Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

Are you passionate about human movement and developing clinical tools for understanding human movement disorders? Job description Challenge: Over a quarter of a million people in the Netherlands alone have rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with a majority suffering from debilitating pain and inflammation that makes hand dexterity and work, at times, impossible. While anti-inflammatory and analgesic....

Come join QuTech and create the Quantum Future!  Job description After a successful first hire for this research topic. We are looking for a second candidate to join the Veldhorst group as a PhD researcher. The Veldhorst group is a pioneer in quantum computing and simulation in germanium. They have demonstrated the first single-hole qubit,....

Develop advanced models to understand and predict piping and internal erosion in dikes. As a PhD researcher at TU Delft, you will connect fundamental fluid–soil interaction physics with computational modelling to contribute to safer flood defences. Job description Internal erosion and piping are among the main failure mechanisms of clay–sand layered dikes and remain important....

Join TU Delft and help design hydrogen-resistant steels for a sustainable energy future. As a PhD researcher, you will unravel the atomic-scale mechanisms of hydrogen embrittlement in compositionally complex recycled steels, using density functional theory and machine-learned interatomic potentials, in close collaboration with leading academic partners and Tata Steel. Job description  At TU Delft, you....

ICAI Robust RAIL Lab is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to help bridge that gap, along two connected directions. Job description The Dutch railway network is approaching its capacity limits, and the timetable that keeps it running is one of the most consequential optimization problems in the country — spanning many orders of magnitude in....

Join a cutting-edge research programme at TU Delft and investigate the mechanisms of hydrogen-induced degradation in circular steels.  Job description  Within this project, you will investigate one of the key challenges facing the hydrogen economy: understanding how hydrogen interacts with the complex microstructures of circular steels and causes degradation and failure. This position is part....

Join us for this PhD project in EU Horizon €8 million initiative, to transform how generative AI is deployed across Europe for a more sustainable, sovereign and resilient future. Job description  Generative AI is widely expected to become a central element of digital transformation. Its flexibility and adaptability give businesses in many sectors an opportunity....

Help build the model library at the heart of UTOPYS, a new national facility for real-time power system simulations. Job description Future power systems are converter-dominated, fast, and interconnected across scales that today’s modelling tools cannot capture. UTOPYS (Understanding Large and Complex Power Systems) addresses this with a state-of-the-art real-time power system simulator: a large....

Help build the model library at the heart of UTOPYS, a new national facility for real-time power system simulations.  Job description Future power systems are converter-dominated, fast, and interconnected across scales that today’s modelling tools cannot capture. UTOPYS (Understanding Large and Complex Power Systems) addresses this with a state-of-the-art real-time power system simulator: a large....

Join the TU Delft Structural Mechanics group to design a first-of-its-kind large-scale experimental campaign on historic masonry quay walls and help safeguard the future of Dutch canal cities. Job description  Typical Dutch canal cities are currently facing challenges related to the maintenance and safety risk of historical inner city infrastructure. Among others, masonry quay walls....

New aircraft concepts and propulsion technologies are being developed to reduce aviation emissions. But how do these new aircraft change the world of air traffic management? Job description  Research and industry are increasingly investing in new aircraft concepts (e.g., powered by batteries, hydrogen, and other alternative energy sources) that promise to significantly reduce aviation’s climate....

Join TU Delft to model the future ocean. Work on Digital Ocean Twins and climate scenarios shaping marine energy and coastal resilience across Europe. Job description  Climate change is transforming our oceans: reshaping wave climates, marine renewable energy potential, and coastal systems. This PhD position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to this challenge by....

What uncertainty in clinical evidence is acceptable for regulatory actors and patients to allow orphan or breakthrough devices on the market, while also ensuring these devices are sufficiently safe? Job description  Innovative medical devices can offer important benefits to patients, especially when existing diagnostic or treatment options are limited. At the same time, the available....

Job description  Technologies increasingly shape the moral landscape of our societies. In response, approaches such as Design for Values (DfV) and Value Sensitive Design seek to embed moral values like privacy, justice, and sustainability directly into the design process. But while DfV has many methods for eliciting what people currently value, it offers virtually no....

Help pave the future for living sensing systems by decoding microorganisms’ encoding of environmental history. Job description Background: Living microorganisms could transform how we sense and store information, replacing single-use electronics with inherently biodegradable systems that track environmental conditions over time. Even basic electronic sensing systems today require sensors, microcontrollers, memory, and batteries, and are....

Shape the future of sensor technology! Job description We’re seeking a talented engineer to design next generation thermal sensors, such as flow sensors and temperature sensors, that are based on sigma-delta modulators. The key requirements for this position are a soild understanding of sensor physics, especially about heat transfer, and a solid background in analog....

