Postdoc Stritvaiz Project

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to lead TU Delft's contribution to the Stritvaiz project, which transforms a former inner‑city Amsterdam gas station into a multifunctional mobility and energy hub combining fast‑charging, energy storage, shared mobility, logistics, and neighbourhood services. The postdoc will develop optimisation methods for allocating scarce physical space and time slots among these competing functions across fluctuating daily demand: building demand scenarios from stakeholder interviews, questionnaires, and travel‑behaviour literature;

consolidating them into a Programme of Requirements; and formulating and implementing a mathematical model that assigns spaces and time slots in response to demand patterns, pricing incentives, and policy constraints, while producing KPIs such as demand served and rejected per user group.

Working with partners including AMS Institute, the Municipality of Amsterdam, PON and Total Energies, the researcher will calibrate and validate the model using real operational data from the E‑lympic “living lab” and translate the results into recommendations for converting urban gas stations into multimodal hubs. The ideal candidate holds a PhD in transport, operations research, civil engineering, or a related field, with strong skills in mathematical optimisation and modelling (ideally in Python) and an interest in sustainable urban mobility.

• PhD in OR or a related field.
• Experience in optimisation studies.
• Previous one year experience as Postdoc.

• Duration of contract: 14 months. Temporary.
• Full‑time, 40 hours per week.
• Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
• Excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• Possibility to compile an individual employment package each year.
• Discounts with health insurers on supplemental packages.
• 232 leave hours per year (based on a 38‑hour week); additional leave hours may be bought or sold via the individual choice budget.
• Opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave.
• Support for working healthy and energetically through the vitality program.