Senior Offshore Wind Turbine Loads & Structural Dynamics Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 11, 2026.
Job Description
Are you passionate about understanding how offshore wind turbines respond to the forces of nature? Do you want to use your engineering expertise to influence the design, performance and long-term reliability of offshore wind farms?
At Vattenfall, we believe there is a way to build a more sustainable energy future. We're looking for a Senior Offshore Wind Turbine Loads & Structural Dynamics Engineer to join our Structural Loads team within Offshore Engineering.
In this specialist role, you'll work at the heart of offshore wind turbine engineering, using engineering analysis, aeroelastic modelling and measurement data to investigate complex turbine behaviour and turn the results into sound engineering decisions.
From early development and turbine selection through to operational optimisation and lifetime extension, your expertise will help shape important technical decisions across our offshore wind portfolio.
You'll join an international team of engineering specialists who value collaboration, technical excellence and finding practical solutions to complex challenges.
Your Role
As a Senior Offshore Wind Turbine Loads & Structural Dynamics Engineer, you'll combine hands-on technical expertise with responsibility for delivering complex engineering work across offshore wind projects and operating assets.
Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, turbine manufacturers and external partners, you'll help ensure our offshore wind turbines are designed and operated safely, efficiently and reliably.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Advanced engineering analysis: Independently define, perform and technically own aeroelastic load analyses, including modelling strategy, execution, validation and interpretation, turning complex results into sound engineering conclusions and decisions.
- Structural integrity: Assess wind turbine and support-structure loading and independently investigate and resolve complex engineering questions relating to fatigue, structural performance and lifetime extension.
- Project delivery: Technically lead load-related engineering activities, ensuring technical deliverables meet project requirements, quality standards and deadlines, and act as the Structural Loads technical point of contact for assigned projects.
- Technical collaboration: Work closely with specialists across Wind Turbine Engineering, Primary Structures, Geotechnical Engineering and Metocean to solve multidisciplinary engineering problems where turbine loads, structural response and environmental conditions interact.
- Stakeholder engagement: Act as a trusted technical partner to internal stakeholders, understanding their needs and translating complex loads-related questions, risks and results into clear engineering recommendations that support project decisions.
- Innovation and improvement: Develop and refine simulation models, engineering tools and analysis methods to improve turbine performance, reduce technical risks and support continuous improvement.
Your Profile
We're looking for an experienced engineering specialist who can independently investigate and solve complex engineering problems, translating detailed analysis into well-founded engineering conclusions and practical solutions.
You'll bring a strong understanding of wind turbine aeroelasticity and structural dynamics, alongside the ability to take technical ownership, exercise sound engineering judgement and communicate complex technical matters clearly and effectively across different disciplines.
Qualifications
- A master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Wind Energy or a closely related discipline.
- At least 7 years of relevant industry experience in wind turbine aeroelasticity, load simulation or structural dynamics.
- Extensive hands-on experience defining and performing aeroelastic load analyses, including model development, simulation, validation, post-processing and interpretation of results.
- Strong knowledge of wind turbine aerodynamics, structural dynamics, control systems and load-generation mechanisms.
- Experience interpreting simulation results, validating engineering models and working with measurement data.
- Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering environments, ideally within offshore wind, turbine manufacturing or renewable energy development.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical findings and collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
It would also be beneficial if you have experience in:
- Offshore wind turbine foundation design, hydrodynamics or coupled turbine-foundation analysis.
- Relevant IEC and DNV standards and certification processes.
- Engineering programming tools such as Python or MATLAB.
- Operational load assessments, turbine power upgrades or lifetime extension projects.
Above all, you'll bring curiosity, a careful and structured approach to engineering challenges, and a genuine interest in sharing knowledge and developing solutions together.
Additional Information
Our offer
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.
More Information
We welcome your application in English, no later than 02/12/2026. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Adam Hammond via [email protected]
Commitment to Diversity
Vattenfall is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and services to support all our employees.
We are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Company Description
Vattenfall is a European energy company with around 20,000 employees. For more than 100 years, we have powered societies and industries through innovation and collaboration. Today, we are focused on enabling a more sustainable energy system and supporting the transition to cleaner ways of living.
Business Area Wind is responsible for Vattenfall’s Onshore and Offshore Wind as well as other non-hydro Renewable activities like solar PV and batteries. Today we develop, construct and operate wind generation in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. In addition, we have a clear strategy to develop our solar PV and battery operations further.