Master Thesis 30 HP: Mission-Critical Runtime Assurance for Autonomous Combat Aircraft

Location: Linköping, Sweden

Company

hirify.global is a defense and security company developing advanced systems for aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors, and underwater operations.

What you will do

• Investigate mission-critical runtime assurance for autonomous combat aircraft.
• Study how advanced planners, reinforcement-learning policies, or guidance functions can be supervised during operation.
• Represent and evaluate mission feasibility and recoverability using aircraft state, mission progress, remaining tasks, resources, and environmental conditions.
• Develop runtime monitors and assured fallback behaviors that can modify commands, initiate replanning, or transfer authority to a contingency mode.
• Conduct a literature study, implement runtime-assurance concepts and algorithms, and evaluate them through simulation.
• Assess mission success, safety, resource consumption, unnecessary interventions, and computational performance.

Requirements

• Final-stage master's student in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering or an equivalent program.
• About to begin a 30 HP master's thesis project.
• Interest in automatic control, optimization, agentic models, and autonomous systems.
• Ability to perform theoretical analysis, modelling, coding, and simulation.
• Successful security vetting is required; additional citizenship obligations may apply for security-cleared positions.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with experienced engineers and specialists in the Division of Mission Systems & Autonomy at hirify.global Aeronautics.
• Receive support and guidance while translating theoretical knowledge into practical solutions.
• Contribute to research and development in distributed sensing, data fusion, autonomy, and resilient mission systems.
• Connect a focused master's thesis project with longer-term challenges in future mission capabilities.