Blade & Materials Design Engineer — Automation-Ready

Vestas; Aarhus kommune; On-site; DKK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Vestas is seeking a highly skilled engineer to bridge structural design and manufacturing for next-generation wind turbine blades at its Innovation Center in Aarhus. You will work across structural, materials, manufacturing, automation, and quality teams to deliver manufacturable, scalable blade concepts from concept to industrialization.

The role requires a Master’s degree in a relevant field, experience in composite structures, and familiarity with automation.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in mechanical, structural, composite engineering.
• Some years of experience in structural design, preferably within composite structures.
• Solid understanding of composite manufacturing processes and design for manufacturing / design for quality principles.
• Awareness of automation technologies and how they interact with structural and manufacturing requirements.
• Experience from wind industry or large-scale composite manufacturing is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop structural concepts for composite blades with a clear focus on manufacturability and process robustness.
• Integrate structural design with design for manufacturing principles to ensure feasible, scalable and automation ready solutions.
• Evaluate new manufacturing processes (e.g. advanced infusion methods, automated layup, digital process control) and assess their impact on design.
• Identify opportunities where automation can improve repeatability, quality, and throughput.
• Collaborate closely with structural, materials, manufacturing, automation, and quality teams in Vestas and with external partners.

Skills

Fluent English

Education

Master's degree in mechanical, structural, composite engineering

Job description

Vestas is seeking a highly skilled engineer to bridge structural design and manufacturing for next-generation wind turbine blades at its Innovation Center in Aarhus. You will work across structural, materials, manufacturing, automation, and quality teams to deliver manufacturable, scalable blade concepts from concept to industrialization.

The role requires a Master’s degree in a relevant field, experience in composite structures, and familiarity with automation.