Engineer Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC)

Job description

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineer – Damen Naval

As an Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineer at Damen Naval, you play a crucial role in ensuring that our advanced naval vessels are designed, built, and commissioned with perfectly arranged power systems and cable configurations, fully compliant with strict regulations and requirements. Depending on the vessel’s configuration, your electrical design will include a strictly EMC-compliant power distribution system for strategic defensive and deterrent systems—even under the most demanding conditions.

You will work and collaborate according to the V-model within our 3DExperience engineering environment, ensuring that basic and detailed designs are thoroughly reviewed, tested, and verified during both the design and production phases. The highlight of your work? The launch of a new naval vessel, ready to defend freedom worldwide!

Key Accountabilities

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Contributing to functional descriptions, drawings, and other basic design documents for power distribution, lighting, and other electrical systems.
• Participating in the ship’s Integrated Topside Design (ITD) to ensure all (military) equipment operates correctly.
• Ensuring compliance with Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), one of the most important design requirements within the overall ship design.
• Preparing detailed test and validation plans to ensure compliance with Class regulations and customer requirements during virtual tests (simulations) and practical trials (FAT, HAT, SAT).
• Managing suppliers and subcontractors to ensure their designs meet strict EMC requirements.
• Reviewing designs from suppliers and subcontractors and assisting in integrating them into the ship’s design.
• Developing and maintaining standards and working methods for engineering and commissioning.
• Supporting proposal and quotation stages to ensure EMC requirements are fully integrated into the conceptual designs of electrical systems.
• Providing technical support or participating in commissioning activities.

Skills & Experience

We are seeking candidates with the following qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in designing complex electrical systems, including large-scale power distribution systems, preferably in the maritime, offshore, or industrial sector.
• Experience in designing EMC-compliant solutions; knowledge of TEMPEST regulations is an advantage.
• Professional experience working on complex projects involving multidisciplinary teams and multiple suppliers and subcontractors.
• Experience working in a model-based system engineering (MBSE) environment according to the V-model.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Excellent references, as a security screening will be part of the recruitment process.
• Permanent EU nationality, required due to the military nature of our projects.

What We Offer

At Damen Naval, we highly value our employees and support professional and personal development. Benefits include:

• A competitive salary and 8% holiday pay.
• 27 holidays and 13 ADV days.
• Travel allowance of €0.23 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.

Application & Information

If you are interested in this position, please submit your application including:

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