Wind Energy Loads, Aerodynamics and Control Engineer
- Employer
- Frazer Nash Consultancy
- Location
- Dorking, England
- Closing date
- Jan 15, 2022
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- Specialty
- Energy Engineering, Wind Engineering
- Position Type
- Engineer, Staff Engineer
- Organization Type
- Firm, Consulting Engineering
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Description
Closing date for this role is 14th January but we would encourage early applications.
These roles could also be based at our Bristol or Glasgow offices
Salary £30,000 - £55,000 pa
The Energy business area includes a wide range of industries from renewable energy, oil and gas nuclear power and turbomachinery. The business area provides an analytical capability to all of Frazer-Nash, supporting a wide range of defence, rail, aviation, health and government customers.
At Frazer-Nash we pride ourselves in using cutting edge engineering methods to help our clients solve their high value technical problems. Our Renewables Technology group supports R&D consortia, developers, operators, OEMs and third party suppliers globally leading the development of the newest technologies in onshore, offshore and floating wind. We are growing and we need you. This is a great opportunity to join a fast-growing part of our business and have a genuine impact on the direction of travel.
A large part of what we do is concerned with the development and analysis of new wind turbine technologies and their effect on performance. This may be structural (i.e. a new physical component) or a controller modification or tuning (i.e. novel control feature) that helps our clients keep their turbines competitive by being at the forefront of wind turbine technology. We work closely with major OEMs and foundation designers supporting their Loads, Aerodynamics and Controls (LAC) teams to help analyse and develop the next generation of wind turbines coming onto the market.
As a Loads, Aerodynamic and Controls (LAC) engineer within the Renewables Technology group you will be responsible for a range of technical and project management activities including:
Aeroelastic Tools and Performance Analysis:
You will be based within our offices in the UK, but there are opportunities for travel to engage with customers, including within Europe and Asia.
Requirements
The successful applicant will meet the following minimum requirements:
Benefits
We provide our people with an excellent benefits package that comprises:
Closing date for this role is 14th January but we would encourage early applications.
These roles could also be based at our Bristol or Glasgow offices
Salary £30,000 - £55,000 pa
The Energy business area includes a wide range of industries from renewable energy, oil and gas nuclear power and turbomachinery. The business area provides an analytical capability to all of Frazer-Nash, supporting a wide range of defence, rail, aviation, health and government customers.
At Frazer-Nash we pride ourselves in using cutting edge engineering methods to help our clients solve their high value technical problems. Our Renewables Technology group supports R&D consortia, developers, operators, OEMs and third party suppliers globally leading the development of the newest technologies in onshore, offshore and floating wind. We are growing and we need you. This is a great opportunity to join a fast-growing part of our business and have a genuine impact on the direction of travel.
A large part of what we do is concerned with the development and analysis of new wind turbine technologies and their effect on performance. This may be structural (i.e. a new physical component) or a controller modification or tuning (i.e. novel control feature) that helps our clients keep their turbines competitive by being at the forefront of wind turbine technology. We work closely with major OEMs and foundation designers supporting their Loads, Aerodynamics and Controls (LAC) teams to help analyse and develop the next generation of wind turbines coming onto the market.
As a Loads, Aerodynamic and Controls (LAC) engineer within the Renewables Technology group you will be responsible for a range of technical and project management activities including:
- Technical:
- Engaging directly with major onshore and offshore wind OEMs and developers to provide loads, aerodynamic and control support in the following form:
- Control design:
- Support in tuning of existing current control features for new platforms or for new sites to balance loads and power production.
- Prototype, implement and test new control features and support their integration with aeroelastic simulation tools.
- Support in analysing and quantifying the impacts of new control feature and its effect on turbine performance.
- Development of physical dynamic turbine models.
- Design Load Case development to the appropriate design standard.
- Extreme and fatigue load analysis using relevant standards where appropriate (e.g. Design Load Case tables defined in IEC-61400-1).
- Using aeroelastic tools for turbine simulation such as HAWC2 / Flex5 / Bladed
- Development and use of tooling to extract, capture, and analyse results.
- Carry out root cause analysis of any outliers with suitable justification for any further iteration of control / model development.
Aeroelastic Tools and Performance Analysis:
- Project Management and Consultancy
- Managing projects in accordance with our ISO-9001 accredited processes
- Developing new business by representing Frazer-Nash at conferences, seminars and prospective client meetings
- Responding to enquiries and writing bids
You will be based within our offices in the UK, but there are opportunities for travel to engage with customers, including within Europe and Asia.
Requirements
The successful applicant will meet the following minimum requirements:
- Master's Degree in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics or related discipline.
- A background in control theory and experience in its industrial application.
- Experience in modelling of dynamic systems.
- Experience of using MATLAB/Simulink.
- 1-2 years of industrial / post-graduate experience in control or loads analysis.
- Be a strong team player but with the ability to work under minimal supervision.
- Relevant postgraduate degree in control of wind turbines, automated systems, or rotating machinery.
- Have practical experience of loads, aerodynamics and control work in the context of wind turbine generators.
- Prototyping, testing and code generation of control algorithms using Simulink .
- Expertise in one or more aeroelastic simulation packages used for wind turbine analysis (e.g. BLADED, FLEX5, FAST or HAWC2).
- Experience of working with clients.
Benefits
We provide our people with an excellent benefits package that comprises:
- Competitive salary
- Happy To Talk Flexible Working
- 25 days' holiday entitlement
- Holiday sale and purchase scheme
- Company pension scheme
- Targeted professional development
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare membership
- Bonus scheme linked into company performance
- Paid membership fees to a professional institution
- Support in attaining professional membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season rail ticket loan
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