Master Thesis, 30 hp: Develop and map product line model to CP-SAT

Are you a student eager to apply your theoretical knowledge and fresh perspectives to real-world challenges? At Saab, we believe that innovation thrives on new ideas, and your master thesis project could be the spark that ignites our next technological breakthrough.

Your role

We recognize the immense value that students bring to our company. Your academic rigor, combined with your enthusiasm for cutting-edge technology, allows you to approach problems with a unique and insightful lens. At Saab, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with experienced engineers and specialists, gaining invaluable practical experience while making a tangible contribution to our growth and development.

Background
With complex configurable products, Saab investigates a new approach to manage the complexity of product variability. The challenge is to develop and maintain a large set of buildable, testable, verifiable and documented products from reusable components where hardware, firmware and software develops continuously without having a combinatoric explosion of tests to run.

Description of the Thesis Project
It has been identified that the problem resembles K-SAT or CP-SAT, but there is a need to formally define an abstract product structure domain and map all possible constructs to the well-known and well-researched K-SAT domain. From there, there is both the challenge of communicating this model to functions/users within Saab with varying levels of understanding regarding advanced algorithms, as well as the technical challenge of building and evaluating the model from a diverse set of data sources and data models. The existing datasets of product structures, requirements, tests and documentation needs to be mapped to the model developed during the thesis. Different approaches to late evaluation in air-gapped environments, and partial early evaluation to reduce the amount of information shared through the model may be investigated. We expect commercial or free CP-SAT solvers (such as googles OR-tools) will suffice to solve this, but have yet to benchmark this against real-world data. This is a chance to combine advanced algorithms, complex systems, challenging development environments, academic rigor and practical engineering.

Your profile

The project is suitable for two students with an interest in discrete optimization and product line engineering. You are in the final stage of a Computer Science master programme or equivalent and are about to begin a 30 hp thesis project. You are familiar with NP-completeness, K-SAT/3-SAT and software engineering in general.

We provide the support and guidance you need to translate your theoretical knowledge into practical solutions. Join us and become a driving force behind Saab's technological advancements!

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.

Contact information

Thomas Duhr, Manager

thomas.duhr@saabgroup.com

Jonas Lindgren, Master Thesis Supervisor

jonas.lindgren@saabgroup.com

What you will be a part of

Explore a wealth of possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart inventions, and grow beyond. This is a place for curious minds, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together, we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing our unique perspectives. Your part matters. Saab is a leading defense and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world. Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defense capability of several nations. Read more about us here.