💼 Full-Time Position

Doctoral (PhD) Student Positions in Control for Advanced Manufacturing

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ETH
📍 zürich, zurich, Switzerland
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Location
zürich, Switzerland
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Posted
June 04, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Job description

We are looking for motivated doctoral students to contribute to this effort. The envisioned research will address: 

  • Online learning-based control and control-oriented machine learning with application to advanced manufacturing systems, using methods such as Reinforcement Learning, Online Convex Optimization, and Iterative Learning Control.

  • System-level hierarchical controller optimization for industrial systems and decision-making using methods from bilevel, on-line, and differentiable optimization. 

  • Control and task planning for advanced manufacturing using domain knowledge and expert feedback using methods from domain adaptation, transfer learning, and large-language models and expert feedback in process planning. 

  • Digital twin-based learning and optimization for manufacturing processes such as 3D Printing, laser cutting, precision motion, robotic ...