Radio Science & Orbit Determination Researcher/Developer (Tudat)
TU DelftDelft, South Holland, Netherlands
Posted January 23, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design, with a focus on addressing challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society.
Job Description
We are seeking a researcher/developer to combine core development of the TU Delft Astrodynamics Toolbox (Tudat) with radio-science application development for the development of an open science spaceflight dynamics infrastructure.
Requirements
- Develop and maintain Tudat's C++ core and Python interfaces
- Implement and validate extensions and improvements to radio-science estimation pipelines
- Extend relevant background models in Tudat
- Lead the application of the framework to selected missions and representative datasets
- Contribute to scientific publications
- Build end-to-end workflows supporting FAIR and open science
- Write documentation, tutorials, and developer guides
Benefits
- 36-40 hours work week
- Salary between €3546 - €5538 gross per month
- 8% holiday allowance
- End-of-year bonus of 8.3%
- Excellent pension scheme
- Possibility to compile an individual employment package every year
- Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages
- Flexible working week
- 232 leave hours per year
- Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses
- Partially paid parental leave
- Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program