Become a consultant at TNO
As a consultant at TNO, you identify strategic customer questions and use TNO knowledge to find solutions and implement them. Are you ready to make an impact? Make your mark on our time, become a time setter.
Become a time setter
This is our time. The time to work on innovative solutions for a safe, healthy and sustainable world. At TNO, together with driven colleagues, you turn knowledge into concrete innovations or new ventures that truly make a difference, by combining the power of science and entrepreneurship. This is your time, whether you are just graduating and eager to deepen your expertise, or an experienced professional ready for the next step. As a consultant at TNO, you make a difference every day for organisations, for society and for the future.
At the coffee machine, being updated by an expert
About, for example, machine learning to detect diabetes in children at an early stage. A heat-absorbing coating on buildings that allows us to generate energy more intelligently. Or how about games to train soldiers for missions? At TNO, your consultancy skills and affinity with our themes will come in handy. Whatever field you choose – from defence to health – as a TNO employee and time setter, you will provide the best advice that our society and customers need.
'As a consultant at TNO you solve problems that have not been solved before.'
What is your role?
At TNO, as a consultant, you play a crucial role in connecting science and practice. On the one hand, you think about how we can convert our often complex expertise, knowledge and techniques into usable results that customers can use. In addition, you translate the needs of customers into research questions and offer strategic advice to companies and government institutions.
You help them develop future-oriented strategies, based on the latest scientific insights and technological developments. This can range from energy solutions to healthcare and mobility. You discuss the progress of projects, draw up quotes, and ensure that everyone is on the same page. You also think about converting raw results into clear conclusions or recommendations.
Statistical and data analyses, delivering reports and presenting research results are part of your varied range of tasks. After all, you know exactly what our customers need. Do you see opportunities to win a new project? Then you cash in on them by working together with content experts and business developers.
But above all: Making a real difference every day
At TNO, you get the chance to make a difference by contributing to groundbreaking projects and working with leading experts in various fields. Whether it concerns innovations in Defence, combating cybercrime, making the (maritime) industry and the built environment more sustainable, innovations in healthcare, the digital identity of the future or promoting the circular economy. At TNO, you contribute to a better world.
Become a driving force behind innovation and be part of a team that shapes the future.
Applicable innovation for societal impact
Why work at TNO
Innovation is crucial in realising a secure, sustainable, healthy and digital society. But innovation only has impact if applied at large scale. At TNO we work on truly impactful innovations that contribute to the sustainable well-being and prosperity of society.
More impact through entrepreneurship
Why work at TNO
At TNO, you contribute every day to groundbreaking innovations that change the world. Sometimes, these innovations evolve into companies (spin-offs) through which we bring our knowledge directly to the market. In this way, as a TNO employee, you actively contribute to strengthening the earning capacity of The Netherlands.
Working with the best experts
Why work at TNO
At TNO, you work in a multidisciplinary team of experts who support and strengthen each other. You’ll have access to state-of-the-art facilities and full support for your personal and professional development.
Time setter stories
'Human behaviour is the starting and ending point of every innovation.'
'We don’t stop at giving advice – we look at how to apply it on a larger scale.'