Company Profile:

Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We are specialised in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wind turbines, both onshore and offshore. Across the globe, we have installed more wind power than anyone else. We consider ourselves pioneers within the industry, as we continuously aim to design new solutions and technologies to create a more sustainable future for all of us. With more than 145 GW of wind power installed worldwide and 40+ years of experience in wind energy, we have an unmatched track record demonstrating our expertise within the field. With 29,000 employees globally, we are a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution – today, tomorrow, and far into the future. Vestas promotes a diverse workforce which embraces all social identities and is free of any discrimination. We commit to create and sustain an environment that acknowledges and harvests different experiences, skills, and perspectives. We also aim to give everyone equal access to opportunity. To learn more about our company and life at Vestas, we invite you to visit our website at www.vestas.com and follow us on our social media channels. We also encourage you to join our Talent Universe to receive notifications on new and relevant postings.

Job description:

Vestas Power Solutions is the cornerstone of Vestas. Through innovation, development and continuous product improvement we develop the products and technologies that reduce the cost of energy and bring the highest possible value to our customers and to Vestas. To put it short: Vestas Power Solutions develops the wind power systems of the future.
As a part of Vestas Power Solutions, the Loads and Control department is responsible for developing future wind turbine controller software and hardware but also loads and control solutions ensuring optimal performance of our products under all conditions for certification. The responsibility spans from strategic development of new turbine technologies to delivering product level feasibility studies ensuring an optimal cost of energy. The department consists of highly skilled and experienced engineers and assumes full accountability of all aspects of the loads and control solution delivered to the wind turbine development projects.

 

Responsibilities

• Delivering design loads, power curves, and noise assessments

• Perform product level design studies within loads, including blade design iterations, tower iterations, wind turbine aeroelastic stability, etc

• Support the certification process of wind turbines, including performing the load test campaign in the prototype wind turbine

• Development and validation of wind turbine aeroelastic models

• Propel the technical aspects of loads development for a specific product from feasibility state to full validation and certification stage

• Risk management activities, such as failure mode and effect analysis 

• Development of code/scripts and improvement of processes to ensure a lean and efficient execution

Qualifications

• Bachelor's / Master's / PhD's in Mechanical / Aerospace / Aeronautics / Similar speciallization  

• 1-5 years of work experience within wind turbine design industry / Heavy engineering industries

• Experience in programming, at least one of the following: Matlab, Simulink, Python

• Dynamic and aeroelastic modeling experience, for example using wind turbine codes such as FAST, HAWC, FLEX or similar tools

• Previous industrial/academic (at MSc or PhD level) experience in loads analysis, aero-elasticity or multi-body dynamics

• Knowledge of basic wind turbine control strategies