Postdoc: Integrated Subsurface Heating & Storage Modelling

TU Delft; Delft; Remote; EUR 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

TU Delft invites applications for a Postdoc in the Integrated Modelling of Heating Systems using Subsurface Storage. The role focuses on modelling energy systems that couple subsurface energy extraction and storage with buildings, and on teaching within the Sustainable Energy Technology programme.

You will work on externally funded projects, validate models with data, and explore energy flexibility and reliability under varying demand. Collaboration with European partners is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience modelling building climate systems.
• Experience with model validation using monitoring data is a plus.
• Ability to work in cross‑organisational teams.
• Creative and curious researcher with planning, execution and communication skills.
• Excellent written and oral English.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities at Delft experimental sites to ensure data retrieval for model validation.
• Model and compare project outcomes with field data, focusing on subsurface temperature and flow.
• Integrate existing component models into energy system models to reduce computational load.
• Assess how system integration affects subsurface energy storage performance and how control options influence results.
• Support MSc Sustainable Energy Technology programme by giving lectures, tutorials and supervising theses.

Skills

Building climate modelling

Team player

Curious researcher

English communication

Education

MSc in mechanical/civil engineering or applied earth science

PhD in engineering or related field

Job description

TU Delft invites applications for a Postdoc in the Integrated Modelling of Heating Systems using Subsurface Storage. The role focuses on modelling energy systems that couple subsurface energy extraction and storage with buildings, and on teaching within the Sustainable Energy Technology programme.

You will work on externally funded projects, validate models with data, and explore energy flexibility and reliability under varying demand. Collaboration with European partners is expected.