PhD Student for Doctoral Studies in Acoustics & Psychoacoustics

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Number: MER00042BG The team ''NVH Testing & Psychoacoustics' deals with the development of psychoacoustic analysis methods for use in vehicle development. This includes both the acquisition of subjective judgments in hearing tests and the prediction of psychoacoustic attributes by auditory models. Your tasks include: Planning, implementation, evaluation and analysis of hearing tests

Development of a new model for predicting tonnage perception

A further development of the sound accuracy calculation is based on the aspects of spectral influence on the perceived noise quality, influence of several simultaneously present sounds (as a sound complex or independent components—> acoustic object formation) and the bandwidth in the case of narrow band noises and rapidly fluctuating sound frequencies e.g. caused by wind noise The aim is to:

The activity can begin from August 2026. Adjustment requirement is the support of the doctoral project by a university lecturer. The selection of a corresponding person is the responsibility of the doctoral student.

Complete studies in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics or comparable studies

Secure knowledge of German and English in word and writing

Safe handling of MS Office

Commitment and team skills

Knowledge and experience with Matlab and/or Python

Knowledge of acoustics / psychoacoustics / signal processing

Do you want to make your doctorate in cooperation with Mercedes-Benz AG? We offer you an international network of experts, research materials, work insights and personal mentors, who will assist you as a contact person in addition to your faculty. Doctorate at a renowned university with the support of Mercedes-Benz as a non-academic partner – and use the know-how of a globally active group. Additional information: Doctorate in the Mercedes-Benz Group! Benefit from our know-how, an international expertise network, research materials, work insights and personal support by mentors – in addition to your university. Further information can be found here. We look forward to your online application with CV, Letters and Certificates. Please do not forget to mark your documents as ''relevant for this application' in the online form and note the maximum file size of 5 MB. Disabled and equalized applicants are welcome! The severely disabled representative (sbv-sindelfingen@mercedes-benz.com) is happy to support you in the application process. HR Services will be happy to help you with questions about the application process. You can reach us by email via myhrservice@mercedes-benz.com or by phone at 0711/17-99000 (Mo-Fr 10-12am & 13-15am).

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