Doctoral Thesis: Safety argumentation for automated driving

Infineon Technologies AG

85579 Neubiberg - Deutschland

Mikrotechnologe/-technologin - Halbleitertechnik Vollzeit ab 01.10.2025

Beschreibung

The industrial doctorate at Infineon: Pursue a doctoral degree at a university and gain professional experience simultaneously - an ideal start for your career. Advance your research with us and profit from our vast network of doctoral candidates and the expertise of a university. Mentorship is handled by both professors and dedicated Infineon employees. We are offering a doctoral thesis on "Safety argumentation for automated driving systems across their complete lifecycle." Automated mobility – not only in the automotive industry but also in domains such as the rail sector – is expected to have significant benefits for the overall public. However, as the real world can be considered complex, dynamic, and, most importantly, open, methods for validating these systems are a relevant research question. For these reasons, deploying automated vehicles is particularly challenging – especially in a safe manner. Currently, automated driving systems (ADS) are only deployed in restricted operational design domains (ODDs) with a limited set of behavior competencies (BCs). Especially handling unexpected events ("long-tail" events) that are unknown at the time of development becomes increasingly problematic for higher automation levels with an increased ODD. In addition, these systems increasingly rely on artificial intelligence (AI) for tasks such as perception and path planning, adding complexity regarding validation – not only for the initial deployment but throughout the entire lifecycle. In this sense, the PhD thesis will focus on methodologies, concepts, and approaches related to safety guarantees for ADS across the entire lifecycle. A particular focus should be on the structure and overall requirements for an evidence-based safety argumentation as part of the overall certification and homologation of such systems. This includes aspects of safety management systems which are already in use in the railway domain. For the mentioned evidence, respective metrics should be formulated – utilizing the already mentioned ODD and BC concepts as a starting point. The research will be performed in the Enablers & Emerging Trends group within the Research and Technology Funding department at Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg. The research is carried out in cooperation with the University of Granada for the PhD degree, under the supervision of Diego Pedro Morales Santos, Full Professor, Ph.D., Department of Electronic and Computer Technology.

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