Research Associate (Virtual Test Drive and ADS Testing)

CYSREN invites applications for the position of Research Associate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Building a simulation environment with the simulator Virtual Test Drive (VTD), including spawning scenarios to VTD and subscribing scenario execution messages from VTD

• Developing diverse initial scenarios for ADS testing

• Developing and Implementing algorithms to automatically generating critical scenarios for ADS testing

• Performing analysis for the generated critical scenarios and identifying potential root causes in the ADS under test

Job Requirements:

• Master’s degree in computer science, robotics, control, or other related areas

• Experience on ADS testing, software testing, motion planning, searching-based algorithms, formal methods, and deep reinforcement learning

• Familiar with Python, ROS, Fast-DDS, and deep learning frameworks

• High-quality publications in top-tier robotics/intelligent vehicles/control/software engineering journals or conferences will be a plus

• Excellent communication and writing skills

• Familiar with the VTD simulator will be a plus

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: NTU