The Role
CorPower Ocean is looking for a subsea design engineer, experienced in subsea structures and industrial equipment design, to take an important role in the development and optimization of its innovative wave energy converters.
The role will be working closely with the mechanical design team but will involve a large amount of interaction with CorPower Ocean’s entire engineering team and supply chain, as well as integration and testing.
Responsibilities
- Design of structures & mechanisms (from concept to release for production)
- Present design reviews to cross-disciplinary stakeholders
- Perform structural analysis (hand calculation and FEA)
- Produce technical documentation for internal use, 3rd party verification and certification
- Perform failure mode, effects and criticality analysis for modules and system
- Manage your modules to meet performance, schedule and budget targets
- Investigate new solutions to improve performance, reliability or manufacturability
- Interface with all engineering, supply chain, manufacturing and field-testing teams
- Support assembly, testing, and pilot installations in the field
Skills and Software
You have 5-10 years of relevant experience from designing mechanical systems and industrial equipment, including a minimum of 2 years of subsea and/or offshore mechanical design experience. You have a work history encompassing several design, build, test, deploy/release/produce cycles for different projects. You have a broad technical knowledge and genuine interest in the different aspects of machinery and mechanical design. Knowledge of mooring, gear box technology, pneumatics, hydraulics, structural optimization, pressure vessel, fabrication, sensors, routings and/or electricity generation equipment is qualifying. Experience using Orcaflex (or similar)and ROVs highly beneficial.
You have experience working with Creo CAD, WindChill PLM, and Ansys for structural analysis.
If you have experience with equivalent software and willing to get up to speed this also qualifies.
You may have a B.Sc or a M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering or related disciplines, but your personality, experience and interest in the field is the most important. You are proficient in English, both spoken and written. Your personality, experience and interest in the field are the most important and what is most highly valued at CorPower.
As a person:
- You are striving for excellence, put quality into everything you do
- You are self-motivated and love to optimize your time
- You always search for the most simple and elegant solutions to difficult problems
- You love to learn new things, and take pride in constantly developing your skills
- You are persistent, knowing it takes stamina to reach pioneering goals
- You see your tasks through to completion
- You are comfortable in presenting your solutions internally and externally
- You are data driven and strive to always back your points with solid analysis
