New positions open: Ontology Engineers, Natural and Engineering Sciences

We seek two moti­vat­ed and flex­i­ble ontol­ogy engi­neers to join the The­mat­ic DCC-NES team to deliv­er a new ser­vice help­ing researchers across the Dutch sci­ence and engi­neer­ing domain. 

Job descrip­tion

We are look­ing for two ontol­ogy engi­neers, who have an affin­i­ty for col­lab­o­ra­tive work and open shar­ing of knowl­edge, and can lead and stim­u­late ontol­ogy devel­op­ments across the Nether­lands. You have inter­est and expe­ri­ence in work­ing with peo­ple from dif­fer­ent dis­ci­plines to col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly build suit­able ontolo­gies, and to help imple­ment them in research work­flows. You will be expect­ed to share your knowl­edge, and to present your work to dif­fer­ent audi­ences, so as to encour­age the use of ontolo­gies and to demon­strate the val­ue of the work.

Work with­in a lead­ing organ­i­sa­tion & sup­port­ive envi­ron­ment:
You will be employed in the The­mat­ic Dig­i­tal Com­pe­tence Cen­tre for the Nat­ur­al & Engi­neer­ing Sci­ences (TDCC-NES), host­ed in the 4TU.ResearchData team at TU Delft, and will work col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with research groups from across the Nether­lands. The TDCC-NES is one of three inno­v­a­tive net­work organ­i­sa­tions set up to coor­di­nate, devel­op and pro­mote the adop­tion of FAIR data, soft­ware and open research prac­tices, along­side the devel­op­ment of the nec­es­sary exper­tise, across the rel­e­vant domain.

You will pro­pose solu­tions to part­ners and co-design projects, whilst the coor­di­na­tion of the work will be over­seen by the TDCC-NES gov­er­nance, rep­re­sent­ing stake­hold­er insti­tu­tions across the coun­try, who will also facil­i­tate con­nec­tions with rel­e­vant staff with­in their own insti­tu­tions. You will also be sup­port­ed by the Com­mu­ni­ty Coor­di­na­tor, who will help to cre­ate oppor­tu­ni­ties for con­nec­tion and engage­ment.

Read the full job descrip­tion. Please apply by 7 July 2025.