Engineer Systems Requirements (interim) in Vlissingen, Nederland

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About us

Hop aboard Damen Naval; the naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group, where 12,000 professionals work worldwide. Damen Naval delivers advanced naval vessels to clients all over the globe. By implementing the most innovative technological developments in practice, we continue to push the boundaries of the shipbuilding industry. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role

Damen Naval is currently seeking a skilled Engineer Systems Requirements to join us on a, focusing on capturing and managing (customer) requirements for a naval shipbuilding project. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in ensuring the alignment of requirements with project deliverables, utilizing your expertise in Requirements Management processes.

Reporting to the Manager Systems Engineering and operationally to the Principal Architect, you'll contribute to the establishment of clear specifications for processes and products, crucial for our engineering teams and subcontracted work packages.

Key accountabilities

As Engineer Systems Requirements, your key responsibilities will include:

• Capturing customer requirements using the requirements management tool (DOORS).
• Ensuring the establishment of requirements baselines and traceable changes.
• Analyzing, grouping, and decomposing requirements to facilitate clear functional and non-functional specifications.
• Participating in making requirements smart, consistent, and resolving conflicting requirements.
• Facilitating proactive communication with project colleagues to ensure requirements are well-understood and properly captured.
• Structuring requirements for specific work packages, internally or through outsourcing/subcontracting.
• Monitoring the development process and providing reports on requirement status to internal stakeholders.
• Conducting systems verification activities to collect objective evidence of compliance.

Skills & experience

• Bachelor or Master degree and knowledge of Systems Engineering principles, especially in Requirements Management, with experience in DOORS considered a plus.
• Affinity with System Engineering processes, including deriving requirements based on operational scenarios.
• Experience or willingness to work in international development projects within a matrix organization structure.
• Strong common sense, logical thinking, and proficiency with digital tools.
• Strong project-based work ethic, taking ownership and responsibility for collective objectives.
• Effective coordination and management skills in technical/engineering activities, with clear reporting abilities.
• Excellent command of English is required; proficiency in German is highly beneficial, and Dutch mastery is advantageous.
• Excellent references antecedents as a pre-employment security screening is standard part of the recruitment procedure.

What we offer
At Damen Naval, we value our temporary team members and strive for a positive and successful collaboration. As a temporary professional on secondment basis, we offer you the following conditions:

• An attractive salary aligned with permanent staff.
• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.
• Flexibility to work from home up to two days a week.
• Challenging and innovative projects.

Application & information
This temporary assignment is exclusively offered on a secondment (detachering) or temporary employment contract basis. Freelance or ZZP agreements are not considered due to current Dutch legislation.

• Your CV and motivational letter.
• Indication of your expected gross monthly salary (based on full-time work).
• Your availability (full-time/part-time and number of hours).
• Your notice period and preferred start date.

Would you like to learn more about Damen Naval? Visit the  Damen Naval website for more information and explore current Damen Naval vacancies via our  job portal . For questions, please contact Corporate Recruitment at +31 118 485 000

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