PhD Position in Spacecraft GNC Engineering: Advanced Integrated Navigation and Sensor Fusion for Rendezvous and Close Proximity Spacecraft Operations Airbus Defence and Space GmbH in Germany

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Robotics and Navigation for an on-site research role in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. The position focuses on developing an autonomous underground exploration and mapping robotic platform. Research topics include robotics , ROS 2 , SLAM , autonomous navigation , trajectory planning , sensor fusion , LiDAR , point cloud mapping , and deployment on physical mobile robots in GPS-denied, low-light, and geo...

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH is advertising a PhD position in Spacecraft Guidance and Control focused on goal-oriented guidance and control for rendezvous and close proximity spacecraft operations (RPO) . The role is based in Friedrichshafen, Germany , within the AOCS/GNC & Flight Dynamics Analysis department, and is carried out in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) . The research sits at the intersection of aerospace engineering , robotics , control engineering , mathematics ...

Two PhD positions are available in the Humanoid Robots Lab at the University of Bonn , Germany, led by Maren Bennewitz . The positions focus on cutting-edge robotics , computer science , and artificial intelligence research with strong links to embodied AI and real-world robotic systems. The first project is VLM-Based Reasoning and Robotic Intervention in Greenhouses . This topic combines 3D crop perception , vision-language reasoning , and safe physical interventions such as inspection, leaf ma...

Open postdoctoral positions are available in control theory and AI for a project on resilient human-machine-AI autonomy at the intersection of generative AI autonomy, stability/safety guarantees, adaptation, and robustness. The position is a joint collaboration between Prof. SooJean Han at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Prof. Hiroyasu Tsukamoto at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign . The selected candidate will be jointly appointed by KAIST and UIUC a...

HIER Lab (Hybrid Intelligent Experimental Robotics Laboratory) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University is actively recruiting Ph.D. students in robotics . The lab describes itself as a fast-growing robotics research group with expanding research platforms, computational infrastructure, experimental capabilities, and a broad research portfolio. The opportunity is especially relevant for students interested in humanoid robotics , legged robotics...