Offshore Structural Engineer – Floating Platforms

Oceans of Energy; Sassenheim; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Complimentary lunch at the office

Flexible time-off policy

Hands-on scale-up environment

Job summary

Oceans of Energy, a young and innovative company and world leader in offshore solar, is seeking a Structural Engineer in the Netherlands. You will lead design projects from concept to detailed design, focusing on long-term operation at sea and data-driven improvements.

Join a small, skilled team driving offshore solar forward with a hands-on scale-up environment. The role involves cross-disciplinary collaboration, offshore involvement, and contributing to best practices and IP-aware design.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of hydrodynamics, naval architecture, structural and designing.
• Understanding of relevant FEM packages, structural modelling techniques, python and other engineering tools.

Responsibilities

• Design platforms, interconnectors and floating systems at conceptual level.
• Perform FEM analysis and hand calculations on our structural designs (including fatigue analysis).
• Develop dynamic modelling tools that can result in digital twin systems on our farm performance during its lifetime; develop and maintain in-house structural software.
• Contribute to developing engineering best practices and internal design standards.
• Improve the design and coming up with future designs of our floating system; improve structural performance with new, cost-effective designs.
• Verify outcome of numerical modelling with hand-calculations.
• Select and use the right data management / engineering tools and integrate into existing structures.
• Analyze measurement data from our operational systems and integrate findings in design improvements.

Skills

FEM packages

Hydrodynamics

Naval architecture

Structural modelling

Python

Education

Technical University degree

Tools

FEM packages

Job description

Oceans of Energy, a young and innovative company and world leader in offshore solar, is seeking a Structural Engineer in the Netherlands. You will lead design projects from concept to detailed design, focusing on long-term operation at sea and data-driven improvements.

Join a small, skilled team driving offshore solar forward with a hands-on scale-up environment. The role involves cross-disciplinary collaboration, offshore involvement, and contributing to best practices and IP-aware design.