Postdoc Position - Conceptualizing Nature Driven Facades

Job description
As hot weather events are increasing, adaptation of existing dwellings is required to protect against unhealthy indoor conditions and mitigate future energy use for cooling. While nature driven measures have the potential to support health and mitigate operational energy, the application, affordability, and acceptance of such measures are limited. As postdoc researcher you will do research on nature driven building skin (façade) solutions for the NWO project Nature 4 homes. This is a 5.5 years project, starting in november 2026 and coordinated by Delft University of Technology.

You will contribute primarily to foundational work on conceptualization of nature driven building skin solutions. This comprises exploration of the overall definition of nature-driven building skin characteristics and the composition of a structured database, that includes refining key performance indicators (KPI) and protocols across different academic disciplines. You will contribute to scientific publications, project deliverables, workshops, and interviews in collaboration with the consortium partners.

A key aspect of your role is exploring and bridging academic concepts with professional and societal perspectives, through interviews and co-design workshops. You will collaborate closely with interdisciplinary project partners from academia, society, and industry. The role explicitly focuses on preparing integration of citizen science approaches with (living) lab studies, including data from surveys, physiological and psychological measurements, monitoring of thermal conditions and biodiversity, and modelling.

You will join the section Environmental and Climate Design, department of Architectural Engineering and Technology at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft. You will work in close collaboration with researchers from Urbanism, and Materials and Environment (Civil Engineering and Geo Sciences) at TU Delft, and with researchers from TU Eindhoven (Human Technology Interaction), Radboudumc (Integrative Physiology), Wageningen University and Research (Meteorology).

You will have the opportunity to work alongside research, industry, and public-sector partners. Moreover, you will closely work with 4 PhD candidates across the universities involved, who will be hired for this project.

Job requirements

• PhD in building engineering, meteorology, civil engineering, or related fields.
• Demonstrable affinity and interest in the built environment (building scale) and climate change.
• Excellent collaboration skills with academic, scientific, and industrial partners.
• Experience with co-creation, societal aspects,or human perception of built environment.
• Dutch language proficiency is considered a plus.
• Being able to start at December 1, 2026.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Working at TU Delft means contributing to solutions that really make a difference.

For over 180 years, we have been training engineers who make an impact worldwide in companies, government bodies, or as entrepreneurs. Our alumni turn knowledge into concrete solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow.

These challenges are changing rapidly. That is why we focus on themes such as energy, climate, digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI), and smart mobility every day. Our education and research are directly aligned with what society needs now and in the future.

At TU Delft, our people make the difference. With their knowledge and curiosity, our staff provide a high-quality education and conduct pioneering research that extends beyond the campus. You will have the opportunity to take the initiative, work with others, and grow as a professional.

Working at TU Delft means join an international community of professionals and students. Together, we create knowledge, innovations, and solutions that help move the world forward.

Faculty Architecture & the Built Environment
The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment has a leading role in education and research worldwide. The driving force behind the faculty’s success is its robust research profile combined with the energy and creativity of its student body and academic community. It is buzzing with energy, with four thousand people enthusiastically studying, working, designing, conducting research and acquiring and disseminating knowledge. Our faculty has a strong focus on 'design-oriented research’, which has given it a top position in world rankings.

Staff and students are working to improve the built environment with the help of a broad set of disciplines, including architectural design, urban planning, building technology, social sciences, process management, and geo-information science. The faculty works closely with other faculties, universities, private parties, and the public sector, and has an extensive network in the Netherlands as well as internationally.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment.

Postdoc Position - Conceptualizing Nature Driven Facades

Job description
As hot weather events are increasing, adaptation of existing dwellings is required to protect against unhealthy indoor conditions and mitigate future energy use for cooling. While nature driven measures have the potential to support health and mitigate operational energy, the application, affordability, and acceptance of such measures are limited. As postdoc researcher you will do research on nature driven building skin (façade) solutions for the NWO project Nature 4 homes. This is a 5.5 years project, starting in november 2026 and coordinated by Delft University of Technology.

You will contribute primarily to foundational work on conceptualization of nature driven building skin solutions. This comprises exploration of the overall definition of nature-driven building skin characteristics and the composition of a structured database, that includes refining key performance indicators (KPI) and protocols across different academic disciplines. You will contribute to scientific publications, project deliverables, workshops, and interviews in collaboration with the consortium partners.

