Postdoc: Trustworthy Multi-Model Railway Timetabling

Delft; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ABP pension

Education & training opportunities

Annual employment package

Annual leave credits (232 hours)

Job summary

TU Delft invites applications for a 16-month postdoctoral position in the ICAI Robust RAIL Lab. You will develop trustworthy multi-model optimization across macroscopic to microscopic railway planning, bridging models with self-certifying surrogates and exact solvers.

Collaboration includes ProRail/NS as part of a collective research effort. The role spans 16 months full-time equivalent with flexibility in working days, embedded in a lab connected to industry.

Qualifications

• Recent PhD in optimization, OR, ML, or related field with strong mathematical grounding.
• Interest in interfacing theory with large real-world transport systems.

Skills

Optimization

Operations Research

Machine Learning

Mathematical Reasoning

Education

PhD in optimization

Job description

TU Delft invites applications for a 16-month postdoctoral position in the ICAI Robust RAIL Lab. You will develop trustworthy multi-model optimization across macroscopic to microscopic railway planning, bridging models with self-certifying surrogates and exact solvers.

Collaboration includes ProRail/NS as part of a collective research effort. The role spans 16 months full-time equivalent with flexibility in working days, embedded in a lab connected to industry.