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Data & ML Infrastructure Engineer Senior Customer Experience Designer Senior Mechanical Engineer (OptiArray)Senior Mechanical Engineer Senior Project Manager (Subsea)Senior Project Manager

Data & ML Infrastructure Engineer

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

We are expanding our team with a Data & ML Infrastructure Engineer who will take ownership of the platform that enables data ingestion, processing, storage, and machine learning workflows across multiple products. Operating at the intersection of data science, software engineering, and cloud infrastructure, you will build the foundations and ensure that our ML systems are scalable, reproducible, and production ready. In this role, you will design, implement, and continuously improve a cloud-agnostic data and ML platform that supports multiple products and teams. You will be responsible for platform reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency, while providing data scientists and ML engineers with the tools and infrastructure to efficiently develop, train, validate, and deploy machine learning models. You will serve as a technical bridge between the data science and IT/infrastructure teams, translating requirements into robust and maintainable systems. This role includes ownership of an existing vendor-delivered platform and its evolution into a fully automated, reproducible, and multi-product ML platform. Key Responsibilities: Design, implement, and maintain the data and ML platform infrastructure, including systems for data ingestion, storage, processing, and training. Ensure high availability, reliability, and uptime of the platform, as it is critical to the business value proposition. Maintain and evolve vendor-delivered platform components and ensure long-term maintainability and independence. Build and maintain data workflows, including tools for dataset versioning, experiment tracking, and model lifecycle management across multiple products. Enforce DevOps / MLOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automated workflows. Develop cloud-agnostic and containerized solutions that can run across public and private cloud environments within EU constraints. Optimize data storage, lifecycle policies, and cost efficiency, including tiered storage and retention strategies. Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) for pipelines, infrastructure, and resource usage. Ensure data governance, security, and compliance, including access control, audit logging, and anonymization requirements. Collaborate closely with data scientists, ML engineers, and IT teams to deliver infrastructure that meets operational needs. Manage resource and cost controls, including budgets, approvals, and tracking. Contribute to documentation, operational runbooks, and onboarding materials for the platform. Why Join Us? Join one of Europe’s most promising deep-tech scale-ups. Shape the future of a rapidly growing multidisciplinary R&D organization. Competitive salary and benefits package. Enjoy regular team activities and company events. Fresh team lunches provided3 times/ week. Required Qualifications: MSc or equivalent with 5+ years’ industry experience in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field. Strong experience with data platforms, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems (AWS, GCP, Azure). Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform) and automated deployments. Experience with ML platforms and tools (MLflow, Feast, DVC, DataHub or equivalent). Experience with AWS Sagemaker or Google Vertex AI platforms. Experience with databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, InfluxDB or equivalent). Experience with message brokers and streaming systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ or equivalent). Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker/OCI) and orchestration (Kubernetes or similar). Experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitLab CI). Programming skills in Python. Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana). Understanding of DevOps and MLOps practices. Ability to work across teams and translate requirements into scalable infrastructure solutions. Nice to Have: Knowledge of data governance, IAM, and security frameworks. Experience with cost optimization and resource management in cloud environments. Familiarity with multi-tenant or multi-product platform architectures. Experience working with EU data compliance constraints in energy, maritime or defense. Security & Compliance: You'll be working with clients in the defense and security sectors, obtaining a Certificate of No Objection issued by the AIVD (Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service) is mandatory. This means you will need to undergo a security screening. For more information, please refer to details on security screening. Find more English Speaking Jobs in Netherlands on Arbeitnow

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Senior Customer Experience Designer

