Robotic Software Engineer

Job description

In the role of robotics software engineer at SAM XL you will be working on cutting edge automated manufacturing technologies for the Aerospace Industry. With your skills and experience in the development of robotic software components you will contribute to the advancement of smart manufacturing and zero-programming technologies in this field.

This role allows for implementing both existing research, as own novel ideas into useable (ROS) software components.

You will join a young and ambitious team that has a strong drive to introduce world-class robotics applications into industry!

Job requirements

• MSc. (or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Robotics or a related field.
• Outstanding programming skills in both C++ and Python.
• 0-3 years of relevant experience.
• Up to 3 years of hands-on experience building robotics software; familiarity with industrial robot platforms is a plus.
• Experience with ROS / ROS2.
• Experience with Motion Planning.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and become a problem owner.
• Ability to define and realize your own goals.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

SAM XL
SAM XL is an ambitious and energetic collaborative research centre at the Delft University of Technology (DUT) in the Netherlands with a focus on Industry4.0, cognitive robotics, automated manufacturing and AI. As a 100% subsidiary of DUT, SAM XL aims at enabling advanced manufacturing companies (aerospace, maritime, wind energy) to make optimal use of Industry4.0 technology to improve the quality and sustainability of their products, whilst simultaneously reducing cost.

World-class research from both the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and the Cognitive Robotics department of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is combined with challenges from industry. In a dedicated factory space of 2000 m2 SAM XL is building a variety of large-scale, automated manufacturing cells to develop and demonstrate smart manufacturing technology in close collaboration with engineers from the partnering companies and researchers and Europe’s leading Research Institutes. More information about SAM XL can be found on www.samxl.com.

In time, SAM XL is expanding and linking its robotic infrastructure into a prototype “Factory of the Future”, which will function as a Didactic Factory for innovation and education of the next generation engineers and technicians.

Robotic Software Engineer

Job description

In the role of robotics software engineer at SAM XL you will be working on cutting edge automated manufacturing technologies for the Aerospace Industry. With your skills and experience in the development of robotic software components you will contribute to the advancement of smart manufacturing and zero-programming technologies in this field.

This role allows for implementing both existing research, as own novel ideas into useable (ROS) software components.

You will join a young and ambitious team that has a strong drive to introduce world-class robotics applications into industry!

Job requirements

• MSc. (or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Robotics or a related field.
• Outstanding programming skills in both C++ and Python.
• 0-3 years of relevant experience.
• Up to 3 years of hands-on experience building robotics software; familiarity with industrial robot platforms is a plus.
• Experience with ROS / ROS2.
• Experience with Motion Planning.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and become a problem owner.
• Ability to define and realize your own goals.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

SAM XL
SAM XL is an ambitious and energetic collaborative research centre at the Delft University of Technology (DUT) in the Netherlands with a focus on Industry4.0, cognitive robotics, automated manufacturing and AI. As a 100% subsidiary of DUT, SAM XL aims at enabling advanced manufacturing companies (aerospace, maritime, wind energy) to make optimal use of Industry4.0 technology to improve the quality and sustainability of their products, whilst simultaneously reducing cost.

World-class research from both the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and the Cognitive Robotics department of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is combined with challenges from industry. In a dedicated factory space of 2000 m2 SAM XL is building a variety of large-scale, automated manufacturing cells to develop and demonstrate smart manufacturing technology in close collaboration with engineers from the partnering companies and researchers and Europe’s leading Research Institutes. More information about SAM XL can be found on www.samxl.com.

In time, SAM XL is expanding and linking its robotic infrastructure into a prototype “Factory of the Future”, which will function as a Didactic Factory for innovation and education of the next generation engineers and technicians.

PhD Position in Inclusive Urban Mobility and Accessibility

Job description

This position is part of the NWO-funded research project 'BEAT – Building Equitable Accessibility Together,' which launched in January 2026.

About BEAT

Operating from the standpoint that mobility is fundamentally a subjective human experience, BEAT aims to investigate urban mobility barriers as they unfold in the daily activities of people with physical and cognitive diversity (PaCD). Rather than examining a specific mode of mobility (e.g., public transportation, walking) or a single accessibility barrier, the project focuses on the comprehensive experience of urban mobility in the daily lives of people with PaCD. Our point of departure is people themselves, their routines and travel behaviors, their daily frustrations with various mobility obstacles, and the impact of these hindrances on their personal, social, and professional lives.

