Systems Engineer - Wave Energy

Working at CorPower Ocean you will be part of a world class team, determined to make big impact. We are on a mission to bring reliable and competitive wave energy to the world. We offer a high degree of autonomy and flexibility, combined with great personal responsibility. CorPower Ocean is a global leader in wave energy, with a technology that has shown game-changing performance. Your work will contribute to the global transition to renewable energy by unlocking one of the largest untapped sources of clean energy on earth.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Systems Engineer to join our team in supporting the development of our wave energy converter. We utilize a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approach, and this role is critical to ensure the quality of our complex products, both individual wave energy converters (WEC) and full-scale WEC farms. In this transversal role, you will work closely with other Systems Engineers, Product Owners, and Module Owners on requirement management, verification and validation (V&V), risk and interface management, design modification support, and on the path to commercial certification.

Responsibilities

• Verification & Validation: Design and oversee rigorous testing protocols to validate system requirements, ensuring that individual WECs and full-scale arrays perform as predicted by our models and satisfy all stakeholder needs.
• Interface Control: Lead the definition and management of Interface Control Documents (ICDs) to ensure seamless technical integration between mechanical, electrical, and software sub-systems.
• Requirements Management: Maintain the integrity and quality of our requirements throughout the lifecycle, ensuring full traceability and relevance within our requirement management system.
• Certification & Compliance: Contribute to the product certification process, for example grid compliance and third-party verification, ensuring our technology meets all regulatory and industry standards.

Possible Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of our digital twin model, especially ensuring that the test protocol results are transferred into our numerical tools.

Skills And Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in relevant disciplines such as Physics, Engineering, or Mathematics.
• Proven experience as a System Engineer, ideally within complex hardware and software integration projects, and in the industry.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Proficiency in requirement management tools is favorable, for example DOORS, Jira, or ReqSuite.
• Experience with and interest in complex machines is qualifying.

Your personality, experience and interest in the field are the most important and what is most highly valued at CorPower. You are proficient in English, both spoken and written.

As a Person

• You are striving for excellence, put quality into everything you do
• You are self-motivated and love to optimise your time
• You always search for the most sustainable solutions to difficult problems
• You love to learn new things, and take pride in constantly developing your skills
• You are persistent, knowing it takes stamina to reach pioneering goals
• You see your tasks through to completion
• You are comfortable in presenting your solutions internally and externally
• You are data driven and strive to always back your points with a solid research

CorPower Ocean has a highly diversified team with many nationalities and backgrounds, all working towards the same goal. This is something we are very proud of. We are not perfect yet but we hope you share our aim to reach higher equality.