Master's Thesis in the Department of Architecture and Powernet starting March 2025: 'Case Study[...]

Tasks

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The department 'Architecture and Powernet', as the central instance, has group-wide responsibility for the E/E architecture and its essential elements, such as the distribution of electronic control units (ECUs), feature and function allocation, communication via networks, power supply via low-voltage Bordnet and many more. Together as a global team, we are currently paving the way to the Software-Defined Truck and are facing one of the biggest changes in the history of Daimler Truck. This is where you come in:

Your tasks:

1. Familiarization with automotive E/E architectures: The basic knowledge on automotive E/E architectures, the different types, their advantages and disadvantages, and the historical development shall be investigated and prepared as an introduction into the thesis. The idea of zonal E/E architectures, their importance on the way to software-defined vehicles and their elements shall be worked out in detail.
2. Identification of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of zones in zonal E/E architectures: KPIs of zones in zonal E/E architectures shall be identified in literature. Those shall represent metrics respectively characteristics to describe the quality of a drawn zone. The KPIs will serve as a basis for the latter case study.
3. Familiarization with E/E architectures of the Daimler Truck AG and selection of one exemplary architecture: The current E/E architectures at Daimler Truck will be analyzed and classified into the history of automotive E/E architectures. One exemplary E/E architecture will be chosen for the case study.
4. Familiarization with case studies and guidelines to perform such: To ensure that the case study will be performed in a transparent, reproducible and trustworthy way, an appropriate guideline shall be identified in literature.
5. Identification and evaluation of algorithms to converge sensors and actuators into zones: Reviewing relevant literature, a set of algorithms to converge sensors and actuators into zones shall be identified. The advantages and disadvantages of the respective algorithm shall be presented.
6. Data preparation of the selected E/E architecture's sensor and actuator distribution: The sensor and actuator distribution of the selected architecture shall be prepared and edited in a format suitable for the algorithms identified in literature.
7. Implementation and execution of the algorithms: The identified algorithms shall be implemented in a common programming language, such as Python. Once implemented, the various algorithms shall be applied on the data set of the selected E/E architecture.
8. Evaluation and comparison of the algorithms' outcome: The outcome in the form of converged zones shall be evaluated and compared based on the identified KPIs. An overview about the advantages and disadvantages of the different results shall be worked out and presented.
9. Elaboration and documentation: The basic knowledge acquired as part of this thesis as well as the realization and implementation should be elaborated and documented in a Master's thesis in accordance with the relevant study regulations. In addition, an outlook and a recommendation for follow-up work should be given.

Qualifications

Your qualifications:

• Studies: Informatics, electrical and information engineering, automotive engineering or similar
• Technical skills: Advanced programming skills, ideally in Python
• Language skills: Proficient in written and spoken German and English
• Personal skills: Commitment and motivation, ability to communicate and work across teams, structured way of working as well as analytical and conceptual way of thinking

Additional information:

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