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Logo of EURAXESS Job offer - JOB - Netherlands - Delft University of Technology via AcademicTransfer - Posted on: 29 September 2026 29 Sep 2026 Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Research Field Engineering » Electrical engineering Engineering » Simulation engineering Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Application Deadline 25 Oct 2026 - 21:59 (UTC) Type of Contract Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? Help build the model library at the heart of UTOPYS, a new national facility for real-time power system simulations. Future power systems are converter-dominated, fast, and interconnected across scales that today's modelling tools cannot capture. UTOPYS (Understanding Large and Complex Power Systems) addresses this with a state-of-the-art real-time power system simulator: a large RTDS cluster at TU Delft's ESP Lab that simulates thousands of nodes in full electromagnetic transient (EMT) detail, in real time, and that can be coupled to hardware, SCADA systems and other simulators. UTOPYS is a ten-year national research infrastructure (2026-2036) built by a consortium of eight Dutch universities and research institutes, coordinated by TU Delft. A simulator of this size is only as valuable as the models that run on it. The first phase of UTOPYS is therefore dedicated to the UTOPYS Library: an open, modular and validated collection of EMT component models, reference system models, scenarios and datasets that will serve the consortium, external academic users and industry for the coming decade. TU Delft is recruiting two postdocs to lay its foundations. This vacancy focuses on detailed models of high-voltage components, substations and protection. - Develop and validate detailed EMT models of high-voltage components in RSCAD/RTDS, for example lines and cables, transformers, break...