Senior R&D Engineer / R&D Manager
BlueHeart Energy Alkmaar
What is required?
- MSc. / Preference Phd in the direction of Physics, Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering
- At least 10 years’ relevant work experience
- Good command of the English language, both verbally and in writing
- Good R&D management skills and being able to guide junior R&D colleagues
- Senior R&D level in thermodynamics, thermal fluids and materials (combination of rubbers and metals) and hardware development
- Knowledge of and experience with testing and modeling (including Comsol, Matlab and Phyton)
- Able and willing to work in a start-up environment, goal oriented and good adaptability
What will you get?
- €4.500 - €7.000 gross p/m (depending on knowledge and experience)
- 40-hour working week
- 25 days holiday
- Training opportunities
- Company Phantom shares, laptop and SIM card EU+USA
- Pension scheme
What will you do?
- 40% Managing the team
- 20% Reviewing analyses and reports of team members
- 20% Meetings with partners and suppliers
- 20% Facilitating and planning test work
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Vacancy
As a Senior R&D Engineer / R&D Manager, you will lead BlueHeart Energy's Research & Development team. You provide technical support for the development and analysis of mechanical and thermal systems, and hardware development.
You are a mentor for the Junior Engineers in the team and together with the entire team you deal with technical issues and planning the development of new methods and hardware. In this position, you also have a coaching role, and ask critical questions when necessary about your team members’ working methods. You help them think about making all processes as efficient as possible. You also work together with the Lab Supervisor to coordinate agreements on test plans, test implementations and test environments.
You manage the Research & Development team, consisting of four Mechanical Engineers, a Technician, a Physicist and the Lab supervisor. The team includes people of different nationalities, so English is the main language.
If you enjoy having a coaching role in a dynamic work environment and find it challenging to prioritise your tasks well in a company where there is still a lot of innovation going on, then this is a job for you.
Working week
On an enjoyable working day, you guide the team in making the final decision for a fundamental technical change in the process. This gives you a lot of energy!
On a less enjoyable day, you spend a lot of time watching other people's work, so you have relatively little chance to do your own work.
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- Reading and answering emails
- Reviewing analyses of team members
- Lunch
- Daily Scrum Stand-up
- Team meeting
- Meeting with Mechanical Engineer
- Supplier meeting
- Meeting with Lab Supervisor
- Planning test work
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- Lunch
- Daily Scrum Stand-up
- Meeting with Management team
- Meeting with Mechanical Engineer
- Thinking along with technical issues
- Meeting with Junior Engineer
- Performing tests
- Preparing a technical report
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- Lunch
- Daily Scrum Stand-up
- Meeting with Technician
- Supplier meeting
- Reading and answering emails
- Meeting with Management team
- Reviewing analyses of team members
- Meeting with Mechanical Engineer
- Thinking along with technical issues
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- Lunch
- Daily Scrum Stand-up
- Meeting with Mechanical Engineer
- Reviewing technical reports of team members
- Drinks with the company
- Reading and answering emails
- Meeting with Lab Supervisor
- Thinking along with technical issues
- Planning test work
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- Lunch
- Daily Scrum Stand-up
- Meeting with Mechanical Engineer
- Reviewing analyses of team members
- Product backlog refinement
- Thinking along with technical issues
- Performing tests
- Preparing a technical report
Firsthand experience
Growth
The career growth path at Blue Heart Energy is not fixed. The company expects to grow fast in the coming years, generating opportunities for all those who are ready to assume new responsibilities. BHE supports training and courses, and sharing knowledge is very important among employees. The main advantage of the start up and scale up phase is that self-initiative is really appreciated, and you can create your own job. As Blue Heart Energy grows, you grow along with them.
Working at BlueHeart Energy
BlueHeart Energy was founded in 2016 to apply thermoacoustics as a technology in heat pumps. Thermoacoustics is a disruptive approach to generate heat and cold, with potential to revolutionize the whole industry. Over the past seven years, BHE has developed a thermoacoustic engine to power heat pumps in residential buildings. This so called 'Blue Heart' of a heat pump is sold to manufacturers. In the coming years, the 'Blue Heart' will have to be further developed and optimized. Besides this, we will set up our production facility, strengthen the relationships with our customers (Manufacturers of heat pumps) and set up pilot projects in houses and monitor these.
- Headquarters in Alkmaar
- 33 employees
- Active in more than 10 countries
- 20% / 80%
- Average age 38 years
- Casual
- Hybrid working
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