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Our technology detects the earliest signs of failure in critical assets - from high-voltage energy infrastructure to subsea and defense applications - and gives our customers precise, real-time data they can act on.\nWithin our Underwater Security business we develop sensing technologies that help detect and monitor underwater threats. Our solutions include OptiBarrier, designed for immediate, over-the-horizon threat detection, and OptiArray, our low-power optical thin-line towed array for unmanned underwater vehicles and submarines.\nThe Role\nAs a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Optics11, you are responsible for the development and engineering realization of the OptiArray system. Your primary objective is to develop robust, structural, easy to manufacture solutions that ensure the array can be easily manufactured, deployed, and operated throughout their intended service life.\nYou translate allocated product and system requirements into engineering solutions that provide structural integrity, mechanical robustness, corrosion resistance, manufacturability, and reliable offshore deployment.\nYou work closely with Product System Engineering, Product Integration, Verification & Validation, Lifecycle Engineering, manufacturing partners, offshore contractors, and specialized suppliers to ensure the array is successfully developed and realized as part of the overall product.\nResponsibilities\nDevelop and realize the OptiArray subsystems throughout the product development lifecycle.\n\nTranslate allocated product and system requirements into robust, easy to manufacture structural solutions for offshore deployment and long-term subsea operation.\n\nIntegrate subsystem assemblies / design into a functioning, robust product.\n\nAdapt structural designs to accommodate varying sea conditions and deployment environments while maintaining product integrity and standardization where possible.\n\nProduce subsystem specifications, engineering drawings, interface documentation, calculations, and design records.\n\nImprove subsystem robustness, manufacturability, maintainability, and lifecycle performance throughout development.\n\nDevelop prototypes and engineering models to evaluate structural performance and manufacturability.\n\nPerform engineering analyses and testing to evaluate structural integrity, lifting loads, fatigue performance, hydrodynamic behaviour, and environmental robustness.\n\nJoin design reviews, DFMEA sessions of submodules. Give input to improve overall system performance / to meet system requirements.\n\nSupport Verification & Validation by providing technical expertise during structural verification and qualification activities.\n\nSupport fabrication suppliers and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) activities by providing technical expertise and assessing structural assemblies against engineering specifications.\n\nShare engineering knowledge, lessons learned, and best practices to strengthen team capability and improve future engineering execution.\n\nProvide constructive feedback and support peers in solving technical challenges.\n\nContribute to a collaborative and knowledge-sharing engineering culture.\n\nWhat we offer\nJoin one of Europe’s fastest-growing deep-tech scale-ups.\n\nReal impact: your work directly shapes our growth and success.\n\nA great team in an international organization with colleagues from more than twenty nationalities.\n\nA competitive salary and benefits package.\n\n30 days of holiday per year.\n\nFresh team lunches five times a week, plus regular team activities and company events.\n\nRequirements\nRequirements\nBSc or MSc in Mechanical Engineering, or related engineering discipline.\n\nMinimum 5 years of experience developing mechanical systems that are used in harsh environments.\n\nHands on design experience for systems / products that requires qualification against military (environmental) standards.\n\nProficiency in working with SolidWorks or equivalent CAD systems to develop and review mechanical designs, assemblies, engineering drawings, and technical documentation.\n\nExperience designing marine products or subsea mechanical systems.\n\nExperience performing structural calculations, load analysis, fatigue assessment, and mechanical interface design.\n\nExperience working with fabrication suppliers and manufacturing partners.\n\nExperience working within multidisciplinary product development teams.\n\nStrong analytical and structured engineering problem-solving skills.\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills in English.\n\nEligible to obtain EU/NATO security clearance.\n\nPreferred\nExperience with corrosion protection, cathodic protection, offshore coatings, or subsea structural design.\n\nHands-on experience with SolidWorks for mechanical design, assembly modelling, and detailed production drawings.\n\nExperience taking ownership of a system or significant technical workstream within multidisciplinary engineering projects.\n\nFamiliarity with systems engineering, product lifecycle management, verification, and configuration management.\n\nScreening\nYou will work with clients in the defense and security sectors. Obtaining a Certificate of No Objection issued by the AIVD, the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service, is mandatory. This means you will need to undergo a security screening. 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