English speaking vacancies in Holland: August 2016

Thursday 18 August 2016

Vacancy Lecturer/Researcher in Flight Performance & Propulsion

This new position within the FPP section focuses on supporting current staff with their educational tasks: lecturing in the BSc and MSc programmes, preparation and delivery of computer labs and in-class tutorials, assessments of exams and assignments, and coaching of teams of BSc students in their final Bachelor project. The candidate is not expected to develop new courses, although she/he can contribute to the extension and updating of existing course material.
A major task for the candidate is the daily supervision of Master students in their final thesis project. This includes the definition of the research topics, which must be aligned with the section’s portfolio and defined in agreement with the section head and/or existing scientific staff. The candidate is expected to exploit the large number of high quality MSc students to initiate and manage a broad research programme in line with her/his professional interests and coherent with the FPP research agenda.
Publication of the results generated within the thesis projects will be encouraged and supported but it is not considered a main task for this position.
Acquisition of external funds for research is outside the scope of this position, although the candidate is expected to strengthen the existing collaboration with industrial partners through cooperative research with MSc students.

Functie-eisen

Applicants should have the following qualifications:
• Solid background in aerospace engineering.
• Knowledge and experience in the field of applied aerodynamics, flight mechanics, aircraft design and advanced design methodologies such as (multidisciplinary design) optimisation.
• Proven record of simultaneous supervision of large numbers of MSc students in their final research project.
• Ability to define well-structured MSc assignments of high academic relevance and support their timely and successful completion.
• Ability to challenge students with a high level of knowledge and the ambition to deliver high quality, publication-worthy results.
• Ambition to develop further collaborations with industry, based on MSc (contract) research.
• Excellent scientific communication skills.

Arbeidsvoorwaarden

The succesful candidate will receive an initial contract for 1 year which will be extended to 3 years after evaluation of the first year's activities. Further prospects can be negotiated. The salary per month for a lecturer is based on scale 10 of the collective labour agreement for Dutch Universities and depends on experience and qualifications (www.vsnu.nl/cao).
The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount for health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged. An International Children’s Centre offers childcare and an international primary school. Dual Career Services offers support to accompanying partners. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
The TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of its teaching staff. The TU Delft offers training to improve English competency.

For more information about this position, please contact Dr. G. La Rocca, phone: +31 (0)15-2785384, e-mail: G.LaRocca@tudelft.nl.
To apply, please e-mail a detailed CV along with a letter of application by 31 August 2016 to Mrs. Jeannette de Jong,
secretariaat-FPP-LR@tudelft.nl.
When applying for this position, please refer to vacancy number LR16-21.

Dienstverband: Temporary, 1 year with prospect of extension to 3 years

Werkgever

Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology (the TU Delft) is a multifaceted institution offering education and carrying out research in the technical sciences at an internationally recognised level. Education, research and design are strongly oriented towards applicability. The TU Delft develops technologies for future generations, focusing on sustainability, safety and economic vitality. At the TU Delft you will work in an environment where technical sciences and society converge. The TU Delft comprises eight faculties, unique laboratories, research institutes and schools.

Afdeling

Aerospace Engineering

The Department of Aerodynamics, Wind Energy, Flight Performance and Propulsion (AWEP) is one of four departments composing the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. Fundamental research is performed in the Aerodynamics section. Aircraft design, propulsion systems and their integration are the main topics in the FPP section. Wind energy systems, from small wind turbines to large, offshore installations, are the research objective in the Wind Energy section. The department operates comprehensive laboratories, equipped with modern wind tunnels and state-of-the-art measurement systems.

The Flight Performance and Propulsion (FPP) section focuses on fundamental and applied research in the field of aircraft design, propulsion systems and their integration. Tools and methodology development for aircraft design is combined with system analysis and design in the area of high lift systems, open rotor propulsion, propulsion system analysis and design, and flight mechanics of unconventional aircraft. The approach is to work on system (complete aircraft) and subsystem design and analysis, in which use is made of state-of-the art, multidisciplinary design and optimisation software. Experimental research is performed in the Faculty wind tunnels on special topics like propulsion integration. Recently, work has been initiated in the field of scaled flight testing.

Additionele informatie

G. La Rocca
+31 (0)15-2785384
G.LaRocca@tudelft.nl

https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/TUD/vacancy/34653/lang/en/

Vacancy Netherlands eScience Center (NLeSC) - eScience Research Engineers

The position:
eScience research engineers are scientists able to work at the interface of a scientific discipline and advanced digital technologies. eScience research engineers are (mostly) scientists that hold a PhD and that have a history of developing and applying scientific digital technologies within research domains. They are also interested in sharing their knowledge and experience outside their domains.
As an eScience research engineer you will operate in a scientific environment. You will be responsible for the translation of scientific questions into solutions that effectively apply advanced digital technologies and for promoting the use of eScience technologies. You will develop methodologies, applications and high quality software and ensure that these can be used easily by scientists within a coordinated eScience infrastructure. You will work closely with other scientists both within NLeSC and its partner organisations. eScience research engineers work as a close team, creatively combining and sharing knowledge between projects. It is likely that you will work part time at NLeSC and part time at a university or research institute participating in collaborative projects.
NLeSC is recruiting eScience research engineers at various levels able to work closely with scientists from various disciplines. The tasks include acting as an interface between researchers and NLeSC, contributing to software development for scientific research. Scientific contributions (e.g., papers, project proposals) are also expected. Therefore we are looking for eScience research engineers who have a broad interest, and who can work with several different scientific disciplines.