Join TU Delft as a postodoc to develop AI-enable robotic systems for responsible human-robot collaboration. Job description Autonomous robots working in human-centered environments must do more than react to immediate sensor input. They need to be able to estimate uncertainty, explain their decisions, adapt to human preferences and values, and act safely and reliably in....

Postdoctoral research position on category theory, computer proof assistants, and computer algebra systems. Job description Computer proof assistants and computer algebra systems have complementary strengths. A proof assistant checks each step of a mathematical argument against a formal foundation, but is not designed for computation; a computer algebra system computes efficiently with large and intricate....

Unleashing the potential of Bayesian statistics to predict the performance of new implantable medical devices based on existing data while accounting for uncertainties Job description  Innovative medical devices can offer important benefits to patients and are approved based on sufficient clinical evidence showing the safety and beneficial effects. Manufacturers currently face challenges in determining whether....

Join the Dutch 6G flagship project to help shape the future of communications.  Job description Join the frontier of innovation in 6G: the future of mobile networks technology! In the Netherlands, a unique alliance of 60 top-notch ICT companies, semiconductor firms, and research institutions has united to spearhead specific aspects of 6G: (1) software antennas,....

Join the Dutch 6G flagship project to help shape the future of communications! To view all our current PhD vacancies within this project visit: 6G Flagship.  Job description Join the frontier of innovation in 6G: the future of mobile networks technology! In the Netherlands, a unique alliance of 60 top-notch ICT companies, semiconductor firms, and....

Join us in developing the next generation of climate-resilient building envelopes. Job description As a PhD candidate at TU Delft, you will explore how nature-based building skins can transform existing homes into healthier, cooler and more sustainable living environments. Working at the intersection of building physics, architecture, ecology and user-centered design, you will develop innovative....

How do residents experience changing indoor temperatures? As a PhD candidate at TU Delft, you will combine citizen science, field data and modelling to help develop healthier and more energy-efficien. Job description Hot weather events are increasing, making adaptation of existing dwellings increasingly important to protect residents from unhealthy indoor conditions and limit future energy....

Engineers usually want predictability. This project embraces chaos! – Excited about control theory? Then join us to build the math of chaotic sampling for greener and more secure control systems. Job description Wireless communication can make control systems cheaper and easier to deploy, but bandwidth and energy limitations, as well as vulnerability to cyber-attacks, restrict....

Join the Dutch 6G flagship project to help shape the future of communications.  Job description Join the frontier of innovation in 6G: the future of mobile networks technology! In the Netherlands, a unique alliance of 60 top-notch ICT companies, semiconductor firms, and research institutions has united to spearhead specific aspects of 6G: (1) software antennas,....

Join the Dutch 6G flagship project to help shape the future of communications.  Job description Join the frontier of innovation in 6G: the future of mobile networks technology! In the Netherlands, a unique alliance of 60 top-notch ICT companies, semiconductor firms, and research institutions has united to spearhead specific aspects of 6G: (1) software antennas,....

Come and innovate TU Delft education with your postdoctoral research. Job description TU Delft engineers are expected to contribute to complex practical challenges by designing and investigating cutting-edge solutions to real-life problems. Educating this next generation of engineers requires not only teaching specific knowledge and skills from individual courses but also integrating these contents into....

Are you excited about shaping the urban water systems of the future? Join us in a Dutch research project where your analysis of urban water system innovations will support decision-making. Job description  European water systems face increasing pressures from climate change, urbanization, ageing infrastructure, and stricter environmental requirements. At the same time, new hybrid urban....

Would you like to develop new theory and algorithms for problems with multiple interacting actors? Are you interested in working at the intersection of game theory and mixed-integer optimisation?  Job description  Transport and logistics systems consist of many players with potentially conflicting objectives that continuously strive to maximize their performance. The competition and collaboration between....

Creating quantum networks with rare-earth ions Job description  Silicon-based microchips are the essential building block of modern electronic hardware, such as computers and cell phones. Can silicon also play a critical role in building the next generation of the internet – the quantum internet? In order to realize a fully functional and scalable quantum network,....

Challenge: How do we watch material surfaces evolve?Change: Building a surface-sensitive diffractive microscope.Impact: Enabling high-resolution imaging of surfaces during operation. Job description  We are looking for two PhD candidates to join the Curious Beams Lab at Delft University of Technology and develop a new approach to imaging materials surfaces with electrons. The positions are part....

