TRATON is a group of strong brands with a shared mission: transforming transportation together to create the future of sustainable transport solutions. Within TRATON, we include MAN, Scania, Volkswagen Truck & Bus, and International. As part of a global team of industry experts, you get to think bigger, experience more, and reach further. Together, we have the power to transform transportation - Let's make a difference together. Find out more: www.traton.com Our values – customer first, respect, team spirit, responsibility, and elimination of waste – are at the heart of everything we do.Role SummaryThis role is a part of TRATON Group R&D, located in Södertälje, Sweden We are looking for a motivated candidate for the position of Industrial PhD Student in a joint research initiative between TRATON Group R&D and KTH. The doctoral work will be academically supervised by Professor Karl H. Johansson and Professor Jonas Mårtensson at KTH, in close collaboration with TRATON Group R&D.The project focuses on safety assurance for AI-based autonomous driving systems in heavy-duty vehicle applications. AI-based driving architectures can generate high-quality nominal driving behavior, but they also require independent safety mechanisms that ensure the executed motion remains safe, feasible, and predictable under uncertainty.The PhD project will investigate Guardrails and Verified Planning and Control methods for heavy-duty vehicles, with the aim of supporting near-term ADAS applications while building foundations for higher levels of automation. The work combines autonomous driving, control theory, optimization, machine learning, safety assurance, and heavy-duty vehicle engineering.Job ResponsibilitiesConduct doctoral research on safety assurance methods for AI-based…