PhD, Postdoctoral, and Research Engineer Positions in Physical AI, Autonomous Driving, and Robotics at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles in United States

Peng Edward Wang at Case Western Reserve University is looking for a new PhD student to join an NSF-funded project on Anticipatory Robotics: World Model and Generative Planning for Safe, Human-Aligned Autonomy . The research focuses on robotic welding , including developing a welding-specific foundation model to predict welding state evolution under candidate task conditions and torch manipulation, and to optimize and plan safe robotic actions for consistent welding quality. The project also aim...

Tom Silver at Princeton University is recruiting a postdoc for research at the intersection of robotics and code-based world models . The position is aimed at someone excited about abstractions and planning , and who has hands-on experience with a real robot . This suggests a strong fit for candidates interested in robot learning, planning, and model-based approaches to robotics. The post links to a Postdoctoral Fellowship page for RoboMARA via basis.ai. No deadline, stipend, or detailed eligibi...

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...

Yue Wang at Clemson University is looking for a highly motivated PhD student to join a research group working at the intersection of robotics and generative AI. The project focuses on next-generation intelligent robotic systems that integrate generative AI and foundation models with robotic perception, reasoning, planning, learning, and control. Research directions mentioned include Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, multimodal foundation models for robotics, generative models for robot learni...

NVIDIA’s Autonomous Systems and Physical AI Research (ASPIRE) group is hiring PhD Research Interns to work on cutting-edge research in autonomous systems and Physical AI . The internship spans topics such as reasoning models , generative simulation , agentic AI workflows , and Physical AI safety , with applications to autonomous vehicles and broader Physical AI systems. This opportunity is hosted by NVIDIA and associated with the ASPIRE research group. The post does not specify stipend, tuition,...