Background

As part of the CeCaS research project, a team has been formed to develop a new system architecture for future vehicles, with a particular emphasis on autonomous driving. The development of new autonomous vehicles requires a fundamental rethinking of systems-/ and software engineering to manage the growing complexity and integrate the latest technologies, such as AI-based functions in automotive engineering. To achieve this, the software we develop is initially integrated on a high-performance computing (HPC) system before being tested on real vehicles in our test environment.

Description

A key challenge in developing automotive software and hardware architecture is effective vehicle testing. To address this, we are building a comprehensive test environment that includes a physical testbench, a vehicle, our simulation environment, and the communication infrastructure linking these components. To manage the complexity and enhance performance, we will adapt a systems engineering approach to model and test the environment. Especially with a focus on novel autonomous driving and software defined vehicle functions many open research questions in the area of testing exist.
These include, but are not limited to:

·         Modelling of the test environment, including the test bench, vehicle, simulation environment and communication

·         Evaluate our current setup and identify areas for performance improvement

·         Your ideas: If you have any other ideas for research in this area you are welcome to suggest your own topic.

Your Tasks

Requirements

·         Familiarization with systems engineering and Model-based development

·         Research the problem (study state-of-the-art test environments for automotive)

·         Development of a novel solution approach

·         Realization of the approach on Hardware and Software level

·         Integrating your approach into our system

·         You are currently studying Computer Science, Robotics, automotive engineering, …

·         High motivation and ability to work independently on your research topic as well as contributing to our teamwork.

·         Interest in Systems Engineering (MBSE)

·         High motivation in the fields systems engineering, automotive, testing and autonomous driving

·         Basic knowledge in programming languages: Python, …

·         First experience with systems engineering