Master Thesis: Automated planning of front-end production routines (f/m/div)

This specific internship is suitable for students within a master degree program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar! The Frontend cluster is responsible for the planning, quality and productivity of its semiconductor manufacturing and drives related process and manufacturing innovations. Our team in Villach is looking forward to receiving your application!

As part of the Technology Tool Kit project this position focuses on the development of a planning approach that, given a knowledge graph and a set of product requirements, can construct and validate a production plan optimal with respect to a selected criterion. The approach should be able to (a) construct production plans from scratch or a partial plan, (b) verify a set of existing plans for consistency, and whenever possible, (c) suggest repairs to identified inconsistencies.

In your new role you will further:

• Define the fabrication planning problem and identify data sources for its inputs
• Perform a literature review to identify suitable planning approaches
• Suggest improvements to the Knowledge Graph data required by the selected planning method
• Implement planning methods for the three tasks listed above

This thesis has to be written in cooperation with an university.

Further Information

Type of employment: Temporary / Full-time (flexible working hours from Monday to Friday between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.)

Duration: min. 12 monthsYou successfully meet the requirements if you are a motivated and committed student in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar.

You are best equipped for this task if you additionally have the following qualifications:

• Knowledge of planning approaches including standard languages, like PDDL, and basics of planning methods
• Basic knowledge of semantic technologies, such as ontologies, RDF, and SPARQL; experience with graph DBs is a plus
• A basic understanding of the cloud infrastructures, e.g., OpenShift and containers, is a plus

This position is subject to the collective agreement for workers and employees in the electrical and electronics industry (full-time), employment group D for master students (https://www.feei.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/minimum-salaries-white-collar-workers-2024.pdf).

Please attach the following documents (German or English) to your application:

• Motivation letter
• CV
• Certificate of matriculation at a university
• Latest Transcript of records (not older than 6 months)
• Highest completed educational certificate (Bachelor certificate for Master students)
• Reference letter (optional)