Postdoc Mentor: Multi-Fidelity Aircraft Optimization

TU Delft; Delft; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent pension (ABP)

Flexible working week

Relocation support

Job summary

TU Delft's Faculty of Aerospace Engineering invites a postdoctoral researcher to join the MENTOR project, developing a multi-fidelity framework to optimize engine-airframe integration, aerodynamics and aeroacoustics. You will combine high-fidelity URANS with fast prediction methods and integrate CAD-based design tools in an interdisciplinary setting.

Collaborating with colleagues from TU Delft, NLR and DASAL, you will advance simulation tools, contribute to aircraft performance and noise

Qualifications

• PhD in Aerospace or Mechanical Eng or closely related field.
• Strong foundation in aerodynamics, aeroacoustics and CFD.
• Experience with numerical simulations for aerodynamic analysis.
• Familiar with CAD modelling for aerodynamic design.
• Interest in multidisciplinary optimization and propulsion integration.
• Good communication in English; Dutch a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop a multi-fidelity computational framework for engine-airframe optimization.
• Combine URANS with fast prediction methods for integrated design.
• Collaborate with NLR and TU Delft colleagues within DASAL on the MENTOR project.
• Contribute to the development of tools bridging high-fidelity simulations and practical aircraft design challenges.

Skills

Aerodynamics

Aeroacoustics

CFD

CAD modelling

Optimization

Initiative

English communication

Dutch (advantage)

Education

PhD in Aerospace/Mechanical Eng

Tools

OpenFOAM

ANSYS

Job description

TU Delft's Faculty of Aerospace Engineering invites a postdoctoral researcher to join the MENTOR project, developing a multi-fidelity framework to optimize engine-airframe integration, aerodynamics and aeroacoustics. You will combine high-fidelity URANS with fast prediction methods and integrate CAD-based design tools in an interdisciplinary setting.

Collaborating with colleagues from TU Delft, NLR and DASAL, you will advance simulation tools, contribute to aircraft performance and noise