TU Delft is recruiting four researchers for the project “From Individual Automated Vehicles to Cooperative Traffic Management". The project is to predict the benefits of automated driving through on-road human behaviour assessment and traffic flow models. This project will investigate highly automated driving with 1) individual automated vehicles, 2) cooperative platoons, and 3) cooperative traffic management through infrastructure communication.
The performance of sensors and control strategies, as well as the behaviour of users of automation and surrounding traffic will be studied on public roads. Models of mixed traffic will be used to investigate and predict the influence of individual and cooperative automation with increasing penetration levels on road safety, traffic flow efficiency, road capacity and fuel economy.
The post-doc will
• Develop highly automated vehicles (Toyota Prius), safely interacting with manually driven vehicles in highway conditions (with the engineer in the project).
• Develop innovative control strategies for merging, lane changing and overtaking, adopting human-like behaviour, and optimising traffic flow.
• Study the cyber-physical interaction between the vehicle, the computing platforms, and V2X communication channels.
• Assess human interaction with automation (with PhD candidate, vacancy 3ME14-45).
• Develop methods to systematically assess safety, taking into account technical safety and human interaction with automation (with PhD candidate, vacancy 3ME14-47, and the Dutch vehicle approval authority RDW).
Description
We are seeking an engineer with experience in control theory, software development, safety assessment (safe by design software, failure mode effect analysis), sensing (vision, radar, laser, etc.), and electronics, preferably with industrial automotive experience.
Nr of positions available : 1
Research Fields
Technology
Career Stage
Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate)
Experienced researcher or 4-10 yrs (Post-Doc)
More Experienced researcher or >10 yrs (Senior)
Research Profiles
Not defined
Benefits
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Benefits
TU Delft offers an attractive benefits package, including a flexible work week, and the option of assembling a customised compensation and benefits package (the 'IKA'). Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
For more information about this position, please contact , phone: +31 (0)15-2783213, e-mail: R.Happee@tudelft.nl. To apply, please e-mail a detailed CV including your interest, technical experience, experience in planning and managing development projects, publications, and references to be contacted. Please e-mail your application by 15 November 2014 to Nancy Kouters, n.kouters@tudelft.nl.
When applying for this position, please refer to vacancy number 3ME14-46.
Requirements
| Technology |
| ENGLISH |
| Good |
| Technology |
| 1 |
| Doctorate |