Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer

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 the Electrical Engineer at Damen Naval, you play a major role in ensuring that state-of-the art naval vessels are built and commissioned with perfectly arranged power systems and wiring configuration, compliant to strict regulations and requirements. You calculate the load balance, develop the power distribution, and find optimal cable routing to ensure all systems remain operational, even in the worst conditions. Depending on the vessel’s configuration, your electrical design will include a strict EMC-compliant power distribution to strategic defensive and deterring systems. You work and collaborate according to the V-model in our 3DExperience engineering environment, while basic and detailed designs will be thoroughly reviewed, tested, and verified throughout both the design as well as the production phase. The culmination of your work is the launch of a new naval vessel, ready to defend our freedom across the world!

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Develop the functional descriptions, drawings and other basic engineering documents of the power distribution, lighting, and other electrical systems.
• Develop and maintain specification documents of all electrical components and installation processes.
• Write detailed test- and validation plans to ensure compliancy with Class regulations and to meet customer requirements during virtual testing (simulations) and real-world testing (FAT, HAT, SAT).
• Manage vendors and subcontractors to get their timely contribution to the project.
• Review of vendors and subcontractors design and implement this in the vessels design.
• Develop and describe standards and working methods for detailed engineering and commissioning.
• Provide support in proposal stages by developing conceptual designs of electrical power systems.
• Offer technical support or commissioning activities to projects under contract.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
We are looking for candidates with the following qualifications:

• 3+ years’ experience with designing complex electrical systems (including large power distribution systems), preferably in maritime, offshore, or aeronautical installations.
• Professional experience working in complex projects, comprised of multidisciplinary sub-teams and multiple suppliers and subcontractors.
• Experience working in a model-based system engineering environment (MBSE) according to the V-model.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s level in Electrical Engineering or other relevant discipline.
• Experience in designing EMC-compliant solutions; knowledge of the TEMPEST regulations is a plus.
• 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 both an EU and non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible in accordance with 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.

OTHER
Are you interested in this position, please submit your application with your CV and cover letter, along with an indication of:

• Your (preferred) monthly gross salary based on fulltime work.
• Availability (fulltime / part-time / number of hours).
• Notice period / possible starting date.

Please note that due to the military nature of our projects, only candidates who have permanent EU nationality can be considered for vacancies at Damen Naval. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to process candidates who (also) have a non-EU passport or nationality.

A pre-employment and security screening and investigation form part of the recruitment process.