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September 18, 2025

**Job Description**
Join the CHESS project as a Postdoctoral Researcher to model, design, and validate next-generation façade-integrated solar heat systems for gas-free high-rise buildings. This role involves developing and extending thermal models of convective heat transfer in ventilated façades coupled with water-to-water heat pumps, leveraging monitoring data from TU Delft’s Green Village for validation, and investigating control strategies. The position also requires collaboration with industrial partners on design optimization, life-cycle analysis, and business case development, contributing to sustainable, scalable heating solutions for the built environment.

**Skills & Abilities**
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Strong communication skills in English (spoken and written).
• Motivation to collaborate with industry and apply research results in practice.

**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• Mechanical Engineering
• Energy Engineering
• Applied Physics
• Electrical Engineering
• Related field

**Experience**
Experience Required:
• Strong background in modeling and simulation of thermal/energy systems, preferably including PV/T or hybrid solar systems.
• Experience with numerical modeling (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink, Modelica, COMSOL, or similar) and data analysis.
• Familiarity with heat pump systems, building energy simulations, or control/optimization is an advantage.
• Track record of scientific publications in relevant fields (thermal systems, solar energy, PV/T, energy in buildings).

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Experience
Experience Required: • Strong background in modeling and simulation of thermal/energy systems, preferably including PV/T or hybrid solar systems. • Experience with numerical modeling (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink, Modelica, COMSOL, or similar) and data analysis. • Familiarity with heat pump systems, building energy simulations, or control/optimization is an advantage. • Track record of scientific publications in relevant fields (thermal systems, solar energy, PV/T, energy in buildings).
Work Level
Postdoc
Employment Type
Research Job
Salary
Annual Salary: In accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. Benefits: Excellent pension scheme via the ABP, possibility to compile an individual employment package, discount with health insurers on supplemental packages, flexible working week, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours) with options to sell/buy additional, opportunities for education, training and courses, partially paid parental leave, vitality program, Dual Career Programme to support accompanying partner's job search.
Valid Until
September 28, 2025
Details
Full-time / Temporary Duration: 2 years Remote Work: No Location Requirement: Relocation required to Netherlands
School / Department / Center / Lab
• Photovoltaic Materials and Devices (PVMD) group • Electrical Sustainable Energy (ESE) department • Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Supervisor(s)
Olindo Isabella
Supervisor Email
O.Isabella@tudelft.nl B.Reyes-Villanueva@tudelft.nl
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
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