Development of model free longitudinal controllers for autonomous vehicles Internship Toulouse

Internship details

• Duration: 6 months (starting date is flexible)

• Location: Toulouse

• Team: EZDrive-Control

• Internship subject: Development of model free longitudinal controllers for autonomous vehicles

• Compensation: 1000 gross tickets restaurant CSE

Internship Context

The EZDrive-Control team is responsible for vehicle dynamics and lateral/longitudinal control across EasyMiles driverless platforms. Accurate longitudinal control (speed and acceleration) is critical for operational safety stopping precision and load stability in industrial transport and logistics vehicles. EasyMile currently relies on model-based controllers. However massive variations in vehicle payload (ranging from empty to fully loaded platforms) create severe dynamic non-linearities making model calibration complex across diverse operational scenarios.

The objective of this internship is to investigate and design Model-Free Control (MFC) and Active Disturbance Rejection Control (ADRC) to handle large payload changes. The intern will focus on controller synthesis disturbance estimation and formulating tuning methods that reduce calibration effort while maintaining high dynamic performance.

Missions / Responsabilities

• Review literature on MFC and ADRC for autonomous vehicles and ADAS.

• Design MFC (e.g. iPID) and ADRC architectures and derive systematic tuning rules.

• Benchmark performance against model-based controllers in simulation across mass friction and slope variations.

• Implement control algorithms in C within EasyMiles ROS-based software stack.

• Validate controller performance on a HIL setup or a real prototype vehicle.

There is no typical profile at EasyMile we all come from different backgrounds and that is what makes us strong! Dont hesitate to apply if you are motivated and interested by innovative transportation and technologies.

We are looking for:

• Student in Masters/Engineering degree in Automatic Control Robotics.

• Technical Skills: Solid knowledge of control theory (e.g. state estimation observers and controllers design). Proficiency in MATLAB (or Python) and C.

• Desirable: Experience with ROS Linux development and Model-Free Control / ADRC or control skills

• Soft skills: Team spirit autonomy and curiosity

• Language skills : English and French

• 30 minutes call with a recruitment team

• Meeting with the team technical tests

• One hour interview with the tutor and a recruitment team