Postdoc: Coordinated Tethered USV–UUV for Offshore Inspection

Aalborg-University; Esbjerg; On-site; DKK 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Aalborg University seeks a Postdoctoral researcher to advance collaborative control for tethered USV–UUV systems used in offshore inspection. The role emphasizes control architecture, experimental validation, and integration with digital-twin simulations in a marine robotics context.

The successful candidate will contribute to modelling, predictive control, and state estimation for heterogeneous marine robots.

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant engineering field (control/robotics, etc.).
• Strong background in autonomous systems, multi-agent coordination and robust/optimisation methods.
• Excellent communication in English, ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Develop control algorithms for tethered USV–UUV systems.
• Experimentally validate on robotic platforms and in simulation.
• Contribute to modelling, simulation and digital-twin environments.
• Collaborate with researchers, PhD students and industry partners.

Skills

Control theory

Robotics

Autonomous systems

Multi-agent coordination

English communication

Education

PhD in control/robotics

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C++

ROS

Job description

Aalborg University seeks a Postdoctoral researcher to advance collaborative control for tethered USV–UUV systems used in offshore inspection. The role emphasizes control architecture, experimental validation, and integration with digital-twin simulations in a marine robotics context.

The successful candidate will contribute to modelling, predictive control, and state estimation for heterogeneous marine robots.