PhD in Air Traffic Innovation: Mixed-Fleet Safety & ATM

Delft; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

TU Delft invites applications for a PhD position in Operational Analysis and Assessment of New Aircraft Concepts. You will study how mixed future aircraft impact safety, efficiency and capacity and develop metrics and models to quantify these effects.

You will extend the BlueSky open-source simulator into a scenario generator and assessment framework, collaborating with NLR and national partners.

Qualifications

• MSc degree in Aerospac.e Engineering or Aeronautical Engineering, or MSc in Mechanical Engineering, (Applied) Mathematics or Computer Science with an affinity for aviation and AT C management.
• Strong background in physics and mathematics, ideally knowledge in Air Traffic Management.
• Strong background in coding, preferably Python.
• Ability to learn independently and passion for research.
• Strong communication skills in English.
• Team player, open to discussion and constructive criticism.

Responsibilities

• Characterise how new aircraft types differ in performance from current traffic, and what this means for separation and procedure design.
• Quantify the relation between safety, capacity and efficiency under a mixed future fleet.
• Identify how we should design procedures for such a heterogenous mix of aircraft types.
• Assess what this implies for ATM innovations such as trajectory prediction, separation automation, collision avoidance, and Trajectory-Based Operations.
• Extend BlueSky with scenario generation and assessment capability.
• Make these tools usable by other researchers and policymakers.
• Facilitate future expansion to include other domain models (e.g. emissions, noise).

Skills

Physics

Python

Independent learner

Team player

Education

MSc in Aerospace Engineering

MSc in Aeronautical Engineering

MSc in Mechanical Engineering

MSc in Applied Mathematics or Computer Science

Tools

BlueSky

Python

Job description

TU Delft invites applications for a PhD position in Operational Analysis and Assessment of New Aircraft Concepts. You will study how mixed future aircraft impact safety, efficiency and capacity and develop metrics and models to quantify these effects.

You will extend the BlueSky open-source simulator into a scenario generator and assessment framework, collaborating with NLR and national partners.