Research Engineer Expert in Autonomous Vehicles with Shared Control Alongside a Driver

UTC-Compiegne is hiring a research engineer specializing in autonomous vehicles with shared control between a driver and an autonomous system for the Heudiasyc laboratory (UMR CNRS 7253), Department of Computer Engineering (GI), as part of the RITMEA project.

Mission

You will be responsible for researching and implementing functions for shared driving between a driver and an autonomous navigation system on a new autonomous vehicle at the Heudiasyc laboratory, in particular using haptic interfaces in a Drive-By-Wire (DbW) system.

Main activities

• Adapt the laboratory’s autonomous navigation algorithms for shared driving (e.g., lane keeping, overtaking, intersection crossing, etc.).

• Implement the Drive-By-Wire (DbW) driving solution on the experimental vehicle “Virtuoz” from the national Equipex+ Tirrex project.

• Develop methods for sharing driving authority between the driver and the autonomous system, for shared control or cooperative decision-making, in collaboration with researchers.

• Contribute to the modeling and integration of knowledge related to the driving context (driver preferences, experience, navigation environment, etc.) into a navigation ontology, in collaboration with researchers.

• Participate in software integration and closed-track experiments to evaluate the developed approaches.

Context

This recruitment is part of the CPER RITMEA project (Research and Innovation in Eco-Responsible and Automated Transportation and Mobility), Axis 3 (Vehicle Automation: automotive, rail, waterway, and drones) http://www.frttm.fr/ritmea. The project is co-funded by the European Union, the French government and the Region Hauts-de_France.

Additional Information

Application Period

From 20/05/2026 to 22/06/2026

Contract type and anticipated start date

Fixed-term contract – expected duration of 13 months – to begin in September 2026 and end no later than September 19, 2027

Gross monthly salary

Based on experience and funding

Hours

37 hours and 30 minutes per week – 1,607 hours per year

Work Environment

The work is carried out at the Heudiasyc laboratory, within the Department of Computer Engineering. Founded in 1981, Heudiasyc has been closely linked to the CNRS since its inception and is affiliated with the CNRS Institute of Computer Science. Heudiasyc’s research falls within the field of information and digital technologies (computer science, automation, robotics, artificial intelligence). It aims to develop methods for representing, analyzing, and controlling systems subject to criteria and constraints, whether expressed in scientific, technological, economic, or social terms.

Heudiasyc's research is organized into three specialized teams:

• CID: Knowledge, Uncertainty, Data

• SCOP: Reliability, Communication, Optimization

• SyRI: Robotic Systems in Interaction

We are looking for an engineer with research experience or a PhD holder with a doctoral thesis in the field of autonomous robotics.

Skills

• Programming: Python, C++, ROS 2

• Control and command of robotic vehicles

• Robotic perception

Degree

Engineering degree or PhD

Field of study

Computer science, robotics, control systems.