Autonomous Systems Engineer in Maritime Navigation

1 day ago


Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Tårbæk Kommune, Denmark Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU) Full time

Establish yourself as a key scientist in autonomous systems at DTU Electro, a leading research group internationally recognized for its excellence in electrical and photonics engineering.

As a PhD candidate, you will contribute to groundbreaking research that merges the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, and maritime navigation. You will work alongside leading experts, collaborate with international partners, and access state-of-the-art facilities.

The project focuses on developing, implementing, and verifying a foundation model tailored for maritime navigation, which performs contextual reasoning about ship's navigation scenarios in continuous collaboration with the human navigator.

Your primary tasks include:

  • Performing internationally relevant research in situational awareness for marine navigation using foundational models
  • Creating relevant datasets through experimental campaigns in the field
  • Developing a language-action model that fuses the navigation actions into an existing LLM and provides textual guidance for collision avoidance
  • Developing a vision-language-action model that reasons about navigation scenarios and provides visual and textual guidance for collision avoidance
  • Verifying the contextual reasoning of the developed system in relation to simple and complex navigation scenarios
  • Leading the preparation of scientific publications towards ISI journals and highly ranked international conferences
  • Sharing findings of your research with qualified professional audiences
  • Co-supervising BSc and MSc projects possibly within areas relevant to the PhD project

You must have a two-year master's degree (120 ECTS points) or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a two-year master's degree.

Additionally, you should meet the following qualifications:

  • Strong analytical skills and background in artificial intelligence, with focus on machine learning, deep learning, and foundational models
  • Experience within the field of machine learning for robotics applications is a plus
  • Documented experience through courses, projects, or former professional work to develop and test applications using artificial intelligence tools, preferably Generative AI
  • Proficiency in Python
  • Strong communication skills in English, especially in connection to writing and presenting scientific results

DTU offers a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment, striving for academic excellence in a collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The period of employment is 3 years.



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