Bird Migration Modelling Internship - Agent-Based Simulations

TNO; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 6,700 - 7,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internship allowance €615

Eight hours of leave per internship月

Travel reimbursement

Jong TNO membership

Job summary

TNO is seeking an enthusiastic student for an internship to develop an agent-based model of bird migration through offshore wind farms. You will extend the model to reflect measured bird behaviours and test how wind farm layouts influence collision risk.

You will work with Python or C++, receive supervision, and gain hands-on experience in ecology, data analysis, and simulation. The internship offers an allowance, flexible setup, and opportunities to join the Jong TNO network.

Qualifications

• Interested in ecology and modelling with strong quantitative skills.
• Part of BIRDSAFE initiative and related to offshore wind projects.
• Familiarity with data analysis and simulation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Help adapt and extend an agent-based model of bird flight through offshore wind farms.
• Test how different wind farm layouts affect predicted collision risks.
• Work with measurements to improve realism of bird behaviour in simulations.

Skills

Bird ecology

Wind farms

Big data analysis

Agent-based modelling

Python

C++

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

TNO is seeking an enthusiastic student for an internship to develop an agent-based model of bird migration through offshore wind farms. You will extend the model to reflect measured bird behaviours and test how wind farm layouts influence collision risk.

You will work with Python or C++, receive supervision, and gain hands-on experience in ecology, data analysis, and simulation. The internship offers an allowance, flexible setup, and opportunities to join the Jong TNO network.