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As part of your PhD, your focus will be on long-term personalization for vehicle users. You will develop mechanisms that capture and analyze the dynamic customer context throughout the entire vehicle lifecycle and translate it into adaptive and transparent system behaviors. A particular challenge lies in integrating diverse input signals from observed user behavior to explicitly expressed preferences into consistent and continuously learning personalization strategies.
Job Responsibility:
Develop, analyze, and evaluate long‑term personalization mechanisms that adapt to changing customer behavior, vehicle context, and environmental factors
Investigate methods for integrating heterogeneous input types (including behavior, car settings, explicit preferences, and direct customer request) into cohesive and adaptive personalization strategies
Design user‑transparent and user‑controllable personalization interfaces, enabling customers to review, adjust, or delete personalization data in a trustworthy and predictable manner
Research long‑term stability and consistency, including validation methodologies, and mechanisms for maintaining reliable personalization over extended vehicle usage
Identify and evaluate responsible‑AI guardrails to ensure safety, predictability, and compliance when handling long‑term personalized data
Requirements:
Good to very good university degree qualifying for doctoral studies in mathematics, physics, computer science, data science, electrical engineering or a related field
Advanced proficiency in coding, including experience with data processing, optimization techniques, and software engineering best practices
Deep understanding of AI/ML concepts, including generative models, agentic architectures, and multi‑modal systems
Experience with applied AI research, such as model training/fine‑tuning, benchmarking, or developing experimental prototypes
Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities, ideally demonstrated through prior thesis work, publications, or research projects
German language level A2 and English language level C1
What we offer:
Attractive salary & 30 vacation days (+ 24.12. and 31.12. off)
35-hour week, flexible working hours, remote work
Special conditions for the purchase and leasing of vehicles
Free seminars on scientific work and interdisciplinary qualifications
Participation in the doctoral network for scientific exchange with science representatives and other doctoral candidates within the Volkswagen Group