A key aspect of your role is exploring and bridging academic concepts with professional and societal perspectives, through interviews and co-design workshops. You will collaborate closely with interdisciplinary project partners from academia, society, and industry. The role explicitly focuses on preparing integration of citizen science approaches with (living) lab studies, including data from surveys, physiological and psychological measurements, monitoring of thermal conditions and biodiversity, and modelling.

You will join the section Environmental and Climate Design, department of Architectural Engineering and Technology at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft. You will work in close collaboration with researchers from Urbanism, and Materials and Environment (Civil Engineering and Geo Sciences) at TU Delft, and with researchers from TU Eindhoven (Human Technology Interaction), Radboudumc (Integrative Physiology), Wageningen University and Research (Meteorology).

You will have the opportunity to work alongside research, industry, and public-sector partners. Moreover, you will closely work with 4 PhD candidates across the universities involved, who will be hired for this project.

Job requirements

• PhD in building engineering, meteorology, civil engineering, or related fields.
• Demonstrable affinity and interest in the built environment (building scale) and climate change.
• Excellent collaboration skills with academic, scientific, and industrial partners.
• Experience with co-creation, societal aspects,or human perception of built environment.
• Dutch language proficiency is considered a plus.
• Being able to start at December 1, 2026.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Working at TU Delft means contributing to solutions that really make a difference.

For over 180 years, we have been training engineers who make an impact worldwide in companies, government bodies, or as entrepreneurs. Our alumni turn knowledge into concrete solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow.

These challenges are changing rapidly. That is why we focus on themes such as energy, climate, digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI), and smart mobility every day. Our education and research are directly aligned with what society needs now and in the future.

At TU Delft, our people make the difference. With their knowledge and curiosity, our staff provide a high-quality education and conduct pioneering research that extends beyond the campus. You will have the opportunity to take the initiative, work with others, and grow as a professional.

Working at TU Delft means join an international community of professionals and students. Together, we create knowledge, innovations, and solutions that help move the world forward.

Faculty Architecture & the Built Environment
The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment has a leading role in education and research worldwide. The driving force behind the faculty’s success is its robust research profile combined with the energy and creativity of its student body and academic community. It is buzzing with energy, with four thousand people enthusiastically studying, working, designing, conducting research and acquiring and disseminating knowledge. Our faculty has a strong focus on 'design-oriented research’, which has given it a top position in world rankings.

Staff and students are working to improve the built environment with the help of a broad set of disciplines, including architectural design, urban planning, building technology, social sciences, process management, and geo-information science. The faculty works closely with other faculties, universities, private parties, and the public sector, and has an extensive network in the Netherlands as well as internationally.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment.

PhD Position Control Theory for Self-Designing Digital Twins of Transportation Systems

Job description
On this PhD project you will delve into the growing field of digital twins for infrastructure systems, with a focus on transportation systems. Digital twins are high-fidelity simulations combining principle-based models and black-box/data-driven representations of physical systems. While essential for high-accuracy predictions and counterfactual analysis, they are inherently complex and difficult to analyze due to the lack of standardization and a unified design theory.

This project will tackle this problem from a theoretical angle in three main ways:

• You will develop a framework for the autonomous design of formal mathematical contracts, based on the system description and functional requirements. This will lead to the creation of abstract classes used to describe the digital twin.
• You will then design methods for automatically choosing the right parametrization of controllers to autonomously configure them to the abstract classes, ensuring stability and performance based on the requirements and specifications, e.g. via federated, scenario/sampling-based contract compositions.
• Additionally, you will theorize how to design and verify complex control policies such as MPC and RL.
• Additionally, you will study the effect of interconnecting digital twins of different systems and the effect on their stability.

You will be able to work towards improving our state-of-the-art advanced digital-twin of transportation systems (based on SUMO).

You will work at the Delft Centre of Systems and Control (DCSC) and will be supervised by Carlo Cenedese & Manuel Mazo.

