Would you like to take the sketching and visualization skills of our Industrial Design students to the next level? Then, come join our team as a teacher of Design Sketching and Visualization!

Job description

Design visualization and sketching play an essential role in the education programs at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. From generating product ideas, drawing mindmaps, and evaluating concepts to presenting proposals and strategic roadmaps, high-quality visualization is crucial. Our drawing and visualization education is internationally recognized, maintaining strong ties with professional studios and consultancies.

As Teacher in Design Sketching and Visualization at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, you will join the teaching staff responsible for sketching and visualization education. You will work in an international, inspiring environment, teaching in both the Bachelor and Master programs, often in close connection to design projects. Education is frequently delivered in multidisciplinary project settings, requiring collaboration across different areas of expertise.

You will contribute to various courses on design sketching, analog and digital visualization techniques, and support students in developing their visualization skills as part of their design process. This can take place in both dedicated visualization courses as well as integral part of design project courses in which visualizations are part of the programme. Collaboration within the design visualization team and with other faculty disciplines is a key aspect of this position.

Job requirements

• MSc. degree in Industrial Design (or equivalent).
• Excellent skills in design sketching and visualization techniques (both analog and digital).
• Preferably relevant experience in design and/or consultancy practice.
• Teaching skills and experience, with a passion for design education.
• Affinity with design research and working in multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong social and communication skills.
• Fluent in both Dutch and English (oral and written).

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 Industrial Design Engineering

Matching the evolution of people with the speed of the revolution of technology. This is the focus of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE). Delft designers act as a bridge between advances in technology and the needs of people, organisations and society to create products, services and systems with purpose.IDE is a leader in design research across the application areas of mobility, sustainability and health, as well as its development of design tools and methods. A 350-strong research team and over 2,000 students work together in our inspiring hall, labs and studios.In close cooperation with industry, the public sector and NGOs we rehearse possible futures in research and education to design for a complex future.Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.

Conditions of employment

• Duration of contract is 2 years. Temporary.
• A job of 22,8-24 hours per week.
• A salary based on Scale 10 of the CAO for Dutch Universities with a salary between €3546 - €5538 gross per month based on a fulltime contract (38 hours), plus 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
• Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages.
• Flexible working week.
• Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
• Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave
• Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.

Additional information

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Jan Willem Hoftijzer, J.W.Hoftijzer@tudelft.nl. For more information about the selection procedure, please contact Amanda Nieuwpoort, HR-assisant, HR-HCD@tudelft.nl

Application procedure

Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply no later than 5 November 2025 via the application button and upload the following documents:

• CV
• Motivational letter
• Relevant portfolio of sketeches and design visualization projects

Please note:

• You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.
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