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About us

Get on board with Damen Naval, along with more than 1,200 professionals based in The Netherlands, Romania, and Germany. We are the naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group which employs 12,000 professionals globally. Damen Naval designs and builds advanced naval vessels for customers all over the world. With a passion for technological innovation and sustainable solutions, we continue to push the boundaries in naval shipbuilding. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role

Are you ready to make a significant impact in the Verification, Validation, and Acceptance (VV&A) process within the prestigious F126 project at Damen Naval?

Damen Naval is seeking a talented Systems Verification Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will play a essential role in ensuring compliance with set requirements, conducting document appraisals, design reviews, and overseeing the traceability of project deliverables from proposal to system acceptance. Reporting to the VV&A manager, you'll collaborate with stakeholders to maintain the Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM) and drive physical testing initiatives.

Key accountabilities

As Systems Verification Engineer your key responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with Test & Integration and other engineers on requirements engineering and V&V activities, contributing to the overall scope of VV&A deliverables.
• Establishing a complete set of System Requirements for the assigned system, decomposing transverse requirements and rules into system requirements.
• Linking system requirements to the correct document placeholders, defining verification cases (VeCs) in the VCRM, and specifying test specifications (TeCs) for physical tests.
• Executing the correct Means of Compliance for systems within your scope and providing evidence of compliance.
• Contributing to the process of agreeing on system specifications and the VCRM for assigned systems with the customer, as well as the progressive acceptance process.

Skills & experience

To excel as Systems Verification Engineer, you should possess the following qualifications and qualities:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering combined with experience in designing and engineering high-tech complex products.
• Expertise in Configuration Management, Requirements Management, and Systems Engineering principles and practices.
• Familiarity with the VV&A process and working with class-regulated products.
• Experience in dynamic mid-size project environments with high complexity, collaborating closely with project teams and customers.
• Knowledge of Good Engineering Practices, including quality and budget awareness.
• Fluency in English (both verbal and written) is required, with proficiency in Dutch and German considered advantageous.
• Excellent references antecedents as a pre-employment security screening is standard part of the recruitment procedure.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required and candidates with NL/EU (work) visa or with both an EU and non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible in accordance with the requirements imposed by the military nature of our projects.

What we offer

At Damen Naval, we highly value our employees, and we will support your professional and personal development. We also provide our employees with:

• A competitive salary and 8% holiday pay.
• 27 holidays and 13 ADV days.
• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.
• PME-pension arrangement with an employer contribution of 60%.
• Profit sharing based on company results.
• Working from home policy and other benefits including a bicycle plan and company fitness.

Other

Are you interested in the position of Systems Verification Engineer , kindly submit your application along with your CV and motivation letter, along with an indication of:

• Your (preferred) monthly gross salary based on fulltime work.
• Availability (fulltime / part-time / number of hours).
• Notice period / possible starting date.

For more information about the vacancy or Damen Naval, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Naval Career website or contact the Corporate Recruitment department via recruitment@damennaval.com.

Please note that due to the military nature of our projects, only candidates who have permanent EU nationality can be considered for vacancies at Damen Naval. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to process candidates who (also) have a non-EU passport or nationality. A pre-employment and security screening and investigation form part of the recruitment process.

Damen Naval does not approve commercial, contractor and/or agency or other commercial use of this advertisement. Proposing candidates without invitation is not appreciated and they will not be considered.