TU Delft is a top tier university and is exceedingly active in the field of Artificial intelligence and Control Systems. The Delft Centre for Systems and Control (DCSC) coordinates the education and research activities in systems and control at Delft University of Technology. The Centre's research mission is to conduct fundamental research in systems dynamics and control, involving dynamic modelling, advanced control theory, optimisation and signal analysis. The research is motivated by advanced technology development in physical imaging systems, robotics and transportation systems. The group actively participates in the Dutch Institute of Systems and Control (DISC).

Job requirements

• An MSc degree in systems and control, applied mathematics, electrical engineering, computer science, or related fields.
• Basic knowledge of control theory and/or machine learning and/or digitl twin technologies (waived if the candidate is particularly skilled on theoretical computer science, optimization, or mobility systems).
• Strong analytical skills and an ability to work at the intersection of several research domains, in particular control theory, computer science, and transportation engineering.
• Good programming skills are expected, in particular Python. Knowledge of other programming lenguages is not mandatory but apprecated.
• Good command of the English language and good communication skills.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Working at TU Delft means contributing to solutions that really make a difference.

For over 180 years, we have been training engineers who make an impact worldwide in companies, government bodies, or as entrepreneurs. Our alumni turn knowledge into concrete solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow.

These challenges are changing rapidly. That is why we focus on themes such as energy, climate, digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI), and smart mobility every day. Our education and research are directly aligned with what society needs now and in the future.

At TU Delft, our people make the difference. With their knowledge and curiosity, our staff provide a high-quality education and conduct pioneering research that extends beyond the campus. You will have the opportunity to take the initiative, work with others, and grow as a professional.

Working at TU Delft means join an international community of professionals and students. Together, we create knowledge, innovations, and solutions that help move the world forward.

Faculty Mechanical Engineering
From chip to ship. From machine to human being. From idea to solution. Driven by a deep-rooted desire to understand our environment and discover its underlying mechanisms, research and education at the ME faculty focusses on fundamental understanding, design, production including application and product improvement, materials, processes and (mechanical) systems.

ME is a dynamic and innovative faculty with high-tech lab facilities and international reach. It’s a large faculty but also versatile, so we can often make unique connections by combining different disciplines. This is reflected in ME’s outstanding, state-of-the-art education, which trains students to become responsible and socially engaged engineers and scientists. We translate our knowledge and insights into solutions to societal issues, contributing to a sustainable society and to the development of prosperity and well-being. That is what unites us in pioneering research, inspiring education and (inter)national cooperation.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Do you want to experience working at our faculty? These videos will introduce you to some of our researchers and their work.

PhD Position Control Theory for Self-Designing Digital Twins of Transportation Systems

Job description
On this PhD project you will delve into the growing field of digital twins for infrastructure systems, with a focus on transportation systems. Digital twins are high-fidelity simulations combining principle-based models and black-box/data-driven representations of physical systems. While essential for high-accuracy predictions and counterfactual analysis, they are inherently complex and difficult to analyze due to the lack of standardization and a unified design theory.

This project will tackle this problem from a theoretical angle in three main ways:

• You will develop a framework for the autonomous design of formal mathematical contracts, based on the system description and functional requirements. This will lead to the creation of abstract classes used to describe the digital twin.
• You will then design methods for automatically choosing the right parametrization of controllers to autonomously configure them to the abstract classes, ensuring stability and performance based on the requirements and specifications, e.g. via federated, scenario/sampling-based contract compositions.
• Additionally, you will theorize how to design and verify complex control policies such as MPC and RL.
• Additionally, you will study the effect of interconnecting digital twins of different systems and the effect on their stability.

You will be able to work towards improving our state-of-the-art advanced digital-twin of transportation systems (based on SUMO).

You will work at the Delft Centre of Systems and Control (DCSC) and will be supervised by Carlo Cenedese & Manuel Mazo.

TU Delft is a top tier university and is exceedingly active in the field of Artificial intelligence and Control Systems. The Delft Centre for Systems and Control (DCSC) coordinates the education and research activities in systems and control at Delft University of Technology. The Centre's research mission is to conduct fundamental research in systems dynamics and control, involving dynamic modelling, advanced control theory, optimisation and signal analysis. The research is motivated by advanced technology development in physical imaging systems, robotics and transportation systems. The group actively participates in the Dutch Institute of Systems and Control (DISC).

