MERL is seeking a highly motivated and qualified intern to work on fundamental algorithms for motion planning and control of multiple autonomous quadrotor aerial vehicles. The ideal candidate should have a background in nonlinear control, estimation theory, and applied optimization. The candidate should have experience in one or multiple of the following topics: optimal control, Lyapunov stability theory, quadrotor dynamics, Kalman filtering, particle filtering, and machine learning. Capability of implementing the designs and algorithms in Matlab and Simulink is expected, and experience with platforms such as the Crazyflie is a plus. Publication of relevant results in conference proceedings or journals is expected. MS or PhD students in control, robotics, electrical engineering, computer science, or related areas, are encouraged to apply. The expected duration of the internship is 3-6 months and the start date is flexible.

MERL is looking for a highly motivated and qualified candidate to work on estimation and model structure identification for digital twins of multi-physical systems. The research will involve study and development of white-box and grey-box model calibration and identification methods suitable for large-scale systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in one or multiple of the following topics: nonlinear estimation, model identification, optimization, data-driven and reduced order modeling, and machine learning; with expertise demonstrated via, e.g., peer-reviewed publications. Prior programming experience in Julia/Modelica is a plus. Senior PhD students in mechanical, electrical, chemical engineering or related fields are encouraged to apply. The typical duration of internship is 3 months and start date is flexible.

MERL is seeking a highly motivated and qualified intern to collaborate with the Control for Autonomy team in research on design and analysis of model predictive control algorithms for systems subject to environment uncertainty that can be reduced by perception. The research domain includes algorithms for stabilizing uncertain and stochastic model predictive control, uncertainty quantification and reduction via estimation, optimization algorithms for uncertain and stochastic predictive control. The ideal candidate is expected to be working towards a PhD with strong emphasis in some of: stochastic model predictive control, statistical estimation, uncertainty quantification, and sensing-driven control. Good programming skills in MATLAB, Python are required, knowledge of C/C++ or ROS are a plus. The expected start of of the internship is in the late Spring/Early Summer 2022, for a duration of 3-6 months.