Postdoc: Off-Road Autonomous Construction Vehicle Robotics

University of California - Irvine; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

UC Irvine is inviting two Postdoctoral Scholar candidates to advance autonomy for construction machinery, including off-road and earthmoving applications. The role emphasizes modular and end-to-end approaches, real-world data, and collaboration with industry partners and UCI labs.

The position requires a PhD in robotics or related field and proficiency in ROS2, Python, C++, and Git. Start as early as mutually agreed; two-year, full-time on-site appointment in Irvine, CA.

Qualifications

• PhD in robotics, computer science, or a closely related engineering field.
• Experience in autonomous driving, construction machinery, off-road mobile robotics, perception, ML, or multi-agent systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Pursue research on off-road autonomous driving for large construction vehicles using real-world field data.
• Develop and evaluate autonomy architectures and learning-based end-to-end approaches.
• Investigate perception, planning, localization, sensor calibration, multimodal learning, and related topics.
• Collaborate with industry and UCI researchers; mentor students and disseminate findings.

Skills

ROS2

Python

C++

Git

Autonomous driving

Construction machinery

Off-road robotics

Education

PhD in robotics or related field

Tools

ROS2

Python

C++

Git

Job description

UC Irvine is inviting two Postdoctoral Scholar candidates to advance autonomy for construction machinery, including off-road and earthmoving applications. The role emphasizes modular and end-to-end approaches, real-world data, and collaboration with industry partners and UCI labs.

The position requires a PhD in robotics or related field and proficiency in ROS2, Python, C++, and Git. Start as early as mutually agreed; two-year, full-time on-site appointment in Irvine, CA.