Job requirements

• An MSc degree in systems and control, applied mathematics, electrical engineering, computer science, or related fields.
• Basic knowledge of control theory and/or machine learning and/or digitl twin technologies (waived if the candidate is particularly skilled on theoretical computer science, optimization, or mobility systems).
• Strong analytical skills and an ability to work at the intersection of several research domains, in particular control theory, computer science, and transportation engineering.
• Good programming skills are expected, in particular Python. Knowledge of other programming lenguages is not mandatory but apprecated.
• Good command of the English language and good communication skills.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Working at TU Delft means contributing to solutions that really make a difference.

For over 180 years, we have been training engineers who make an impact worldwide in companies, government bodies, or as entrepreneurs. Our alumni turn knowledge into concrete solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow.

These challenges are changing rapidly. That is why we focus on themes such as energy, climate, digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI), and smart mobility every day. Our education and research are directly aligned with what society needs now and in the future.

At TU Delft, our people make the difference. With their knowledge and curiosity, our staff provide a high-quality education and conduct pioneering research that extends beyond the campus. You will have the opportunity to take the initiative, work with others, and grow as a professional.

Working at TU Delft means join an international community of professionals and students. Together, we create knowledge, innovations, and solutions that help move the world forward.

Faculty Mechanical Engineering
From chip to ship. From machine to human being. From idea to solution. Driven by a deep-rooted desire to understand our environment and discover its underlying mechanisms, research and education at the ME faculty focusses on fundamental understanding, design, production including application and product improvement, materials, processes and (mechanical) systems.

ME is a dynamic and innovative faculty with high-tech lab facilities and international reach. It’s a large faculty but also versatile, so we can often make unique connections by combining different disciplines. This is reflected in ME’s outstanding, state-of-the-art education, which trains students to become responsible and socially engaged engineers and scientists. We translate our knowledge and insights into solutions to societal issues, contributing to a sustainable society and to the development of prosperity and well-being. That is what unites us in pioneering research, inspiring education and (inter)national cooperation.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Do you want to experience working at our faculty? These videos will introduce you to some of our researchers and their work.

Business Controller Publiek-Private organisaties | TU Delft Services

Functieomschrijving

Van fieldlabs voor duurzaamheid en robotica tot servicebedrijven, incubatieprogramma’s voor start-ups en vastgoed-bv’s. TU Delft Services (TDS) is de holdingmaatschappij van de TU Delft waaronder uiteenlopende stichtingen en bv’s vallen. Als Business Controller werk je voor een eigen portefeuille van deze entiteiten. Dat maakt je werk bijzonder: iedere organisatie heeft een eigen bedrijfsvoering, cultuur, mensen en financiële vraagstukken. Je schakelt gemakkelijk tussen verschillende administraties, directies en belangen. Je begeeft je continu op het snijvlak van publiek en privaat én schakelt tussen uitvoering en strategie.

Je bent een echte hands-on Business Controller. Je bent van begin tot eind betrokken bij de financiële cyclus: van de financiële administratie en het grootboek tot begrotingen, kwartaalrapportages en jaarrekeningen. Je denkt in journaalposten en maakt deze ook zelf. Je duikt de cijfers in, zoekt uit waar afwijkingen vandaan komen en zorgt dat de financiële administratie klopt. Pas vanuit die stevige financiële basis ga je analyseren en adviseren. Zo weet je niet alleen wát er financieel gebeurt, maar ook waarom.

Vanuit jouw financiële expertise adviseer je de directies van de verschillende entiteiten. Je vertaalt cijfers naar heldere inzichten en denkt mee over financiële en bedrijfsmatige vraagstukken. Soms gaat het om een praktische oplossing in de administratie, soms om een financieel vraagstuk met een strategische impact. Afhankelijk van de entiteit kun je ook deel uitmaken van het managementteam. Je bent daarbij een stevige gesprekspartner die begrijpt dat iedere organisatie andere belangen en uitdagingen heeft.

