These are challenging but exciting times for transport scientists and engineers. There is pressure to reduce the impact of mobility especially regarding car traffic with its associated externalities such as pollution and waste of productive time in congestion. But never as before have transport engineers had such powerful tools and methods at their disposal to increase transport systems efficiency. Information and communication technologies empower vehicles, infrastructure and mobility managers to create safer, more resilient and efficient transport systems.

This tenure track position focuses on decision-making and control methods for intelligent vehicles (automated and cooperative) taking into account the traffic flow and intelligent roadway infrastructure context. Controlling intelligent vehicles with the objective of increasing traffic efficiency and safety requires new models and methods that are able to take decisions in real time. This requires knowledge in control theory, optimization, traffic flow theory, big data and traffic simulation. You will develop research and education in those methods in order to support the development of the next generation cooperative road vehicle systems.  

The research and education that you will perform and coordinate will not only lead to new scientific theoretical and methodological insights, but also to innovative real-world applications and adoption in relevant planning and policy processes. You play a visible role in advising on deployment and valorisation of research findings. In addition to working with traffic and transport data, modelling and simulation approaches, your work will also comprise design and engineering.

You will work at the Department of Transport & Planning in the Electric and Automated Transport Lab (hEAT Lab) and connect to other labs such as the Traffic and Transportation Safety Lab and the Traffic Dynamics Modeling and Control Lab and to other faculties active in this field, such as the faculty of 3ME (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering).

You will contribute to the BSc and MSc education of CEG, as well as to the education in the interfacultary Master Transport Infrastructure and Logistics (TIL). These contributions pertain to developing and executing courses, in particular the MSc course “Intelligent Vehicles for Safe and Efficient Traffic” and the supervision of Bachelor and Master students.

We seek a colleague with:

• A PhD in transportation or civil engineering, or a closely related discipline, with outstanding academic credentials;
• A background and experience in traffic modeling;
• The ambition to be a future scientific leader in the area of intelligent vehicles;
• An affinity with teaching, preferably with teaching experience at bachelor and/or master level and experience in supervising MSc and/or PhD students;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and proficiency of Dutch or willingness to acquire it;
• An appreciation for a culturally diverse environment and the ability to build successful relationships with academic, public and private partners, and work in a team.

Fixed-term contract: 6 years.

A tenure-track position is offered for six years. In the fifth year we’ll decide if you will be offered a permanent faculty position, based on performance indicators agreed upon at the start of the appointment. We expect that you have the potential to grow towards an Associate Professor and/or Full Professor role in the future.

Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. We expect you to obtain a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) within three years if you have less than five years of teaching experience. This is provided by the TU Delft UTQ programme. 

TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of the teaching staff and offers training to improve English competency. If you do not speak Dutch yet, we offer courses to learn the Dutch language within four years.

Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount on health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged.

For international applicants we offer the Coming to Delft Service and Partner Career Advice to assist you with your relocation. An International Children's Centre offers childcare and there is an international primary school.

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 and aim to be as inclusive as possible (see our Code of Conduct). Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale.

Challenge. Change. Impact! 

Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences

The Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences (CEG) is committed to outstanding international research and education in the field of civil engineering, applied earth sciences, traffic and transport, water technology, and delta technology. Our research feeds into our educational programmes and covers societal challenges such as climate change, energy transition, resource depletion, urbanisation and the availability of clean water, conducted  in close cooperation with a wide range of research institutions. CEG is convinced that Open Science helps to achieve our goals and supports its scientists in integrating Open Science in their research practice. The Faculty of CEG comprises 28 research groups in the following seven departments: Materials Mechanics Management & Design, Engineering Structures, Geoscience and Engineering, Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Transport & Planning, Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management.

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