Postdoc: Flying Vision Navigator for Net-Zero Aviation

Delft University of Technology; Delft; On-site; EUR 41,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ABP pension

Annual leave 232 hours

Flexible working week

Relocation support

Personalised employment package

Job summary

Delft University of Technology seeks a Postdoc for the Flying Vision Accelerator Navigator project to build a dynamic, predictive roadmap tool for decarbonising aviation by 2050.

You will lead Work Package 2 on alternative energy carriers, working with industry partners to model cost, lead-time, effect and sustainability, and push the Cutter edge of system thinking in aerospace research.

Qualifications

• PhD in a closely related technical discipline with research excellence.
• Robust system-thinking and first-principle thinking.
• Strong analytical capabilities for second-order systemic and economic assessments.

Responsibilities

• Lead Work Package 2 focusing on alternative energy carriers.
• Develop the Flying Vision Navigator platform across predictive roadmapping stages.
• Collaborate with LiT consortium partners (NLR, Airbus, Royal Schiphol Group, KLM).

Skills

System thinking

First-principle thinking

Analytical skills

AI familiarity

Autonomous systems familiarity

Quantum computing familiarity

Communication skills

Energy carriers interest

Education

PhD in Aerospace Engineering

PhD in Innovation Management

PhD in Systems Engineering

Job description

Delft University of Technology seeks a Postdoc for the Flying Vision Accelerator Navigator project to build a dynamic, predictive roadmap tool for decarbonising aviation by 2050.

You will lead Work Package 2 on alternative energy carriers, working with industry partners to model cost, lead-time, effect and sustainability, and push the Cutter edge of system thinking in aerospace research.