Senior Load Specialist

Do you want to accelerate your career within the wind energy field?

We are expanding our Advanced Load Team and looking for Wind Turbine Senior Load Specialists / Engineers to join our Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group European Innovation Center in Aarhus, Denmark.

The SEWPG European Innovation Center (part of Shanghai Electric, one of China's largest leading manufacturing companies), assembles the best engineers in the global wind industry, working closely and effectively together on innovative R&D projects in four main areas of wind turbine technology: Advanced load simulation, rotor blade innovation, digital engineering, and advanced control. Therefore, you have real impact and play a central role in the development of advanced technologies and innovative rotor design methods which will shape the future of wind power technology in China and globally.

Your role & responsibilities

Your role is to take ownership of all aspects of the technical development of new advanced wind turbine load simulation capabilities and features and, as a result, define procedures to guide new turbine designs in close collaboration with our in-house teams specializing in blade design, software, and control design. You will be responsible for researching new technologies and validate technical solutions to enhance new onshore and offshore wind turbine platforms. Furthermore, you will document and present your work to both internal and external stakeholders.

Your tasks

• Research and develop techniques and identify new methods for simulation of the aeroelastic wind turbine response.
• Improve the simulation setup to effectively perform design load calculations according to standards in close collaboration with in-house software team.
• Define approaches to mitigate the loads on turbine components.
• Develop methods to prepare wind turbine models for aeroelastic calculations.
• Improve modelling of turbine load and aeroelastic response.
• Actively stay at the forefront of new knowledge, technology and methods in the field of load calculation and simulation.
• Collaborate with the Group Leader of the load team and other innovation teams in the specification and development of new technical procedures/methodologies.

Your profile

You hold an MSc. degree or a Ph.D. in aerospace, structural, or mechanical engineering, combined with 10+ years' experience within loads and control. You have thorough experience working with development of aeroelastic tools, preferably HAWC2, and knowledge of OpenFast, Bladed, or Flex5 and experienced in programming using Python, C++, or similar.

You have strong experience in running wind turbine technology development from a load perspective and possess vast knowledge of technical aspects related to load simulations.

You are ambitious with a high level of drive and energy to create results, and you have a strong focus on the task. You actively seek to creatively challenge and improve processes. You can succeed individually and are very capable of collaborating and interacting with stakeholders and mechanical component design teams (i.e. our HQ in China), hence you possess a broad understanding of the main disciplines within wind turbine operations. We expect you to thrive working in an international, multicultural environment and possess excellent communication skills.

We offer

A unique opportunity to be part of our European Innovation Center, building a center of advanced technologies and rich design in a fast-paced blooming renewable energy sector while working with the best industry specialists in an informal working environment encouraging innovation. We offer favorable terms of employment and provide an inspiring international environment.

You can learn more about our Innovation Center in this video: 

Closing date:
 Interviews will be conducted on a continuous basis. Please apply with your CV and application via Jobindex.

For questions, contact Thomas Buhl, Group Leader of Advanced Load Simulation: - |