PhD in Home-Based Hand Movement Analytics for RA

Delft University of Technology; Delft; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance discount

Work costs contribution

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Delft University of Technology invites applications for a PhD Position in Video-based Hand Motion-tracking for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. The role focuses on developing computational models and home-based video tools to quantify hand function and track disease progression.

You will work with the Biomechanical Engineering Department, join the Computational Biomechanics and Neuromuscular Control labs, and have opportunities to mentor students and present at international conferences.

Qualifications

• MSc in engineering or similar discipline by start date.
• Experience with mechanical modeling and simulation.
• Experience in computer programming/scripting (e.g., C++, Python, Matlab, etc.).
• Experience collecting human experimental data (movement, video, or similar).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply computational models and video-based tools to capture hand movement and function.
• Work with video data, musculoskeletal models, and pose estimation algorithms.
• Ensure tools are open source and contribute to data repositories open to the research program and TU Delft Open Science.
• Collaborate within the Biomechanical Engineering Department Labs (Seth and Mugge).
• Mentor and engage in activities to develop academic careers (lectures, conferences).

Skills

Programming experience

Mechanical modeling

Python

C++

Matlab

English proficiency

Education

MSc in engineering or similar

Tools

C++

Python

Matlab

Job description

Delft University of Technology invites applications for a PhD Position in Video-based Hand Motion-tracking for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. The role focuses on developing computational models and home-based video tools to quantify hand function and track disease progression.

You will work with the Biomechanical Engineering Department, join the Computational Biomechanics and Neuromuscular Control labs, and have opportunities to mentor students and present at international conferences.