Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in Software Engineering for Dependable Automated Driving Systems with Autoware and AI-based End-to-End Approaches Clausthal University of Technology in Germany

Clausthal University of Technology in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, invites applications for one full-time Research Associate position in the Dependable and Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems group at the Institute for Software and Systems Engineering. The role offers the opportunity to pursue a PhD in Computer Science. The research focuses on software engineering for reliable and safe automated driving, including Autoware, AI-based end-to-end driving stacks, software architectures, prototypes, ...

Another PhD position is open at SoftLang , Faculty of Computer Science, University of Koblenz . The research focus is AI in software engineering , with examples such as vulnerability detection . This is a strong fit for applicants interested in computer science, software engineering, and applied AI methods. The position is advertised as a 100% TV-L E13 role with initial funding for three years and a reduced teaching obligation . The post indicates that the formal job advertisement is available v...

Technical University of Munich is advertising a 100% PhD position in the Autonomous Vehicle Lab / Chair of Automotive Engineering on Runtime Risk Assessment for Autonomous Driving . The project focuses on developing a real-time risk assessment system for autonomous vehicles that combines uncertainty from perception, prediction, and planning into an aggregated risk measure. The doctoral research will also cover threshold logic, escalation mechanisms, simulation-based validation, and real-world te...

Technical University of Munich (TUM), Chair of Automotive Engineering, is advertising a PhD position (100%) in multi-stack handling and hybrid safety architecture for autonomous vehicles . The project focuses on how a modular autonomous vehicle stack and an end-to-end (E2E) stack can run redundantly and in parallel within one vehicle architecture. Research topics include arbitration logic for handoffs between stacks, blending strategies for smooth transitions, and functional safety concepts base...

Bastian Lampe, Group Leader for Function Development Automated Driving at the Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika), RWTH Aachen University, is looking for new PhD researchers to join his group. The opening focuses on AI for automated driving and end-to-end driving , including developing and training models and deploying/testing them on public roads with the research vehicle karl . The post highlights work that goes beyond simulation and offline experiments, with an emphasis on real-world v...