Postdoc Multi-Scale Mechanobiological Cardiac Growth and Remodelling (Cardiac Mechanics)

Location: Full-time, on-site position based at hirify.global in Delft, Netherlands. Relocation support is available for moving to the Netherlands.

Salary: €3,546–€5,538 per month, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

Company

hirify.global is an international research university focused on engineering, scientific innovation, and solutions to societal challenges.

What you will do

• Develop bio-chemo-mechanical and constituent-specific cardiac growth and remodeling laws for chronic changes in myocardial structure and function.
• Implement and analyze the models in finite element frameworks for cardiac mechanics.
• Couple tissue-level cardiac mechanics with systemic hemodynamic and neurohumoral inputs within the VITAL virtual human twin consortium.
• Contribute to patient-specific and cohort-level simulations, including sensitivity analysis, uncertainty-aware parameter estimation, surrogate modeling, and model reduction.
• Develop robust, reusable, and well-documented scientific software in collaboration with researchers and consortium partners.
• Publish research, present findings at international conferences, and support PhD and MSc students.

Requirements

• PhD in mechanical engineering, applied mathematics, computational science, biophysics, biomedical engineering, or a closely related field.
• Strong background in nonlinear continuum mechanics, tensor algebra, finite element modeling, and computational solid or soft tissue mechanics.
• Well-developed coding expertise in Python, Julia, C++, Fortran, or a similar scientific computing language.
• Experience with Git and collaborative scientific software development.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent written and spoken English.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a multidisciplinary international consortium.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of cardiovascular biomechanics, cardiac growth and remodeling, mechanobiology, active cardiac mechanics, or adaptive soft tissue modeling.
• Experience with finite element software or research codes such as Abaqus, deal.II, FEniCS, or JAX-FEM.
• Experience with uncertainty quantification, Bayesian inference, inverse modeling, parameter estimation, or model calibration.
• Experience with high-performance computing, surrogate modeling, reduced-order modeling, machine-learning-assisted computational mechanics, or virtual cohort simulations.
• Interest in mentoring, scientific writing, and proposal development.

Culture & Benefits

• One-year temporary appointment with the possibility of extension subject to progress and project conditions.
• 38-hour working week with a flexible working week.
• ABP pension scheme and an individual employment package that can be compiled annually.
• 232 leave hours per year, with options to buy or sell additional leave hours.
• Education, training, courses, partially paid parental leave, and a vitality program.
• International research environment within the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the VITAL consortium.

Hiring process

• Submit a motivation letter or research statement, detailed CV with publications, PhD degree and transcript, and at least two relevant publications.
• Selected applicants will be asked to provide contact details for at least three relevant references.
• Applications are accepted until 15 September 2026; interviews may begin before the deadline.