PhD Position Generative Models for Radar

Job description
Radars are a key component of modern automotive perception systems, allowing vehicles to detect and understand their surroundings even in harsh weather conditions. However, current radar systems face limitations in resolution due to cost and power constraints. This PhD project explores generative models as a way to enhance radar perception without requiring hardware modifications. You will develop AI models that generate high-resolution radar data from cameras, LiDAR, or low-resolution radar inputs. Additionally, your work will explore view synthesis, enabling radar perception from different viewpoints. These generative models will be integrated into real-time radar processing algorithms, leading to breakthrough solutions for autonomous driving and safety-critical applications.

This fully funded, four-year PhD position is a collaboration between the Intelligent Vehicles Section and the Department of Systems and Control at TU Delft's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The research is part of the EU Horizon MOSAIC project and is conducted in partnership with NXP, a leading chip manufacturer. Your results will be published in top tier conferences like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICRA, ICASSP, RadarConf and NeurIPS. For your work you will have access to the compute resources of TU Delft, ranging from personal machines, to shared GPU servers, the Delft AI Cluster that is shared across departments, as well as DelftBlue, which is one of the top 250 supercomputers in the world. Your supervisors will be Dr. Holger Caesar and Dr. Nitin Myers.

Job requirements

• We are seeking PhD applicants with an interest in performing cutting edge research in an active and exciting research area.
• Prospective applicants should have a strong academic record with a solid background in Machine Learning (Deep Learning, generative models, diffusion models).
• Knowledge in sensor data processing and radaris a plus.
• Good programming skills (Python) and knowledge of deep-learning frameworks (PyTorch) are expected.
• A certain affinity towards turning complex concepts into real-world practice (i.e. vehicle demonstrator) is desired.
• The successful candidate is expected to be able to act independently as well as to collaborate effectively with members of a larger team and supervise Master and PhD students.
• Good English skills are required.
• The work takes place in Delft, The Netherlands, but allows for working two days per week from home.

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 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 Generative Models for Radar

Job description
Radars are a key component of modern automotive perception systems, allowing vehicles to detect and understand their surroundings even in harsh weather conditions. However, current radar systems face limitations in resolution due to cost and power constraints. This PhD project explores generative models as a way to enhance radar perception without requiring hardware modifications. You will develop AI models that generate high-resolution radar data from cameras, LiDAR, or low-resolution radar inputs. Additionally, your work will explore view synthesis, enabling radar perception from different viewpoints. These generative models will be integrated into real-time radar processing algorithms, leading to breakthrough solutions for autonomous driving and safety-critical applications.

This fully funded, four-year PhD position is a collaboration between the Intelligent Vehicles Section and the Department of Systems and Control at TU Delft's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The research is part of the EU Horizon MOSAIC project and is conducted in partnership with NXP, a leading chip manufacturer. Your results will be published in top tier conferences like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICRA, ICASSP, RadarConf and NeurIPS. For your work you will have access to the compute resources of TU Delft, ranging from personal machines, to shared GPU servers, the Delft AI Cluster that is shared across departments, as well as DelftBlue, which is one of the top 250 supercomputers in the world. Your supervisors will be Dr. Holger Caesar and Dr. Nitin Myers.

Job requirements

• We are seeking PhD applicants with an interest in performing cutting edge research in an active and exciting research area.
• Prospective applicants should have a strong academic record with a solid background in Machine Learning (Deep Learning, generative models, diffusion models).
• Knowledge in sensor data processing and radaris a plus.
• Good programming skills (Python) and knowledge of deep-learning frameworks (PyTorch) are expected.
• A certain affinity towards turning complex concepts into real-world practice (i.e. vehicle demonstrator) is desired.
• The successful candidate is expected to be able to act independently as well as to collaborate effectively with members of a larger team and supervise Master and PhD students.
• Good English skills are required.
• The work takes place in Delft, The Netherlands, but allows for working two days per week from home.

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 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.

Engineering Doctorate (EngD Traineeship) in Designer in Bioprocess Engineering

Job description
Participate in a one-of-a-kind programme at a world-renowned biotech pioneer. At Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), you can apply your technical knowledge to projects with key companies in the biotech industry at a doctorate level.
Make impact on the biotech world. Join us in Delft, at Europe’s biggest innovation campus, and become a Designer in Bioprocess Engineering.

