Kite-Based Traction & Real-Time Robotics Engineer

UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER - BIATSS; France; On-site; EUR 31,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER - BIATSS in Montpellier invites applications for a research engineer position within the KiWin project. The role focuses on modeling a kite-based traction system for vessels, including optimization of trajectories and real-time validation on experimental platforms.

Collaboration spans multiple laboratories and international partners. Fluency in English and MATLAB/Scilab prowess are expected.

Qualifications

• PhD in robotics, control engineering, or closely related field.
• Expertise in control engineering (including optimization and control design).
• Experience with robotics (modeling, dynamics, and motion planning).
• Experience conducting real-time experiments.

Responsibilities

• Develop a model of the kite-based traction system including the kite, tethers, and vessel.
• Experimentally identify the parameters of the resulting model.
• Validate the model using a simulator.
• Optimize the reference trajectories for aerodynamic traction.
• Perform real-time validation on the kite-box platform.
• Explore experimental validation on the SeaKite catamaran.

Skills

Control engineering

Robotics

Optimization

Real-time experiments

Education

PhD in robotics, control engineering, or closely related field

Tools

Matlab/Scilab

Job description

UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER - BIATSS in Montpellier invites applications for a research engineer position within the KiWin project. The role focuses on modeling a kite-based traction system for vessels, including optimization of trajectories and real-time validation on experimental platforms.

Collaboration spans multiple laboratories and international partners. Fluency in English and MATLAB/Scilab prowess are expected.