Functie-eisen

We require:

Academic level (obtained through education, training and/or experience), possibly with a PhD degree;
Experience working in an academic or related environment;
Experience with scientific research and the use of scientific digital technologies;
Demonstrable interest and experience in one or more of the following areas: high performance computing, data management, data analytics, statistics, and/or applied mathematics;
Good software development skills, knowledge of software architecture;
Experience with Java, JavaScript, C++, and/or Python.
Excellent command of English (both verbal and written);

Competences:

A critical and constructive attitude to contribute actively to eScience infrastructure improvements;
Motivated, flexible (no 9-to-5 mentality), creative, initiative taking, independent but also a real team player;
Strong communication skills with an external orientation;
Innovative: translate scientific questions into unconventional (technological) solutions and new ideas and also able to realize them.

Arbeidsvoorwaarden

Working conditions:
We offer a position at NLeSC, initially for a fixed period of 2 years, within the collective agreement for Research Institutes. Classification is based on education and experience with salary depending on qualifications and experience, starting from € 2.579,- up to € 4.772, - gross per month, with a 38-hour working week (salary scale 10-11). We offer holiday pay amounts to 8% of gross salary actually received and a full 13th month of salary as an end-of-year payment.

Werkgever

Netherlands eScience Center (NLeSC)

The Netherlands eScience Center (NLeSC) supports and reinforces multidisciplinary, data and computational intensive research through creative and innovative use of digital technologies in all its manifestations. We stimulate data-driven research across all scientific disciplines in collaboration with universities, research institutes and industry. In this way we enhance science (eScience) and create a bridge between science and state-of-the-art digital technologies.

Additionele informatie

Information:
NLeSC offers an interesting and challenging position at the interface of science and digital technologies. You will work in an international team with an informal but creative and ambitious working environment. The location is Amsterdam (Science Park), but site work at NLeSC collaborating organizations is an important part of your work and may involve travelling.
For more information about this opportunity, you can contact Rob van Nieuwpoort, Director of Technology, by emailing r.vannieuwpoort@esciencecenter.nl or by calling +31 (0)20 4604770.
Additional information may also be found at www.esciencecenter.nl.
This vacancy has been published via SciencePlatform, launched by NRC Carrière and AcademicTransfer.

https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/Netherlands-eScience-Center--NLeSC-/vacancy/35621/lang/en/

Introduction of the ‘European Blue Card’

As from 19 June 2011 the Netherlands has a new purpose of stay: the European Blue Card. The European Blue Card is a separate purpose of stay in addition to the existing National Highly Skilled Migrant Programme. The EU Blue Card Council Directive is intended for highly skilled foreign nationals who do not have EU, EEA or Swiss nationality, and who wish to work in one of the member states of the EU. The Directive is also meant to make it easier to settle in another EU member state. A residence permit will always be required in that other member state, however. To obtain this residence permit the employee must comply with the conditions applicable in that member state.

The conditions for residence in the Netherlands as an EU Blue Card holder are stricter than those for residence as a Highly Skilled Migrant. The employee must have a contract for highly qualified employment for at least one year, earning at least EUR 60,000 gross (in 2011). The employee must have completed a course of higher education lasting at least three years. The employee must prove this by having his diploma assessed by Nuffic. For a regulated profession, a competent authority will take decisions about the admission to that profession.

Advantages
One of the advantages of the EU Blue Card is that it is easier for an EU Blue Card holder and his family members to settle in another EU member state at a later date. After eighteen months foreign nationals who have an EU Blue Card are exempted from the provisional residence permit (MVV) requirement, if they want to work in another EU member State. In this second member state the employee must submit an application for a residence permit as a holder of an EU Blue Card. Each member state may implement the directive in slightly different ways. If someone holds a Blue Card in the Netherlands, this does not mean that the requirements are also met in other member states.

Another advantage is that after having stayed lawfully with the EU Blue Card holder in the Netherlands for two years, the family members may apply for a residence permit for ‘continued residence’. For other purposes of stay this is only possible after having stayed lawfully in the Netherlands for three years. The family members must have resided legally and continuously within the territory of an EU member state for at least five years, however. An employee who has stayed legally in the Netherlands as an EU Blue Card holder for two years may apply for the status of ‘long-term resident as a non-EU member country national’. He must have resided legally and continuously within EU territory for five years and must comply with the other conditions for this purpose of stay.

Highly skilled migrants from outside of the EU

A highly skilled migrant is a migrant who comes to the Netherlands to be employed, and has a gross annual income of at least €47,565, or €34,881 if he/she is under thirty. This income requirement does not apply if the employee enters service for certain functions in an educational or research institution. For information on the specific functions to which this clause applies, you can inquire at the IND office for labour and highly skilled migrants. When a foreign national has been granted residence in the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant, the employer of the highly skilled migrant is not required to be in possession of a work permit for that foreign national.

Professional soccer players, ministers of religion, teachers of religion and prostitutes are not eligible for a residency as highly skilled migrant.

Important!
The amounts stated above will be indexed every year as of 1 January.