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We are now seeking a PhD candidate in control engineering focusing on control allocation for the future stealth aircraft.

Your tasks

In this project, you will work in and collaborate within an international research project involving several of the world's leading aerospace and defense organizations. It is a subproject in a NATO-wide initiative where participating organizations can test new control algorithms on 3D-printed scale models of aircraft, developed and provided by IEI at Linköping University. The task in this PhD project, funded by Saab, involves developing new advanced optimization-based control algorithms for control allocation for the next generation of combat aircraft. Control allocation is interesting when there are multiple ways to influence a vehicle, but different methods (actuators) have their respective advantages and disadvantages, such as affecting radar signature or drag. Specifically, the challenges posed by stealth aircraft will be considered, where many cooperating control surfaces and/or thrust vectoring control (TVC) may be required to ensure the platform's safety and maneuverability. An important component of the planned research is the leading embedded optimization QP solver daqp developed by the research group.

As a PhD candidate, you will dedicate yourself to your doctoral education and the research project you are part of. Your work may also include teaching or participating in other departmental tasks, up to 20% of full-time.

Your qualifications

You have obtained a degree at the advanced level in electrical engineering, engineering physics, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, or engineering mathematics, or completed courses totaling at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at the advanced level as mentioned above, or acquired equivalent knowledge in some other way. The degree requirement must be fulfilled by the time the employment decision is made, that is, when the employment contract is signed.

Furthermore, you should be interested in learning new things and exploring the unknown, and you are detail-oriented. You should also have a good ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing.

Your workplace

The Department of Control Engineering conducts successful research, doctoral education, and undergraduate education in areas such as autonomous systems, data-driven modeling, complex networks, learning control, optimization, and sensor fusion. The department has extensive collaborations with both industry and other research groups around the world.

More information about the department can be found here: here (#). To learn more about ISY, click here (#).

About the employment

Upon commencement of the employment, you will be admitted to the doctoral program. Read more about the respective faculty's doctoral education here (#).

The employment is time-limited to normally four years full-time. Extension of employment up to five years may occur based on the degree of teaching and departmental tasks. In special cases, further extension may occur. You will initially be employed for one year, and thereafter the employment will be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time, based on the achieved study plan. Please feel free to contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) if you have questions about what it is like to work as a PhD candidate at ISY.

Start date is by agreement, but we expect you to have commenced employment no later than October 31, 2026.

A security check may be conducted before the employment decision is made.

Salary and benefits

The PhD salary is regulated according to a locally agreed salary scale. Read more about employee benefits here (#).

Union contacts

Information about union contacts can be found in Help for applicants (#).

Application

You apply for this position by clicking the “Apply” button below. Your application must be received by Linköping University no later than February 27, 2026. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

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