The specific objectives of BEAT are twofold: (1) to co-create a comprehensive understanding of informal urban mobility barriers and their impacts while co-identifying key priorities to address, and (2) to co-design and assess innovative solutions using three levers: human-centered artificial intelligence, urban design, and policy. These solutions include interactive technologies (e.g., personalized, real-time accessibility maps, lightweight wearable devices, binaural audio), tactical urbanism interventions, design and evaluation tools (e.g., inclusivity indices), as well as guidelines and strategies for policy change. Central to this approach is the establishment of a close, collaborative partnership with the target groups, facilitated through the creation and development of a Living Lab. The BEAT Living Lab will serve as a platform not only for co-identifying problems but also for co-designing and interactively testing solutions.

PhD Position Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join the BEAT project, focusing on inclusive mobility, accessibility, experiential and behavioral dimensions of everyday mobility, co-design, human-centered (spatial/physical/digital) interventions, human-centered AI, and interactive technologies. The ideal candidate is passionate about identifying priorities to address urban mobility barriers and co-designing platforms that raise awareness about the daily mobility barriers experienced by people with PaCD, while facilitating behavior change. The candidate should be eager to collaborate directly with people with PaCD and other relevant stakeholders in policy and planning through the BEAT Living Lab.

In this PhD position, you will contribute to a key work package within BEAT that aims to collect data on experienced, everyday mobility barriers, co-design user-centered interventions with Living Lab members, and develop information platforms that identify accessibility problems and enable target groups to mitigate them. Your research will focus on collecting data about identified accessibility barriers in the Living Lab cities, identifying design requirements for interventions, and co-designing awareness tools for behavior change, targeting people with PaCD, policymakers, and designers.

What you will do

In this PhD position, you will:

• Contribute to the BEAT Living Lab by collecting actionable data on accessibility barriers through interviews, surveys, environmental sensing, and ethnographic fieldwork, complemented by a comprehensive literature review.
• Engage with people with PaCD and other relevant stakeholders to identify design requirements for spatial interventions and interactive technologies.
• Iteratively co-design, deploy, and test platforms that can raise awareness about how daily mobility barriers are experienced, while facilitating mobility behavior change.

The successful PhD candidate will be based at the Department of Sustainable Design Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands), and collaborate with all partners in the BEAT project.

Job requirements
The PhD candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Achilleas Psyllidis and Dr. Himanshu Verma of the Knowledge and Intelligence Design group, and will become a member of the Urban Analytics Lab.

The successful applicant will have:

• A Master’s degree (or equivalent) in urban planning, design sciences, computational social science, urban analytics, citizen science, transport and mobility studies, (quantitative) human geography, geographic information science, human-computer interaction, or a related field.
• High motivation and aptitude for research, as well as a willingness to work in an international and cross-disciplinary environment.
• Fluent English communication skills.
• Ability to work productively and independently.
• Dutch communication skills are an asset, but not a mandatory requirement. Willingness to learn Dutch during the PhD duration is desirable.
• Previous knowledge, experience, or publications in accessibility, mobility justice, citizen science, disability studies, human-computer interaction, or any of the other fields mentioned above are an advantage, but not a mandatory requirement.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Industrial Design Engineering
Matching the evolution of people with the speed of the revolution of technology. This is the focus of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE). Delft designers act as a bridge between advances in technology and the needs of people, organisations and society to create products, services and systems with purpose.

IDE is a leader in design research across the application areas of mobility, sustainability and health, as well as its development of design tools and methods. A 350-strong research team and over 2,000 students work together in our inspiring hall, labs and studios.

In close cooperation with industry, the public sector and NGOs we rehearse possible futures in research and education to design for a complex future.
Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.

PhD Position in Inclusive Urban Mobility and Accessibility

Job description

This position is part of the NWO-funded research project 'BEAT – Building Equitable Accessibility Together,' which launched in January 2026.

About BEAT

Operating from the standpoint that mobility is fundamentally a subjective human experience, BEAT aims to investigate urban mobility barriers as they unfold in the daily activities of people with physical and cognitive diversity (PaCD). Rather than examining a specific mode of mobility (e.g., public transportation, walking) or a single accessibility barrier, the project focuses on the comprehensive experience of urban mobility in the daily lives of people with PaCD. Our point of departure is people themselves, their routines and travel behaviors, their daily frustrations with various mobility obstacles, and the impact of these hindrances on their personal, social, and professional lives.

The specific objectives of BEAT are twofold: (1) to co-create a comprehensive understanding of informal urban mobility barriers and their impacts while co-identifying key priorities to address, and (2) to co-design and assess innovative solutions using three levers: human-centered artificial intelligence, urban design, and policy. These solutions include interactive technologies (e.g., personalized, real-time accessibility maps, lightweight wearable devices, binaural audio), tactical urbanism interventions, design and evaluation tools (e.g., inclusivity indices), as well as guidelines and strategies for policy change. Central to this approach is the establishment of a close, collaborative partnership with the target groups, facilitated through the creation and development of a Living Lab. The BEAT Living Lab will serve as a platform not only for co-identifying problems but also for co-designing and interactively testing solutions.