Curious how we can turn a scanning electron microscope into a surface-sensitive diffractive microscope? Excited about building novel electron-optical systems? We’re looking for you! Job description  We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join the Curious Beams Lab at Delft University of Technology and lead the instrumentation development for BEAMSurf: Diffractive Atomic-Scale Surface Imaging....

How can public and private infrastructure actors align digitalisation and sustainability goals? This PhD studies how infrastructure projects can be organised amid long-term, interdependent pressures. Job description  Infrastructure organisations do not navigate the twin transition alone. Digitalisation and sustainability are shaped across wider ecosystems that include owners, contractors, consultants, policymakers, regulators, suppliers and communities. These....

How do leaders make responsible decisions when digitalisation and sustainability goals pull in opposite directions? This PhD studies strategies on how infrastructure leaders navigate these tensions.  Job description  Digitalisation and sustainability are both transforming infrastructure, but they do not always align. Digital twins, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other data-driven solutions can support better services and....

Job description The Netherlands targets using only sustainable energy by 2050, yet 161 offshore oil and gas facilities are still active. Integrating renewables into their daily operation during phase-out can reduce environmental impact but introduces additional uncertainty, requiring costly and time-consuming implementation of new controllers as existing infrastructure is already equipped with functioning control structures.....

From polymer to bio-fibre composites and back. Job description The position aims to contribute to our on-going activities within the COMPOCYCLE consortium, financed by the TopSectorEnergy program including several industrial partners, research institutes and academic partners. In the project we aim to develop 100% biobased, thermosetting fibre composites that are both recyclable and immediately deployable.....

Job description  As part of a large national consortium aimed at the development of nanoparticle-based immunotherapy for cancer treatment, you will design, synthesize and characterize radiation-sensitive block copolymers that self-assemble into micelles, and test their ability to encapsulate and release immunotherapeutic agents. You will develop a library of block copolymers with variations in polymer block....

Develop next-generation battery diagnostics for large-scale energy storage. In this postdoc, you will combine EIS, data-driven modelling and power electronics to advance battery health assessment.  Job description Battery energy storage systems are playing an increasingly important role in the transition towards renewable and resilient power systems. To operate these systems safely and efficiently throughout their....

Help determine operational limits of next-gen nuclear steam generators! Job description Advanced nuclear reactor designs like the high temperature gas cooled reactor or molten salt reactor offer certain advantages compared to traditional light water reactors. One such advantage is their potential to operate with a high thermal efficiency. This advantage stems from the fact that....

Can nuclear- and renewable energy play nice? Job description Both Europe and the Netherlands are committed to transitioning to a CO2-neutral economy by 2050. As part of this commitment, the Netherlands has built large-scale wind park, and a significant amount of energy comes from solar power as well. While wind and solar energy help to....

Sensing enabled by optomechanical systems  Job description  We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join a collaborative project between TU Delft (Simon Gröblacher’s group) and AMOLF (Ewold Verhagen’s group), centered around the development of cutting-edge optomechanical sensors. The position is embedded within QSTeM, a recently established Testbed for mechanical sensing led by Letizia....

Are you looking to make a positive impact on people’s health and quality of life? Do you have the skills and desire to shape the future of multiscale musculoskeletal modeling for human health? Job description Healthy joints are essential for mobility, independence and quality of life. Yet osteoarthritis (OA) is rapidly becoming one of the....

Join the Veldhorst Group, pioneers in germanium-based quantum computing and simulation. Job description After a successful first hire for this research topic, we are looking for a second Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Veldhorst Group, who are pioneers in quantum computing and simulation in germanium. The Veldhorst group demonstrated the first single-hole qubit, enabled two-qubit....

Job description We are recruiting several PhD candidates to join the Taminiau lab in research on quantum networks based on spin defects in silicon carbide (SiC). As a part of the team, you will work alongside scientists to investigate and develop SiC devices that enable fast optical entanglement links and high-fidelity spin-qubit control. The research....

Job description We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate to join the Taminiau Lab investigating the high-fidelity and scalable control of qubits based on spins associated to atomic defects in solids, including in diamond and silicon carbide. One key challenge towards larger quantum networks for quantum communication and distributed quantum computation is to realize....

Help shape the next generation of aircraft. At TU Delft, you will develop advanced simulation and optimization tools to improve engine-airframe integration, aerodynamic efficiency and noise performance. Job description The next generation of aircraft calls for innovative propulsion technologies, more efficient airframes and improved noise performance. But how can we accurately predict the complex interactions....

We are seeking a motivated PhD student to use single-molecule techniques and computational tools to explore molecular interactions and apply them for therapeutic applications. Job description  We are looking for a PhD student passionate about understanding molecular mechanisms in biological systems. This position involves applying single-molecule techniques to study molecular interactions, including protein-ligand interactions and....

