Integration Engineer HVAC Requirements Management

About us

Get on board with Damen Naval, along with more than 1,200 professionals based in The Netherlands, Romania, and Germany. We are the naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group which employs 12,000 professionals globally. Damen Naval designs and builds advanced naval vessels for customers all over the world. With a passion for technological innovation and sustainable solutions, we continue to push the boundaries in naval shipbuilding. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role

As Integration Engineer HVAC Requirements Management, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the success of projects of Damen Naval projects by defining and managing system requirements for HVAC-R systems.

You will work closely with engineering, verification & validation, and test & integration teams, will manage requirements using IBM Rational DOORS and serve as a vital link within the Systems Engineering V-model. This position emphasizes technical administration and collaboration, making it essential for the seamless development of advanced naval vessels.

Key accountabilities

As Integration Engineer HVAC Requirements Management, your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and documenting system requirements using IBM Rational DOORS and ensuring compliance with SMART criteria.
• Ensuring HVAC-R system requirements are accurately populated in DOORS to support engineering, V&V, and T&I activities.
• Handling change requests and ensuring modifications are correctly processed in the V-model to maintain up-to-date connections across teams.
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure requirements and changes are communicated and implemented effectively.
• Analyzing and managing data to support the requirements phase of projects.
• Organizing documentation and ensuring streamlined processes within the team.

Skills & experience

As Damen Naval we are looking for candidates for the vacancy Integration Engineer HVAC Requirements Management with the following qualifications:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Mechanical Engineering, Shipbuilding, or a related field.
• Proficiency in requirements and change management in technical environments.
• Familiarity with IBM Rational DOORS or similar requirements management tools and knowledge of HVAC systems is a plus.
• Strong technical proficiency, analytical thinking, organizational skills, attention to detail, and excellent teamwork abilities.
• Excellent command of the Dutch, German and English language written and verbal.
• Excellent references, as a security screening is part of the hiring process.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required.
• Candidates with EU (work) visa or with (also) a non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible given the requirements imposed by the military nature of our projects.

What we offer

At Damen Naval, we highly value our employees, and we will support your professional and personal development. We also provide our employees with:

• A competitive salary and 8% holiday pay.
• 27 holidays and 13 ADV days.
• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.
• PME-pension arrangement with an employer contribution of 60%.
• Profit sharing based on company results.
• Flexibility to work from home up to two days a week.
• Additional benefits including a bicycle plan and company fitness.

Why Damen?

Damen has 35 shipyards on five different continents and operates in more than 100 countries. We are still growing and that gives you options. You contribute to this growth while benefitting from the diverse development and career opportunities that our company offers. We will continue to challenge you. With our extensive portfolio of products and solutions you will never get bored and never stop learning. We offer you a world of possibilities.

Working at Damen means contributing to the highest quality in shipbuilding, with an eye to the future and future generations. We want to make the world a better place by becoming the most sustainable maritime solution provider. For that, we need you. Become part of our family.

About Us

We are Damen. We’re a family company that has been building ships for almost 100 years. However, our focus is not on the past, however – we’re looking forward. Our ambition is to become the most sustainable and connected maritime solutions provider there is. To achieve this, we combine digital technology with our philosophy of standardised shipbuilding to offer a portfolio of services that takes care of vessels throughout the entire lifecycle. Working at Damen offers the best of several worlds. Active in more than 100 countries, with over 30 shipyards, we are internationally renowned for quality. And we are still growing, still innovating. Which means we will continue to challenge you. You will never stop learning, and you will never get bored – we promise you that. We offer you an ocean of possibilities. Join our family.