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NetherlandsFrom $11/yr

About Optics11 Optics11 is a fast-growing high-tech company based in Amsterdam, developing advanced fiber optic sensing systems for the most demanding environments. Our technology detects the earliest signs of failure in critical assets – from high-voltage energy infrastructure to subsea and defense applications – and gives our customers precise, real-time data they can act on. The Role As Senior Customer Experience Designer you will build a deep understanding of the use of both our hardware and software we supply to our defense partners and clients. You will be at the forefront of exploring, researching, and shaping the experiences that define our products, ensuring our unique technology not only meets but anticipates user needs across the complex, high-stakes defense industry. You will be part of the Product team in Underwater Security and work closely with Product Management, R&D, Engineering, Data science, Software, Sales, Projects and Application Engineering teams. In your role no two weeks will look the same. You might join an Application Engineer in the field, interview technicians, map a maintenance journey, test a demo flow, or work with Product and R&D to turn customer insights into practical hardware and software improvements. You will own how we understand and improve the end-to-end customer experience, ensuring real user needs guide decisions across technical, product and commercial teams. Within your first 6–12 months, you will establish a shared, evidence-based view of our customers through clear personas, journey maps, research practices and a structured insight repository. You will identify key experience gaps, introduce repeatable ways to validate new ideas and translate customer needs into product priorities—reducing development risk and helping us deliver technology customers can trust in demanding, high-stakes environments. Key Responsibilities • Lead customer and user research by planning and conducting qualitative, quantitative, and field studies across installation, operation, and maintenance, translating findings into product and design decisions. For example, by joining our application engineers in the field to do research • Own customer journey and service design by mapping end-to-end customer experiences and supporting internal processes, designing repeatable hardware and software demo flows, and facilitating workflow validation with responsible teams. • Develop personas and manage customer insights by leading the persona lifecycle, maintaining a central research repository, providing reusable research frameworks, and synthesizing learnings collected across the organization. • Translate customer needs into product solutions by creating product/service blueprints, journey maps, experience maps, prototypes, and workflow diagrams, and by collaborating with Product and R&D on hardware and software recommendations. • Validate and measure customer experience outcomes by testing whether features meet defined user needs and success criteria before and • Master’s degree in engineering or design, or equivalent experience. • 5+ years of experience in Customer / User Experience Research, with a proven track record of conducting research in technical fields, preferably in defense, or similar industries. • Strong understanding of both hardware and software products, particularly in complex and regulated environments, e.g., industrial environments. • Proficiency in qualitative and quantitative research methods and tools, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of conveying research findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Demonstrated critical thinking, adaptability to challenges, and a problem-solving mindset to creatively address user pain points. • Proficiency in industry standard tooling for user experience research and visualization such as Jira Product Discovery, Dovetail, Miro, Figma • Willingness to travel and do field research. • Drivers’ license B (or international equivalent) Nice to Have • Experience in defense industry or another industrial high-tech / high compliance environment • Experience in design leadership, system architecture, and design quality management • Proficiency in Dutch language is a plus Security screening You'll be working with clients in the defense and security sectors, obtaining a Certificate of No Objection issued by the AIVD (Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service) is mandatory. This means you will need to undergo a security screening. For more information, please check: https://english.aivd.nl/topics/s/security-screening Find more English Speaking Jobs in Netherlands on Arbeitnow

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Senior Mechanical Engineer (OptiArray)

