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Team VIRTU/e has open recruitment twice a year, the application period is always open in Quartile 2 and 4. This is with the intention that the new members would join Quartile 1 and 3.

We host lunch lectures and a more casual interest drink during the recruitment period, you can sign up for it through the following forms! After you apply via our form, our HR person will reach out to schedule an interview with you. After the interview, the board will decide on the outcome.

If you have any more questions, you can reach out to hr@teamvirtue.nl to ask questions or plan a short coffee chat with a team member. Hope to see you on our team!

Our Vacancies

Designing, building, and operating a house is a complex and extensive process that involves different positions. Therefore, we operate in different layers consisting of the board and various sub-teams. Each position works 20 hours per week.

Check out below which positions are open!

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Board

Financial Manager is responsible for managing team’s finances. This often involves managing and setting a budget, obtaining needed finances and working with subsidies. They also responsible for payments of invoices, taxation and planning out cashflows throughout the project. Additionally, they are also a team-lead of the affordability and viability sub-team.
This role focuses on the well-being and the development of the team members. By organizing fun activities and one on one conversations, the positive and inclusive team culture is maintained. Another task within their function is recruiting the right people for various roles.
Public Relations Manager is responsible for public representation of the team. This involves social media, website, events organization and educating the public. You will ensure clear story-telling of what VIRTU/e stands for and what the team does. Additionally, you are the team lead for the Public Relations team.

Design Team

As an architect, you are the project’s creative visionary and mastermind. You are shaping your own creative ideas into a project while implementing innovative principles and solutions.
During your time with us, you will also get to work with architects from different architectural companies who will provide you with valuable insights on the project.
If you are applying for this position, a portfolio is required.
As an Urban Designer, you are envisioning the project in urban landscapes. You will transform your innovative ideas into a housing concept that is both visionary and sustainable. You will get to expand your knowledge of housing typologies, urban scenarios, and you will get to integrate forward thinking principles into the project.
You will also be provided with valuable insights and guidance from different companies and experts.
If you are applying for this position, a portfolio is required.
As a structural designer you will focus on developing a structure that is in accordance with the Dutch Building code. This includes the NEN and Bouwbesluit. As the project develops you will create different structural variants based on the requirements, which will be discussed with our advisory partner to create an evaluated and elaborate structure. Once this task is done you will most likely focus more on fabrication and detailing of the structure.
As a Building Physics Expert you will get to explore different topics on how to achieve comfortable indoor and outdoor environment, while also achieving climate- and energy-neutrality of the project. This for example involves exploration of topics from acoustics, lighting, materials to performance and building physics.
As sustainability expert you get to research and explore sustainable methods and novelties in the industry. You will help implementing sustainable approaches into the project. And you will lead the integration on sustainability and shape the vision of sustainable built environment.
You work on the interior systems that make the building a comfortable and functional place. Integration and design of systems that aid in ventilation, daylight, heating and cooling. You can work on integrating existing systems or design/redesign more novel systems with partners. One of the bigger challenges is the amount and types of materials used in these systems, as they are often considered critical materials.
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Construction Management & Engineering

Resolving issues with different models from different sub teams, overlaying the different layers to create a complete and aligned digital twin. Mostly focuses on managing the relations and agreements between the different sub teams to reduce possible clashes on different fronts such as dimensions, utilities, structure. Building over a scan of an existing building from a point cloud model. We have partners that can support you in developing the required skills and knowledge regarding the complexity of BIM.
As a BIM modeler you create a model based on the designs and input of the different sub teams to create a digital twin that is detailed and can be used for manufacturing and the export of most necessary details and plans. Most likely this will be done in Revit, which means that some experience might be beneficial. However, other software’s can be proposed.
We have partners that can support you in developing the required skills and knowledge regarding the complexity of BIM.
Be the supervisor of the supply chain management of the project! Find the best way to construct and demount the physical project, the transportation and keeping track of the supplied materials.

Affordability & Viability Team

This function is responsible for creating a detailed business case for partners and other companies. You will gather relevant data, analyzes certain trends and assess potential risks. You will ensures that the proposal is clear, well structures and persuasive for the stakeholders.
As the external relations expert, you will work on acquisition and will lead negotiations with companies about sponsoring contract. You will work closely with the design team in order to prepare pitches about the project, scheduling meetings with companies and more.

Public Relations

As a graphic designer, you will be responsible for creating visuals for our social media, reports, documents and events. You will work within the Public Relations sub-team along with the Public relations specialists to ensure VIRTU/e’s story is presented well.
If you are applying for this position, a portfolio is required.
As a User Experience and Interaction Expert on the team, you will focus on optimizing the usability and interactivity of the products by the design team. Your role will involve crafting intuitive and engaging user experiences by applying research-driven design principles.
Like other team members, you will expand your skills in creating user-centered solutions and receive expert insights from leading professionals in the field.
As a Public Relation Expert you are responsible for communicating the project towards the wide public. You will learn how to communicate to different target groups via different channels, such as Instagram, LinkedIn and more. This includes brainstorming, working out and creating the captions of the posts. Another responsibility is communicating the project towards students who are interested in joining the team.