Acclāro Consulting

Our Client

Our client is a well funded start up, Wind Turbine design house based in the Netherlands with a leadership team highly respected and experienced in the wind industry. With a focus on the offshore and deep offshore markets our client’s new concept turbine incorporates innovative solutions in almost all aspects of design from the support structure up through the electrical systems and on to the rotor and blade design.

Position description

You will be responsible for the aero-elastic simulation of the turbine and load reduction by optimising design and control strategy. You will have a strong interface with the support structure design team. The loads engineer is part of the mechanical team and reports to the Team Leader Mechanical Engineering.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Perform load studies by using aero-elastic codes
• Tune loads by optimising designs and control strategies
• Responsible for obtaining loads certification; cooperate with certification authority
• Produce and maintain loads documents
• Cooperate with other technical disciplines in the organisation
• Manage related work packages outsourced to contractors

Education

• Advanced degree (MSc) in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering or in a closely related discipline

Working experience

• 5+ Years of relevant working experience
• Fundamental knowledge of aerodynamics
• Extensive knowledge of (wind turbine) system behaviour

Personal skills

• Good organizational and communication skills and be able to work within a multi-disciplinary team of engineers
• Self-starter and pro-active problem solver

Software skills

• Experience with BLADED, Flex5 or similar software
• Experience with MatLab, Mathematica, or similar