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NetherlandsFrom $11/yr

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Optics11, you are responsible for the development and engineering realization of the OptiArray system. Your primary objective is to develop robust, structural, easy to manufacture solutions that ensure the array can be easily manufactured, deployed, and operated throughout their intended service life. You translate allocated product and system requirements into engineering solutions that provide structural integrity, mechanical robustness, corrosion resistance, manufacturability, and reliable offshore deployment. You work closely with Product System Engineering, Product Integration, Verification & Validation, Lifecycle Engineering, manufacturing partners, offshore contractors, and specialized suppliers to ensure the array is successfully developed and realized as part of the overall product. Key Responsibilities: Develop and realize robust, manufacturable mechanical and structural solutions for the OptiArray system throughout the product development lifecycle. Translate product and system requirements into mechanical designs suitable for offshore deployment and long-term subsea operation. Design and integrate structural components, interfaces, mounting features, lifting arrangements, and corrosion protection solutions into the overall product. Produce engineering drawings, specifications, calculations, interface documentation, and design records. Perform structural engineering analyses and testing, including lifting loads, fatigue, hydrodynamic behavior, environmental loads, and mechanical robustness. Develop and evaluate prototypes and engineering models to validate structural performance and manufacturability. Drive design improvements focused on manufacturability, assembly, maintainability, reliability, and lifecycle performance. Support product integration, verification, qualification, FAT, and industrialization activities, resolving mechanical and structural issues where required. Perform engineering trade-offs considering structural integrity, weight, cost, manufacturability, corrosion resistance, offshore installation, and lifecycle performance. Work closely with fabrication suppliers, offshore contractors, and technical partners to ensure designs can be successfully manufactured, deployed, and operated. Identify technical risks, investigate root causes, and implement effective design improvements and mitigation measures. Provide technical guidance within the marine structures domain and collaborate across engineering disciplines to support sound technical decisions and successful product delivery. Why Join Us? Join one of Europe’s most promising deep-tech scale-ups. Shape the future of a rapidly growing multidisciplinary R&D organization. Competitive salary and benefits package. Enjoy regular team activities and company events. Fresh team lunches provided 5 times / week. Qualifications: BSc or MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Marine Engineering, Offshore Engineering, Naval Architecture, or related engineering discipline. Minimum 5 years of experience developing offshore, marine, mechanical, or structural systems. Proficiency in working with SolidWorks or equivalent CAD systems to develop and review mechanical designs, assemblies, engineering drawings, and technical documentation. Experience designing marine products, offshore equipment, or subsea mechanical systems. Experience performing structural calculations, load analysis, fatigue assessment, and mechanical interface design. Experience working with fabrication suppliers and manufacturing partners. Experience working within multidisciplinary product development teams. Strong analytical and structured engineering problem-solving skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Eligible to obtain EU/NATO security clearance. Preferred Experience with corrosion protection, cathodic protection, offshore coatings, or subsea structural design. Hands-on experience with SolidWorks for mechanical design, assembly modelling, and detailed production drawings. Experience taking ownership of a system or significant technical workstream within multidisciplinary engineering projects. Familiarity with systems engineering, product lifecycle management, verification, and configuration management. Screening You will work with clients in the defense and security sectors. Obtaining a Certificate of No Objection issued by the AIVD, the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service, is mandatory. This means you will need to undergo a security screening. We will explain the process and guide you through the applicable requirements. Find more English Speaking Jobs in Netherlands on Arbeitnow