PhD Position Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join the BEAT project, focusing on inclusive mobility, accessibility, experiential and behavioral dimensions of everyday mobility, co-design, human-centered (spatial/physical/digital) interventions, human-centered AI, and interactive technologies. The ideal candidate is passionate about identifying priorities to address urban mobility barriers and co-designing platforms that raise awareness about the daily mobility barriers experienced by people with PaCD, while facilitating behavior change. The candidate should be eager to collaborate directly with people with PaCD and other relevant stakeholders in policy and planning through the BEAT Living Lab.

In this PhD position, you will contribute to a key work package within BEAT that aims to collect data on experienced, everyday mobility barriers, co-design user-centered interventions with Living Lab members, and develop information platforms that identify accessibility problems and enable target groups to mitigate them. Your research will focus on collecting data about identified accessibility barriers in the Living Lab cities, identifying design requirements for interventions, and co-designing awareness tools for behavior change, targeting people with PaCD, policymakers, and designers.

What you will do

In this PhD position, you will:

• Contribute to the BEAT Living Lab by collecting actionable data on accessibility barriers through interviews, surveys, environmental sensing, and ethnographic fieldwork, complemented by a comprehensive literature review.
• Engage with people with PaCD and other relevant stakeholders to identify design requirements for spatial interventions and interactive technologies.
• Iteratively co-design, deploy, and test platforms that can raise awareness about how daily mobility barriers are experienced, while facilitating mobility behavior change.

The successful PhD candidate will be based at the Department of Sustainable Design Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands), and collaborate with all partners in the BEAT project.

Job requirements
The PhD candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Achilleas Psyllidis and Dr. Himanshu Verma of the Knowledge and Intelligence Design group, and will become a member of the Urban Analytics Lab.

The successful applicant will have:

• A Master’s degree (or equivalent) in urban planning, design sciences, computational social science, urban analytics, citizen science, transport and mobility studies, (quantitative) human geography, geographic information science, human-computer interaction, or a related field.
• High motivation and aptitude for research, as well as a willingness to work in an international and cross-disciplinary environment.
• Fluent English communication skills.
• Ability to work productively and independently.
• Dutch communication skills are an asset, but not a mandatory requirement. Willingness to learn Dutch during the PhD duration is desirable.
• Previous knowledge, experience, or publications in accessibility, mobility justice, citizen science, disability studies, human-computer interaction, or any of the other fields mentioned above are an advantage, but not a mandatory requirement.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Industrial Design Engineering
Matching the evolution of people with the speed of the revolution of technology. This is the focus of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE). Delft designers act as a bridge between advances in technology and the needs of people, organisations and society to create products, services and systems with purpose.

IDE is a leader in design research across the application areas of mobility, sustainability and health, as well as its development of design tools and methods. A 350-strong research team and over 2,000 students work together in our inspiring hall, labs and studios.

In close cooperation with industry, the public sector and NGOs we rehearse possible futures in research and education to design for a complex future.
Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.

Digital Workspace Consultant

Functieomschrijving

Wil jij bijdragen aan toekomstgericht onderwijs en onderzoek aan de TU Delft? In deze veelzijdige rol zorg jij ervoor dat medewerkers – van docenten tot onderzoekers en ondersteunend personeel – het maximale halen uit de digitale werkplek. Jij bent de schakel tussen technologie en dagelijks gebruik, met oog voor gebruiksgemak, adoptie en continue verbetering.

Wat ga je doen?

Je helpt collega’s om applicaties zoals Microsoft 365, Confluence, Jira en iBABS slim en effectief in te zetten. Jij zorgt ervoor dat gebruikers snappen wát ze kunnen doen, waarom dat helpt en hóe ze het doen. Je ontwikkelt inspirerend adoptiemateriaal zoals video's, community berichten en verzorgt trainingen en workshops. Ook bied je persoonlijke ondersteuning aan key-users en eindgebruikers: je luistert goed, stelt vragen en geeft advies dat aansluit bij de praktijk. Je maakt technologie toegankelijk – dat is jouw kracht.

In nauwe samenwerking met de stakeholders uit de organisatie en Product Owners werk je continu aan het verbeteren van de dienstverlening. Samen met je collega's in het multidisciplinair team werk je aan o.a. procesverbetering, TU-brede projecten en adoptie. Omdat jij actief contact legt en onderhoudt, zorg je dat we steeds beter begrijpen waar gebruikers behoefte aan hebben. Jij enthousiasmeert!

