC) under uncertainty for autonomous systems. The research aims to develop state-of-the-art numerical methods for solving challenging belief-space optimal motion planning problems and their receding-horizon counterpart in the form of stochastic and belief-space MPC for motion planning. A key focus is on how sensing and state estimation should be actively planned to enable overall optimal motions. The problem will be approached by integrating state-of-the-art methods known from AI with corresponding methods known from optimal control and MPC. In addition, the group's expertise in structure-exploiting optimization algorithms will be used to improve the performance of the numerical methods also for this class of problems.
As postdoc, you will principally carry out research. A certain amount of teaching may be part of your duties, up to a maximum of 20% of working hours.
Qualifications
To be qualified to take 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 a strong background in automatic control, optimal control, statistics, and optimization. Good programming skills are required, including experience with Python and C++. Knowledge of motion planning under uncertainty is considered an additional merit. The applicant should have strong collaborative skills, communicate research effectively in both spoken and written form, 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
Starting by agreement.
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Salary and employment benefits
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Application procedure
Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button. Your application must be received no later than December 31, 2025.
Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.
Please attach your selected research publications electronically, in pdf or word format, in the application template. Research publications, e.g. monographs, which cannot be sent electronically should be sent in three sets by mail to the University Registrar at Linköping University, University Registrar, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden. The publications must be received by Linköping University no later than the deadline for application.
Please note that printed publications will not be returned. They will be archived at Linköping University.
In the event of a discrepancy between the English translation of the job announcement and the Swedish original, the Swedish version shall take precedent.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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