Loads and Control Engineer

at  Vestas

VESTAS TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS > RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (R&D) > LAC ONSHORE PRODUCT APPLICATION

Loads & Control (LaC) organization, being part of Product Application and Control, is responsible for designing and optimizing Vestas’ products for optimal performance, loads and control strategies to design product responses to market roadmap requirements, translating product roadmap into module requirements with full value chain integration.
As a Loads and Control Engineer, you will take responsibility for growing and developing optimal Loads & Control solutions for product lifecycle application and utilize the full potential of onshore turbines or improve commercial edge as per market needs. You will be part of a global team distributed across Denmark, Portugal and India.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A Ph.D. or M.Sc. in structural, civil, wind, mechanical, control or mechatronics engineering
• 0-2 years’ experience within the wind industry
• Proven history in running wind turbine product development from a load and control perspective
• Good competencies within innovative simulation of mechanical systems
• Experience or knowledge of aeroelastic tools such as Flex5, Bladed or HAWC2
• Programming experience for example in Matlab
• Experience in handling projects following milestones and meeting deadlines, and maybe you are certified in project management
• Knowledge of control of mechanical systems

As a Loads and Control Engineer, you will be improving the technical aspects of Loads and Control development for a specific product from feasibility to full validation and certification. Including, but limited to:

• Life Cycle Optimization for legacy and ongoing products through learning from fleet experience
• Development and validation of wind turbine aeroelastic models
• Support test and integration of innovative technologies onto new products
• Calculate design loads, power performance and noise levels, for internal and external stakeholders
• Facilitate the certification process of wind turbines, including performing the design loads verification test campaign on prototype wind turbines
• In close cooperation with our internal stakeholders, balance the trade-offs between power production and loading