Are you passionate about offshore wind energy? Apply for a Post-doctoral research position in Floating Offshore Wind Energy and help accelerate the supply chain readiness in this area.   Job description Floating offshore wind turbines are widely regarded as a key technology to accelerate renewable power generation and reach climate targets. Installing a wind turbine on....

From Semantics to Syntax — Systematic Derivation of Formal Languages and Their Correctness    Job description Formal languages, such as type theories and program logics, let us state and prove precisely what software should do. Today, each new language is designed by hand: experts invent the syntax, then check that it really means what it should.....

Pioneering the future of maritime surveillance? Join as a PHD to research and advance autonomous, wind-powered drones, featuring tethered hydrofoils for indefinite ocean monitoring. Job description  Are you ready to shape the future of autonomous maritime security? We are looking for a highly motivated and talented PhD Candidate to spearhead advanced research on the FoilDrone....

Work at the intersection of hydrogen, ammonia, and sustainability. Join the MetNH3Energy project and help identify low-carbon solutions that can power Europe’s energy trans Job description  The European Union (EU), through initiatives such as REPowerEU, REFuelEU, and FuelEU Maritime, is driving the transition toward lower greenhouse gas emissions. Green hydrogen is expected to play a....

Job description  The main goal of the research is to quantify the impact of hydrate formation on injectivity of CO2 injection well and to develop chemical-based solutions to either inhibit the formation of hydrates (preventive methods) or to remediate the injectivity once formation of the hydrate led to injectivity decline (mitigation methods). The focus is....

Develop and test new methods for deep exploration of sediment-hosted copper systems by integrating legacy seismic and well-log data with basin modelling, geochemistry and machine learning. Job description  We are looking for a PhD candidate who is keen to explore how legacy seismic and well-log data acquired for petroleum exploration can be transformed into a....

Shape intelligent control and coordination in future complex systems, from sustainable energy grids to autonomous mobility. In this ERC-funded PD project, you develop cutting-edge game-theoretic control and optimization methods. Job description  Modern society depends on complex, interconnected systems such as sustainable power grids, autonomous vehicles and human-machine collaborative systems. Ensuring that these systems operate safely,....

Leverage computer vision, smart sensing, and AI approaches to advance aluminium recycling and accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Job description  Aluminium is one of the world’s most widely used metals, and its recycling plays a vital role in sustainable metallurgy and a circular economy. However, current aluminium recycling processes face significant challenges, particularly....

Deploy detailed models of coupled ocean / sea ice processes, probe their turbulent interactions, compare with observations, and design parameterizations for global climate models. Job description  The past decades have been associated with substantial losses of sea ice over both hemispheres. Existing climate models are currently unable to accurately forecast these changes, in part due....

Job description The rapid development of large offshore wind farms is essential for the transition towards a sustainable energy system. However, as wind turbines are installed increasingly close together, they interact through turbulent wind wakes. These wakes reduce the energy production of downstream turbines and can increase structural loading, creating a major challenge for the....

Shape intelligent control and coordination in future complex systems, from sustainable energy grids to autonomous mobility. In this ERC-funded PhD project, you develop cutting-edge game-theoretic control and optimization methods. Job description  Modern society depends on complex, interconnected systems such as sustainable power grids, autonomous vehicles and human-machine collaborative systems. Ensuring that these systems operate safely,....

Job description The transition towards autonomous and remotely operated vessels is reshaping the way maritime transport systems are designed, operated and coordinated. The introduction of autonomy to the maritime and port ecosystem concerns multiple stakeholders including rowers, pilots, terminals, operators, port authorities, and so on. While advances in automation create opportunities for safer, more efficient....

Deploy detailed models of coupled ocean / sea ice processes, probe their turbulent interactions, compare with observations, and design parameterizations for global climate models. Job description  The past decades have been associated with substantial losses of sea ice over both hemispheres. Existing climate models are currently unable to accurately forecast these changes, in part due....

36 – 40 uur | Delft Challenge: Developing and operationalizing value-based assessment methods for AI systems. Change: Driving validation of AI systems to ensure that only trustworthy models are used. Impact: Enhancing police trustworthiness through AI alignment at the Dutch National Police. Job descriptionAI alignment refers to the goal to make AI systems behave in line with human....

Living cells are highly complex systems made of countless lifeless molecular components. We do not understand how these interact to form a living cell that sustains itself, grows and divides. The BaSyC initiative is a collaborative 10-year research program that aims to understand ‘how life works’ by building an autonomous self-reproducing synthetic cell from the....