Jouw focus ligt op:

• Het begeleiden van gebruikers bij het effectief inzetten van digitale tools, met een sterke focus op adoptie en werkplezier.
• Het ontwikkelen van adoptiemateriaal gericht op digitale vaardigheid.
• Het beantwoorden van functionele vragen over de digitale werkomgeving.
• Wensen en behoefte van medewerkers vertalen naar verbeteringen in dienstverlening en gebruikersondersteuning.

Waarom is dit werk belangrijk?

De digitale werkomgeving is onmisbaar in het onderwijs en onderzoek van vandaag. Door jouw inzet kunnen collega’s hun werk beter, efficiënter en met meer plezier doen. Je helpt de TU Delft om het digitale landschap begrijpelijk, gebruiksvriendelijk én toekomstbestendig te maken. Jouw werk draagt dus direct bij aan de kwaliteit van onderwijs en wetenschap.

Functie-eisen
Wat breng je mee? Je hebt…

• ervaring in het begeleiden van medewerkers zodat zij het beste uit hun werkplek halen. (Pre is kennis van Microsoft 365, Confluence, Jira, iBabs of vergelijkbare tools.)
• affiniteit met adoptie, gebruikersondersteuning en communicatie.
• een dienstverlenende instelling: je krijgt energie van het helpen van anderen.
• sterke communicatieve vaardigheden en het vermogen om complexe informatie begrijpelijk te maken.
• een proactieve houding en het vermogen om zelfstandig te werken binnen multidisciplinaire teams.

Wat bieden wij jou?

• Een afwisselende en maatschappelijk relevante functie in een academische topomgeving.
• Veel ruimte voor eigen initiatief en ontwikkeling.
• Samenwerking met bevlogen collega’s in een professionele, informele sfeer.
• Flexibele werktijden en de mogelijkheid om hybride te werken.

TU Delft
De Technische Universiteit Delft heeft een sterk fundament. Als bouwer van de wereldberoemde Nederlandse waterwerken en pionier in biotech is TU Delft een internationale topuniversiteit die wetenschap, engineering en design combineert. TU Delft staat voor onderwijs, onderzoek en innovatie van wereldklasse om uitdagingen op het gebied van energie, klimaat, mobiliteit, gezondheid en digitale maatschappij aan te gaan. Generaties Delftse ingenieurs hebben bewezen ondernemende probleemoplossers te zijn in bedrijfsleven en in sociale context.

Bij TU Delft omarmen we diversiteit als een van onze kernwaarden en zetten we ons actief in om een universiteit te zijn waar jij je thuis voelt en kunt floreren. We hechten veel waarde aan verschillende perspectieven en kwaliteiten, omdat wij geloven dat dit ons werk innovatiever, de TU Delft-gemeenschap levendiger en de wereld rechtvaardiger maakt. Samen bedenken en ontwikkelen we oplossingen die een positieve invloed hebben op wereldwijde schaal. Daarom nodigen we jou uit om te solliciteren. Je sollicitatie krijgt een eerlijke behandeling.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Universiteitsdienst – Directie ICT
Bij de directie ICT werken we met circa 200 collega’s verdeeld over een aantal teams: Shared Service Center, Project Management Services, Informatiemanagement, Security, Privacy & Architectuur en Innovatie.

We werken als directie ICT gezamenlijk met de faculteiten en andere directies van de TU Delft aan uiteenlopende projecten. De complexiteit en grootte van de organisatie zorgen ervoor dat ons werk vaak een uitdagende puzzel is. De grootste opdracht waar we de komende jaren als TU Delft voor staan, is het versnellen van de digitalisering om zo onze positie als universiteit van wereldklasse te versterken.

We werken veel samen met de specialisten op onze eigen ICT-afdeling en met onze collega’s verspreid over de universiteit. De campus is een bruisende omgeving waar altijd van alles gebeurt. De cultuur is informeel en inclusief. Er is ruimte voor een belangstellend gesprek bij de koffieautomaat en als je het leuk vindt, kun je deelnemen aan diverse activiteiten die op de campus worden georganiseerd. Bovendien krijg je binnen de directie ICT het vertrouwen en de vrijheid om je eigen werk in te delen. Er is veel mogelijk op het gebied van opleidingen en wij vinden jouw persoonlijke ontwikkeling belangrijk.

Wil je meer weten over hoe het is om bij ICT te werken en zien welke vacatures er nog meer zijn? Bekijk dan hier onze werken-bij-ict pagina.