PhD Student Data Analytics Automated Driving

Our department “Automated Driving and Parking” is responsible for the series development of automated driving functions at SAE Level 2 hands-free and SAE Level 4 “Highway Pilot” for Volkswagen at the complete vehicle level. The comprehensive and systematic verification and validation of these systems are carried out through a combination of extensive real vehicle data, safety-critical evaluation methods, and direct integration with development and release processes. In this doctoral position, you will work at the interface of data science, automated driving, and system validation – with direct relevance to production vehicles and large-scale fleet data. This allows you to make a measurable contribution to the safety of automated driving functions using real vehicle data. From the very beginning, you will be involved in the validation and release of modern driver assistance and automated driving functions and will develop data-driven methods to systematically identify, assess, and translate real driving scenarios into robust safety cases. You will work in an interdisciplinary team of engineers and data science experts and engage in close technical exchange across team and disciplinary boundaries.