Our trainee programme as Designer in Biochemical Engineering will give you a solid foundation for your career as a bioprocess designer. You’ll also gain project management skills and business knowledge so that you can evaluate the implementation of developed processes in an industrial environment. There’s plenty of room for personal development too. Our programme will help you boost your independence, creativity and critical thinking–all crucial skills in the innovative interdisciplinary field of biochemical engineering.

In your first year, you’ll take some mandatory courses including economic evaluation and project management and your choice of advanced courses in fermentation technology, microbiology, downstream processing, environmental biotechnology or biocatalysts. You’ll also contribute to a group design project. During your second year, you’ll work on an individual design project carried out in, or in close collaboration with, a partner in the biotech industry.

Working in our state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll become a team player who can hold their own in any international setting. Day-to-day, you’ll find yourself in a close-knit group that our trainees affectionately call their “international family”. This will teach you how to navigate multicultural environments, a very useful skill in today’s increasingly global job market. If all goes well, this two-year position will lead to an Engineering Doctorate in Bioprocess Engineering. This expertise is in demand and you’ll enjoy great prospects for a professional international career in all facets of bioprocess development.

Job requirements

• You’re looking for a career in the international biotech industry. Process design and development and the application of technology are of particular interest to you.
• Keen on European work experience, you speak excellent English, and you have an open, creative mind and a critical attitude. A top ten percenter at your current university, you want to pit yourself against the best in a competitive multicultural team, where you’ll be pushed to your limits.
• The programme welcomes applications from well-qualified students who have successfully completed 5 years of university training (MSc, Ir., Engineering Diploma).
• You must hold an MSc degree in (Bio-)Chemical Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Environmental or Food technology, or comparable, with excellent results.
• From our EngD-trainees, we expect an interdisciplinary attitude, an eye for application of technology in industry and team skills.
• Another relevant qualification, within the discretion of the Selection Committee.

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 Applied Sciences
With more than 1,100 employees, including 150 pioneering principal investigators, as well as a population of about 3,600 passionate students, the Faculty of Applied Sciences is an inspiring scientific ecosystem. Focusing on key enabling technologies, such as quantum- and nanotechnology, photonics, biotechnology, synthetic biology and materials for energy storage and conversion, our faculty aims to provide solutions to important problems of the 21st century. To that end, we educate innovative students in broad Bachelor's and specialist Master's programmes with a strong research component. Our scientists conduct ground-breaking fundamental and applied research in the fields of Life and Health Science & Technology, Nanoscience, Chemical Engineering, Radiation Science & Technology, and Engineering Physics. We are also training the next generation of high school teachers.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Applied Sciences.

The webpage of the Department of Biotechnology can be found here.

Engineering Doctorate (EngD Traineeship) in Designer in Bioprocess Engineering

Job description
Participate in a one-of-a-kind programme at a world-renowned biotech pioneer. At Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), you can apply your technical knowledge to projects with key companies in the biotech industry at a doctorate level.
Make impact on the biotech world. Join us in Delft, at Europe’s biggest innovation campus, and become a Designer in Bioprocess Engineering.

Our trainee programme as Designer in Biochemical Engineering will give you a solid foundation for your career as a bioprocess designer. You’ll also gain project management skills and business knowledge so that you can evaluate the implementation of developed processes in an industrial environment. There’s plenty of room for personal development too. Our programme will help you boost your independence, creativity and critical thinking–all crucial skills in the innovative interdisciplinary field of biochemical engineering.

In your first year, you’ll take some mandatory courses including economic evaluation and project management and your choice of advanced courses in fermentation technology, microbiology, downstream processing, environmental biotechnology or biocatalysts. You’ll also contribute to a group design project. During your second year, you’ll work on an individual design project carried out in, or in close collaboration with, a partner in the biotech industry.

Working in our state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll become a team player who can hold their own in any international setting. Day-to-day, you’ll find yourself in a close-knit group that our trainees affectionately call their “international family”. This will teach you how to navigate multicultural environments, a very useful skill in today’s increasingly global job market. If all goes well, this two-year position will lead to an Engineering Doctorate in Bioprocess Engineering. This expertise is in demand and you’ll enjoy great prospects for a professional international career in all facets of bioprocess development.