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Senior Mechanical Engineer

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NetherlandsFrom $11/yr

As Optics11 continues to grow, we are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer – Hardware Design to take ownership of the mechanical hardware development of high-performance fiber-optic measurement systems used in demanding energy and marine environments. At Optics11, we develop cutting-edge fiber-optic sensing solutions that make critical infrastructure and underwater security systems smarter, safer, and more reliable. In this role, you will design ruggedized chassis, enclosures, and mechanical assemblies that protect and integrate electronic, photonic, fiber-optic, and electromechanical subsystems. You will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams and external partners to develop robust, manufacturable, and serviceable hardware solutions that support integration, qualification, manufacturing, and long-term operation. You will apply structured engineering methods, sound technical judgement, and rigorous verification practices to ensure products perform reliably under vibration, shock, thermal, EMC, ingress protection, and other environmental conditions. What you'll do: Lead the mechanical design and development of chassis, enclosures, mounting structures, and assemblies for fiber-optic measurement systems, from concept through qualification and release. Collaborate with electronics, photonics, optical, and systems engineering teams to define PCB placement, optical component integration, fiber routing, interconnections, thermal interfaces, and packaging constraints. Design robust hardware solutions that meet vibration, shock, thermal, EMC, ingress protection, environmental, serviceability, and lifecycle requirements for energy and marine applications. Develop modular, maintainable, and upgradeable hardware architectures that support manufacturability, serviceability, and long-term product support. Create and maintain engineering documentation, including drawings, specifications, design calculations, assembly instructions, and manufacturing documentation. Manage technical collaboration with suppliers, manufacturers, OEMs, and external development partners to ensure performance, quality, manufacturability, and qualification requirements are met. Support prototype development, subsystem integration, environmental and mechanical testing, product qualification, and release activities. Analyze test results, performance margins, failure modes, and operational limits to improve product robustness, reliability, and design maturity. Apply engineering analyses, trade-off studies, DfMA principles, simulation tools, and FEA to optimize mechanical, thermal, structural, dynamic, manufacturability, lifecycle, and cost performance. Investigate qualification failures, manufacturing issues, integration challenges, and field performance topics using structured problem-solving and root cause analysis. Provide technical input during design reviews, engineering discussions, development decisions, and cross-functional integration activities. Plan and execute work in line with priorities, milestones, quality expectations, and timelines, while proactively communicating risks, dependencies, and recommendations. Share expertise, lessons learned, and best practices to strengthen team capability, collaboration, product quality, reliability, and continuous improvement. Why Join Us? Join one of Europe’s most promising deep-tech scale-ups. Shape the future of a rapidly growing multidisciplinary R&D organization. Competitive salary and benefits package. Enjoy regular team activities and company events. Fresh team lunches provided3 times/ week. Qualifications: MSc in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline with a focus on mechanical design of opto-electronic, electronic, photonic, or other high-tech hardware products. 5+ years of experience in multidisciplinary product development environments. Strong experience designing chassis, enclosures, hardware packaging solutions, and mechanical assemblies for high-performance products. Proven track record in developing ruggedized opto-electronic hardware products from concept through qualification and release. Strong understanding of vibration, shock, thermal, EMC, ingress protection, and environmental requirements for demanding operational environments. Experience with 3D CAD tools such as SolidWorks, Creo, NX, or similar. Experience creating engineering drawings, specifications, and manufacturing documentation. Strong analytical mindset with experience in structured problem solving and engineering verification. Strong communication skills in English and collaborative working style. Eligible for EU/NATO security clearance. Nice to have: Experience with fiber-optic integration, optical component packaging, or photonic hardware development. Experience with CE/FCC, MIL, NATO, and/or STANAG qualification standards. Experience with ruggedized chassis standards used in defense, marine, aerospace, or industrial applications (e.g. VPX, CompactPCI, uTCA). Experience managing external suppliers, manufacturers, and development partners. Experience supporting environmental qualification, certification, or product compliance programs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are currently residing in the Netherlands and already have the legal right to work here without requiring visa sponsorship or a work permit. Find more English Speaking Jobs in Netherlands on Arbeitnow

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Senior Project Manager (Subsea)

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager (Subsea) to lead multidisciplinary projects from initiation through delivery, with a strong focus on offshore, subsea or marine-related operations. In this role, you will manage complex technical projects involving internal teams, external partners and customers. You will be responsible for keeping projects on track, managing expectations, identifying risks early and ensuring successful delivery within scope, time and budget. This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong technical background, hands-on project management experience and exposure to offshore or subsea environments such as cable laying, geotechnical surveys, marine operations or related activities. You will join a growing scale-up environment where processes are still evolving, and where your experience can directly contribute to how we mature our project management approach. What you’ll do: Lead multidisciplinary projects from initiation through delivery, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope and within budget. Act as the main point of contact for customers, partners and internal stakeholders. Manage projects related to offshore, subsea or marine operations, such as subsea cable installation, geotechnical monitoring, marine surveys or similar activities. Coordinate closely with R&D, engineering, production, commercial and other internal teams to ensure successful project execution. Translate technical requirements into clear project deliverables, timelines and actions. Identify project risks early and implement mitigation plans to protect delivery, quality and customer expectations. Monitor project progress, budget, planning, scope and key milestones. Support bid development, technical discussions and customer relationship management where needed. Contribute to improving project management processes, tools and ways of working in a scaling organization. Capture lessons learned, share knowledge and support others in building strong project delivery practices. What’s in it for you Work on products that are deployed in real-world, high-impact environments, not just concepts or internal tools Operate in a fast-growing, international scale-up where you can truly influence how projects are run. Regular team activities and shared lunches throughout the week. What we’re looking for: MSc degree in Engineering, Physics, Offshore Engineering, Marine Technology or another relevant technical discipline. Around 5–8 years of relevant project management experience in a technical environment. Experience with offshore, subsea or marine-related projects, such as cable laying, geotechnical surveys, marine operations or similar. Strong planning, budgeting, risk management and project execution skills. Experience working with multidisciplinary technical teams. Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate clearly with customers, partners and internal teams. Technical affinity and the ability to understand complex technologies and translate them into practical project deliverables. Comfortable working in a dynamic scale-up environment where priorities can shift and processes are still being developed. Fluent English communication skills; Dutch is a plus. You'll be working with clients in the defense and security sectors, obtaining a Certificate of No Objection issued by the AIVD (Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service) is mandatory. This means you will need to undergo a security screening. For more information, please refer to details on security screening. Find Jobs in Netherlands on Arbeitnow

