Field Subsea Engineer

Would you see yourself fulfilling a position as a Field Subsea Engineer would you like to be part of a dynamic team in Amsterdam? We are looking for a new colleague to join our team of multidisciplinary experts, looking forward to meeting you! 

Join our team and contribute to our mission of making the world's seas and energy infrastructure safer with our groundbreaking fiber optic sensing technology. If you are driven by excellence, innovation, and the desire to make a positive impact, we eagerly await your application. 

As a Field Subsea Engineer, you work in an international multidisciplinary team on underwater system architecture, subsea mechanical structures, subsea interfaces for long term deployments, deployment technology, and handling relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and leading field trials and deployments. You will work closely with the projects, sales and business development, and the product management teams, as well as external industrial partners and end-clients. 

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  Design and develop subsea mechanical structures for seabed sensor nodes, housings, anchoring systems, and seabed deployment interfaces

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  Perform structural analysis including static, dynamic, fatigue, and on-bottom stability assessments under operational and environmental loading conditions

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  Support field deployments and naval operations for our Barrier and Array products

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  Define and validate material selections for subsea environments, including corrosion resistance, pressure tolerance, and long-term durability

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  Develop and review engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation in line with relevant offshore standards

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  Support offshore deployment planning and execution, including cable laying, anchor design, and seabed interface considerations

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  Collaborate with the fiber optic sensing and electronics teams to ensure structural designs are compatible with acoustic performance requirements

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  Contribute to prototype development, lab testing, and field trials of seabed sensing hardware

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  Interface with external suppliers, manufacturers, and certification bodies

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  Support technical proposals and customer-facing documentation where structural design is a key differentiator

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  Being willing to travel up to 40% of the time.

• Join one of Europe’s most promising deep-tech scale-ups.

• Lots of traveling, to anywhere across the globe (10 to 40% traveling time, depending on the workload).

• Innovative high-tech, international organization, with lots of growth opportunities.

• A lot to learn and to develop. We stimulate personal development.

• BSc/MSc in Mechanical/Naval/Civil or Marine Engineering or similar. 

• More 5+years  of experience in offshore, marine, and subsea design engineering.

• Knowledge of relevant standards (DNV, ISO 13628, or equivalent).

• Experience working with OrcaFlex.

• Strong technical documentation and drawing skills (SolidWorks, CATIA, or equivalent CAD).

• Proficiency in FEA tools (ANSYS, ABAQUS, or equivalent).

• Structured and independent way of working, affinity with project management. 

• Have flexibility in traveling abroad.

• Good communication skills in English, with an open and social personality.

• Eligibility to obtain NATO/Dutch security clearance.

• Experience with fiber optic systems is a big plus. 

You'll be working with clients in the defense and security sectors, obtaining a Certificate of No Objection issued by the AIVD (Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service) is mandatory. This means you will need to undergo security screening. For more information, please refer to details on security screening.