PhD Position in Spacecraft Guidance and Control for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Airbus Defence and Space GmbH in Germany

New York University Abu Dhabi is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Associate in the Division of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) for research in Control Theory , Game Theory , and Autonomous Systems . The project focuses on optimal control theory , differential game theory , mean-field game theory , and mean-field-type game theory , with an emphasis on developing advanced mathematical frameworks and computational methods for the control, optimization, and coordination of complex dynamical systems. ...

Spring 2027 PhD openings in trustworthy aerospace autonomy at Oklahoma State University–Tulsa. Boris Benedikter (Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering) is recruiting multiple fully funded PhD students to join a new research group in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. The group works at the intersection of optimal control , machine learning , and autonomous aerospace systems . Research themes include optimal and uncertainty-aware guidance and c...

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH is offering a PhD position in Spacecraft GNC Engineering with the thesis topic Advanced Integrated Navigation and Sensor Fusion for Rendezvous and Close Proximity Spacecraft Operations . The role is based in Friedrichshafen, Germany , within the AOCS/GNC & Flight Dynamics Analysis department, and is linked to a high-profile R&D project in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) . This opportunity is ideal for candidates interested in aerospace engineeri...

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...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at Manchester Metropolitan University in AI security for UAV swarms and secure, trustworthy autonomous systems. The project is titled Lightweight Trust-Aware Private Federated Learning for Secure UAV Swarms under Model Poisoning Attacks . It sits at the intersection of computer science , robotics , electrical engineering , and mathematics , with a strong focus on federated learning , edge intelligence , privacy-preserving machine learning , and adversarial AI . The p...