Join the CropXR Data Engineering team and help build resilient, sustainable, climate-adapted crops in an exciting collaboration between biologists, computational scientists, and software engineers.
Job description
CropXR – Data-driven support for plant resilience research. CropXR is a Dutch public-private research initiative focused on accelerating the development of climate-resilient crops. By combining biology, data science, and computational methods, CropXR develops approaches to better understand and predict crop performance under changing environmental conditions. A central component of CropXR is the Resilience Hub, a digital research infrastructure designed to integrate experimental, phenotypic, genomic, and environmental data to support data-driven crop research. Within CropXR, the MetaBuddy project aims to develop an AI-based assistant that helps researchers prepare, structure, and upload data and metadata to the Resilience Hub. MetaBuddy is intended to support researchers in converting heterogeneous inputs (including publications, metadata spreadsheets, and conversational queries) to facilitate making their data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). We are seeking an Applied AI Engineer to contribute to the development of MetaBuddy. The position focuses on the algorithmic and experimental aspects of AI system development, with an emphasis on evaluating and improving methods for practical use.
This role is particularly suitable for someone who enjoys working at the interface of applied AI, scientific workflows, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Job requirements
We are looking for candidates with:
Applicants who do not meet every requirement but believe they are a good fit for the position are encouraged to apply. Please note: due to Dutch regulations, only candidates from EU countries or those with a valid Dutch work permit are eligible for this position.
TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.
At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.
Challenge. Change. Impact!
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) brings together three scientific disciplines. Combined, they reinforce each other and are the driving force behind the technology we all use in our daily lives. Technology such as the electricity grid, which our faculty is helping to make completely sustainable and future-proof. At the same time, we are developing the chips and sensors of the future, whilst also setting the foundations for the software technologies to run on this new generation of equipment – which of course includes AI. Meanwhile we are pushing the limits of applied mathematics, for example mapping out disease processes using single cell data, and using mathematics to simulate gigantic ash plumes after a volcanic eruption. In other words: there is plenty of room at the faculty for ground-breaking research. We educate innovative engineers and have excellent labs and facilities that underline our strong international position. In total, more than 1000 employees and 4,000 students work and study in this innovative environment.
, Mathematics and Computer Science.
Conditions of employment
Additional information
If you would like more information about this vacancy or the selection procedure, please contact Thomas Abeel, via t.abeel@tudelft.nl.
Application procedure
Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply no later than 28 June 2026 upload the following documents:
You can address your application to Thomas Abeel.
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