Technology Engineer - Clean Tech R&D & Deployment

The Ocean Cleanup Technologies B.V.; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ocean Cleanup Technologies B.V. in Rotterdam seeks a Technology Engineer (Junior/Medior) to help build the foundations and standardization for high-quality river and ocean cleanup technologies. You will contribute to modelling, testing, and tooling to support deployment under varied environments.

You will work on developing a modular tech portfolio, documenting solutions, and enabling efficient deployment cycles, with on-site involvement for testing and production control when needed.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in mechanical, structural, civil engineering is preferred.
• Junior: Min 1 years (Or extended internship) of working experience in concepting, design and product delivery in civil engineering, offshore engineering or similar.
• Medior: Min 3 years of working experience in concepting, design and product delivery in civil engineering, offshore engineering or similar.
• Proven experience in planning, coordinating work scopes & thorough understanding of how to achieve high quality products on time, within budget.
• Skills with Solidworks is preferred (or similar parametric CAD software, e.g. Catia, Fusion360, Onshape)
• Interest and familiarity for electronics and instrumentation components (ie. load cells, cameras, sensors) is preferred
• Fluent English
• Even if you don’t meet every professional qualification listed, we strongly encourage you to apply if you believe you have the right skills, experience, and motivation to contribute to our mission. We recognize that talent and potential come in many forms, and we value diverse perspectives and unconventional career paths. If you’re passionate about the work we do and confident in your ability to make an impact, don’t hesitate to submit your application—we’d love to hear from you

Responsibilities

• Technology portfolio:
• • Support concepting, design, testing and continuous improvement of a portfolio of modular, field-validated river and ocean technologies.
• • Ensure solutions are documented, transferable, and repeatable across regions.
• Methods & Tooling - Develops, maintains, and evolves design methods and tooling.
• Support or coordinate characterization campaign of cleanup Technologies (Load and capturing performance tests in basins, representative environments, or in the field).
• Contributes to writing guidelines for engineering way of working and design standardization.
• Provide deployment solutions envelop for future city deployments at an early stage in the deployment cycle. Identify gaps and possible complex deployment for development within Technology portfolio.

Skills

Fluent English

Solidworks

Education

Engineering degree in mechanical, structural, civil engineering

Tools

Catia

Fusion360

Onshape

Job description

The Ocean Cleanup Technologies B.V. in Rotterdam seeks a Technology Engineer (Junior/Medior) to help build the foundations and standardization for high-quality river and ocean cleanup technologies. You will contribute to modelling, testing, and tooling to support deployment under varied environments.

You will work on developing a modular tech portfolio, documenting solutions, and enabling efficient deployment cycles, with on-site involvement for testing and production control when needed.