Responsable technique - conception et innovation F/H

NEEXT; Belfort; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NEEXT seeks a Technical Lead — Design & Innovation to drive the design and integration of advanced energy systems in Belfort, France. You will oversee thermodynamic cycles and heat-conversion architectures for customer projects and R&D benches, selecting critical equipment and guiding cross-functional teams.

You will lead technical activities across projects, interface with customers and partners, manage risks, and optimize CAPEX/OPEX to deliver durable solutions.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree (mechanical, energy or design).
• Proven experience in integration or systems engineering, in energy or large industrial infrastructure.
• Solid practice with thermodynamic power cycles (steam, ORC, gas turbines, cogeneration, combined cycles).
• Sound knowledge of thermodynamics, mechanical construction, materials, instrumentation, electrical systems, automation and control-command solutions.
• Experience in demanding industrial and systems environments in the energy sector: nuclear, geothermal, biomass, concentrated solar power, waste heat.
• A proven ability to coordinate internal and external teams internationally (customers, partners, suppliers, laboratories).

Responsibilities

• Design, analyse and optimise thermodynamic cycles for energy performance and durability.
• Define the architecture and design of the heat-conversion systems built for our customers and for our R&D test benches.
• Select the right equipment: heat exchangers, turbomachinery, instrumentation, electrical systems, automation and control-command solutions.
• Coordinate technical activities across R&D projects: design, technical purchasing, installation, commissioning, testing and operation of the test benches.
• Act as the interface with customers, industrial partners, suppliers and technical laboratories.
• Keep risks and system interfaces under control, clear technical roadblocks, and optimise CAPEX and OPEX so as to maximise the value created for our customers and deploy durable industrial solutions.
• Take an active part in generating and protecting intellectual property (patents, prior-art searches).

Skills

Thermodynamic cycles

System integration

Technical leadership

R&D coordination

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Heat exchangers

Turbomachinery

Instrumentation

Electrical systems

Automation & control

Job description

Reporting to the technical management, the Technical Lead — Design & Innovation plays a central part in designing the energy systems NEEXT is building.

As a systems engineer, you are accountable for the overall performance of the plants we design, and you integrate the innovative technologies they rely on — including our patented reactive fluids.

Design & integration

• Design, analyse and optimise thermodynamic cycles, with an eye on energy performance, competitiveness and durability.
• Define the architecture and design of the heat-conversion systems built for our customers and for our R&D test benches.
• Select the right equipment: heat exchangers, turbomachinery, instrumentation, electrical systems, automation and control-command solutions.

Technical leadership

• Coordinate technical activities across R&D projects: design, technical purchasing, installation, commissioning, testing and operation of the test benches.
• Act as the interface with customers, industrial partners, suppliers and technical laboratories.
• Keep risks and system interfaces under control, clear technical roadblocks, and optimise CAPEX and OPEX so as to maximise the value created for our customers and deploy durable industrial solutions.

Modelling & innovation

• Take an active part in generating and protecting intellectual property (patents, prior-art searches).

Who we are looking for

• Engineering degree (mechanical, energy or design).
• Proven experience in integration or systems engineering, in energy or large industrial infrastructure.
• Solid practice with thermodynamic power cycles (steam, ORC, gas turbines, cogeneration, combined cycles).
• Sound knowledge of thermodynamics, mechanical construction, materials, instrumentation, electrical systems, automation and control-command solutions.
• Experience in demanding industrial and systems environments in the energy sector: nuclear, geothermal, biomass, concentrated solar power, waste heat.
• A proven ability to coordinate internal and external teams internationally (customers, partners, suppliers, laboratories).

Minimum experience: 10 years. Executive status (statut cadre). Starting as soon as possible.