Juist de combinatie van verschillende entiteiten maakt deze functie interessant. Je werkt binnen de kaders van de TU Delft Holding, maar de organisaties waarvoor je werkt hebben ieder hun eigen karakter en bedrijfsvoering. Je beweegt daardoor tussen verschillende werelden en krijgt een breed beeld van financiën, bedrijfsvoering en ondernemerschap. Jouw keuzes en adviezen hebben impact. Je werkt zelfstandig voor jouw portefeuille, maar kunt altijd terugvallen op een team van businesscontrollers, financial controllers, projectcontrollers/-administrateurs en administratief medewerkers en heb je contact met de directies, financieel manager en juristen. Samen zorgen jullie dat de financiële administratie en processen binnen de holding goed op orde zijn.

Jouw werkplek - TU Delft Services (TDS)
Je bent onderdeel van directie Finance en maakt deel uit van het team dan de dochteronderneming van de TU Delft ondersteunt: TU Delft Services. TDS voert het beheer over besloten vennootschappen en stichtingen die in het verlengde liggen van de publieke taken van onze universiteit. Voorbeelden van entiteiten zijn Stichting RoboHouse, YES!Delft B.V., Flex Delft Detachering BV, Suenso BV en Stichting Medical Delta. Juist de combinatie van verschillende entiteiten, korte lijnen en een brede financiële verantwoordelijkheid maakt werken binnen TDS bijzonder.

Functie-eisen
Je bent iemand die graag met de cijfers werkt en precies wil begrijpen hoe een financiële administratie in elkaar zit. Je bent zelfstandig, praktisch en nauwkeurig en weet wanneer je moet doorvragen om tot de kern van een financieel vraagstuk te komen. Tegelijkertijd kijk je verder dan de cijfers alleen. Je denkt mee met directies en bestuur over financiële keuzes en toekomstige ontwikkelingen. Daarbij ben je constructief kritisch en oplossingsgericht. Je werkt graag samen, deelt je kennis en draagt bij aan een team waarin collega’s voor elkaar klaarstaan.

Verder voldoe je aan de volgende eisen:

• Je hebt een hbo+- of wo-diploma, bij voorkeur in de richting van bedrijfseconomie, controlling of een andere relevante richting.
• Je hebt minimaal drie jaar ervaring als businesscontroller of vergelijkbare financiële rol.
• Je hebt een goede administratieve en boekhoudkundige basis en kunt zelfstandig boekhoudkundige werkzaamheden uitvoeren.
• Je kunt financiële cijfers analyseren en vertalen naar heldere adviezen voor directie of management.
• Je bent organisatiesensitief: je bent je bewust van de belangen binnen een organisatie en schakelt snel met mensen op verschillende niveaus.
• Je communiceert uitstekend in het Nederlands, zowel mondeling als schriftelijk.

TU Delft
Werken bij TU Delft betekent bijdragen aan oplossingen die er echt toe doen.

Al meer dan 180 jaar leiden we ingenieurs op die wereldwijd impact maken bij bedrijven, overheden of als ondernemer. Onze alumni zetten kennis om in concrete oplossingen voor de uitdagingen van vandaag en morgen.

Die uitdagingen veranderen snel. Daarom werken we elke dag aan thema’s zoals energie, klimaat, digitalisering, AI en slimme mobiliteit. Ons onderwijs en onderzoek sluiten direct aan op wat de samenleving nodig heeft, nu en straks.

Bij TU Delft maken mensen het verschil. Met hun kennis en nieuwsgierigheid zorgen zij voor sterk onderwijs, vernieuwend onderzoek en innovaties die verder komen dan de campus. Je krijgt de ruimte om initiatief te nemen, samen te werken en jezelf te ontwikkelen.

Wie bij TU Delft werkt, sluit zich aan bij een internationale community van professionals en studenten. Samen bouwen we aan kennis, innovatie en oplossingen die de wereld vooruithelpen.

Universiteitsdienst – Finance
De ambitie van de TU Delft vraagt om investeringen in onderzoek, techniek, en onderwijs, en dat zegt direct alles over het belang van Finance. Wij adviseren het College van Bestuur, de faculteiten en diensten over financiële vraagstukken op het gebied van business control, procurement, treasury management, fiscaliteiten en verzekeringen. Daarnaast zijn wij verantwoordelijk voor de planning- en controlcyclus en de gehele financiële administratie. Dit alles is onmisbaar voor de TU Delft om hun ambities waar te maken. Je bent van harte uitgenodigd om hiervan deel uit te maken.