PhD Opportunities in Control Systems in Canada

The DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory is recruiting a scientist/engineer for research in distributed systems state estimation within the Electronics for Sense and Control effort. The project sits at the intersection of navigation and localization , small-scale autonomous systems , and human physiological state monitoring , with the expectation that the researcher will contribute across this interconnected research space. The work emphasizes the development of novel methods for distributed state es...

The CREATE Lab at EPFL is hiring for multiple research positions in soft robotics, manipulation, and robot design, including PhD and postdoctoral opportunities. Applications are reviewed continuously, with a stated deadline of November 13, 2026. PhD projects include continuum body robots for modular, variable-stiffness robotic bodies; soft robotic simulation of human organs using soft lattice structures and integrated actuation; and morphing compliant and cellular-inspired robotic systems involv...

The University of Greenwich in London, United Kingdom, is inviting applications for two competitively funded PhD opportunities in Electrical Engineering. The first project focuses on AI-assisted wireless charging for electric mobility , developing next-generation wireless charging technologies for electric vehicles. The second explores AI-based digital twins for smart microgrids , with emphasis on renewable energy optimisation, resilience, and intelligent energy management. Home students are eli...

Philipp Rothemund (University Professor at the University of Stuttgart) is hiring PhD students for a new group at connAIx in Heilbronn, affiliated with the University of Stuttgart. The research focus is on soft robotics , materials science , and embodied AI / physical AI . The group studies how a robot’s body can contribute to intelligence by integrating actuation, sensing, control, and learning. Possible topics include functional soft materials, artificial muscles, integrated sensing, physical ...

Funded PhD position in Robot Learning at the Laboratory of Automation and Robotics (LAR) , ECE Department, University of Patras . The project focuses on reinforcement learning , optimal control , model predictive control (MPC) , evolutionary robotics , quality-diversity , and learning/optimization methods for adaptive robotic systems. The lab emphasizes research that transfers beyond simulation to real robots. Students will have access to a wide range of robotic platforms, including Unitree Go2 ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Groningen in the Systems, Control and Optimization Group , embedded in the Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence and the Faculty of Science and Engineering . The project is part of the ERC Starting Grant Energy-based learning of complex dynamical systems (E-BLOCS) , led by Henk van Waarde . This PhD focuses on systems and control theory , optimization , circuit theory , machine learning , and neuromorphic computing ...

Linköping University in Sweden is advertising a PhD student position in optimal motion planning for drone swarms within the new national Center for Heterogeneous Adaptive Swarm Systems (CHASS) . The project sits in the Division of Automatic Control at the Department of Electrical Engineering (ISY) and is part of a broader research effort in AI, autonomous systems, robotics, swarm intelligence, autonomy, localization, mapping, navigation, and human-swarm interaction . The specific research focus ...

PhD position at Mines Paris – PSL in Versailles, France, within the Transport, Efficiency and Decarbonization (TED) Team at the Center of Energy, Environment and Processes (CEEP) for the EVEREST Project . The project focuses on advanced 3D thermo-physiological modeling and AI-driven control for personalized thermal comfort in electric vehicles . This is a strong fit for candidates interested in heat transfer , thermal comfort , mechanical engineering , energy engineering , automotive engineering...

[4-year University Scholarship with minimum tax-free stipend at the current UKRI rate (£20,780 for 2025/26), RTSG £8,400, and full tuition fees covered.] PhD studentship at the University of Bristol on Learning and Decision-Making Under Uncertainty in Public Health . This project sits at the intersection of machine learning, AI, statistics, reinforcement learning, active learning, Bayesian decision theory, and stochastic optimisation . The research aims to develop novel methods for adaptive lear...