PhD in Automation

At the Faculty of Engineering and Science, AAU Energy offers a PhD stipend position within the general study program. The position is offered in relation to the research group Underwater Technology, and the PhD Students will be positioned in the Esbjerg Energy section./nThe positions are part of the ABBA USV project and are open for appointments from the 1st of March 2026 or soon hereafter. The duration of the positions is three years./nThe ABBA USV project integrates unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) into a unified, collaborative robotics system designed for inspection and surveillance tasks. The PhD Focus Area is Collaborative Localization and Sensor Integration, focusing on developing and integrating methods for collaborative localization and sensor fusion in the ABBA USV system to enable precise navigation and situational awareness across heterogeneous vehicles, particularly in GPS-denied and perceptually challenging underwater environments./nThe position is located in Esbjerg.