Promotion - Foundation Models and Agentic AI for Industrial Automation

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Type of employment: Limited Working time: Full time Place of work: Renningen Industrial automation is at a turning point. Foundation Models offer unprecedented generalization and adaptability – but their use in real production environments means having to face harsh boundary conditions: laths in the microsecond range, deterministic behavior, functional safety certifications and legacy infrastructures that cannot be replaced easily. Your tasks include the investigation of how foundation models can be used in industrial reality. To do this, you develop innovative adaptation, validation and deployment methods. You bring these models into production, the process industry and in cyber-physical systems, taking into account latency, determinism and security as non-negotiable sizes. In addition, you're ignoring the core issues of how Foundation Models can provide a limited, predictable performance without losing abilities. You will develop solutions to make Foundation Models compatible with established industrial safety and automation standards (e.g. IEC 61131, IEC 61508). Last but not least, you are expanding Brownfield automation platforms to build the capabilities of Foundation Models and creating new opportunities for industry.

Education: completed master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, Automation technology, robotics, mechatronics or comparable Experience and know-how: strong theoretical and practical background in machine learning and deep learning; solid understanding of concepts of industrial automation, control systems and real-time or embedded environments; sound programming knowledge in Python and C++; confidentiality with functional safety standards (IEC 61508, ISO 13849) and formal verification or validation methods; proven experience in deploying and optimizing AI models on edge devices, embedded hardware or resource-restricted platforms; Knowledge of model optimization techniques such as quantization, Pruning, Knowledge Distillation or accelerated Inference (Accelerated Inference); practical experience with PLC environments, industrial communication protocols (OPC UA, PROFINET, EtherCAT) or industrial real-time platforms are desirable Personality and Working: You bring a deep interest in the application of foundation models in industrial or cyber-physical systems and you can process complex research questions methodically Languages: fluent English in word and writing and good German skills

Work-Life Balance: Flexible work in terms of time, location and work model. Health and Sports: Wide range of health and sports activities. Childcare: childcare services. Employee discounts: Advantages for employees. Free space for creative work: free space for creative work. Social counselling and care: Social counselling and brokerage services.

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