Job requirements

• You’re looking for a career in the international biotech industry. Process design and development and the application of technology are of particular interest to you.
• Keen on European work experience, you speak excellent English, and you have an open, creative mind and a critical attitude. A top ten percenter at your current university, you want to pit yourself against the best in a competitive multicultural team, where you’ll be pushed to your limits.
• The programme welcomes applications from well-qualified students who have successfully completed 5 years of university training (MSc, Ir., Engineering Diploma).
• You must hold an MSc degree in (Bio-)Chemical Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Environmental or Food technology, or comparable, with excellent results.
• From our EngD-trainees, we expect an interdisciplinary attitude, an eye for application of technology in industry and team skills.
• Another relevant qualification, within the discretion of the Selection Committee.

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 Applied Sciences
With more than 1,100 employees, including 150 pioneering principal investigators, as well as a population of about 3,600 passionate students, the Faculty of Applied Sciences is an inspiring scientific ecosystem. Focusing on key enabling technologies, such as quantum- and nanotechnology, photonics, biotechnology, synthetic biology and materials for energy storage and conversion, our faculty aims to provide solutions to important problems of the 21st century. To that end, we educate innovative students in broad Bachelor's and specialist Master's programmes with a strong research component. Our scientists conduct ground-breaking fundamental and applied research in the fields of Life and Health Science & Technology, Nanoscience, Chemical Engineering, Radiation Science & Technology, and Engineering Physics. We are also training the next generation of high school teachers.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Applied Sciences.

The webpage of the Department of Biotechnology can be found here.

Postdoc Future Healthcare: Designing Care as Collective Responsibility

Job description
The shift toward patients actively participating in their care—taking responsibility for decision-making and treatment alongside their care team—is an inevitable societal transformation. Due to staff shortages, an aging population, and rising costs, patient involvement is essential to maintaining quality care. Moreover, patient engagement contributes to safer care, better therapy adherence, improved outcomes, and greater patient satisfaction. However, this role is not one that patients choose or are trained for, making engagement challenging for both patients and healthcare professionals. The design of healthcare systems—including products, services, built environments, workflows, patient journeys, and policies—plays a crucial role in shaping patient behavior and interactions with medical professionals. In other words, patient engagement is a designable phenomenon.

Key design challenges include:

• Balancing individual, team, and societal interests
• Defining functional team attributes such as shared goals, task allocation, and communication
• Structuring workflows, patient journeys, and care pathways
• Addressing teamwork dynamics and power hierarchies
• Ensuring social safety and inclusion (e.g., health literacy) for both patients and healthcare professionals
• Applying transformative design approaches in healthcare

This postdoc position is part of the new Future Healthcare program that focuses on a human-centered approach to designing healthcare systems in which patients are fully integrated team members, functioning effectively across different settings and over time.

The position builds on healthcare research within our Human-Centered Design department, including the Convergence Consultation Room 2030 initiative with Erasmus MC, led by Richard Goossens and research on patient engagement with Amsterdam UMC, led by Marijke Melles. Both initiatives encompass multiple PhD projects and collaborations, addressing key themes such as value-based healthcare, networked care, inclusion (health literacy/numeracy), and (digital) patient experience. These serve as foundational elements for this postdoc position on Care as Collective Responsibility.

Your role:

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will play a key role in establishing this new research program. Your responsibilities include:

• Preparing funding applications and carrying out research to support them.
• Publishing research outcomes in high-impact journals.
• Collaborating closely with design researchers and medical staff.

We offer a dynamic and impactful role at the intersection of healthcare and human-centered design, in close collaboration with Erasmus MC, Amsterdam UMC, and TU Delft. This position provides opportunities for professional growth across multiple domains (academia, healthcare, and design), leadership experience, and network-building in a highly interdisciplinary environment.

Job requirements

• PhD in design, medicine, health sciences, or a related field.
• Strong affinity with healthcare systems and a human-centered (design) research approach.
• Proven track record of publications and strong scientific writing skills.
• Proactive, hands-on mindset with flexibility and independence.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Proficiency in Dutch is an asset but not required.
• Highly motivated team player.

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.