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Senior Project Manager

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NetherlandsFrom $11/yr

As we continue to scale, we are looking for a Senior Project Manager, who wants to drive real impact, taking products from concept to deployment. At Optics11, we build advanced sensing technology that helps protect what matters most, from critical offshore energy infrastructure to underwater security systems. Our solutions operate in complex, high-stakes environments where precision, reliability, and real-world performance are essential. In this role, you will work at the intersection of New Product Introduction (NPI) and Field Integration, ensuring that what is developed by engineering teams can successfully operate in real-world, often offshore environments. You will play a key role in bridging the gap between development and deployment. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role in a fast-moving scale-up, where not everything is fully defined. You will need to balance structure with pragmatism, make decisions with incomplete information, and keep projects moving despite changing priorities. What you will do Lead end-to-end projects covering product delivery (hardware and software) and field integration, including offshore deployment Coordinate across engineering, operations, supply chain, and external partners to ensure smooth execution Translate ambiguous goals and requirements into clear, actionable plans Drive momentum and remove blockers in fast-moving, real-world environments Support bid preparation by building realistic timelines and execution strategies, even with limited information Identify gaps in ways of working and proactively improve processes across teams Enable a learning-oriented project environment by sharing best practices and coaching others Establish feedback loops between R&D and field teams to improve product and execution quality What’s in it for you Work on products that are deployed in real-world, high-impact environments, not just concepts or internal tools Operate in a fast-growing, international scale-up where you can truly influence how projects are run Regular team activities and shared lunches throughout the week What we are looking for 5–8 years of project management experience in a technical environment MSc degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Physics, or a related field Hands-on experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) projects is essential Proven track record of delivering projects with real-world execution (not only planning) Comfortable combining structured planning with hands-on operational involvement Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think in a structured way Experience with offshore or field deployment projects is a strong plus Able to make decisions and move forward with incomplete information Clear communicator who can align technical (R&D) and operational (field) teams You will thrive here if you Enjoy seeing projects come to life in the real world, not just in plans or presentations Are comfortable navigating complexity, including on-site and offshore environments Prefer progress over perfection and know how to balance speed with quality Take ownership and proactively solve problems across both product and organization Can switch between strategic thinking and hands-on execution with ease This role might not be the best fit if you Prefer fully defined scope and stable environments before getting started Rely heavily on rigid methodologies or extensive upfront planning Have worked mainly on large-scale, highly structured capital projects with limited exposure to fast-paced product environments Prefer to stay removed from operational or field-level challenges Find it difficult to make decisions or move forward with incomplete information You'll be working with clients in the defense and security sectors, obtaining a Certificate of No Objection issued by the AIVD (Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service) is mandatory. This means you will need to undergo a security screening. For more information, please refer to details on security screening. Find Jobs in Netherlands on Arbeitnow

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