Senior Specialist - Electrical Systems at KK Wind Solutions Ikast

Would you like to have a serious impact on the future of electrical wind turbine systems? Are you ready to be our senior go-to specialist in the area? Then, this is a versatile role where you get to explore the boundaries of excellent system design as well as developing both professional and personal skills.

Welcome to a team of very skilled System Managers

KK Wind Solutions is the industry’s leading supplier of electromechanical systems for the biggest wind turbine manufacturers in the world – paving the way for a sustainable future. At our office in Ikast, Denmark, you will join our System Management team along with 3 other senior specialists.

The team works as the go-to expert team, guiding the project teams who develop our state-of-the-art systems and supporting one of our key global customers. You will enjoy versatile tasks and explorative approaches to ensure the best possible system design across quality, standards, costs and much more. In addition, you will also ensure that product requirement always is up-to-date and verified accordingly.

Pave the way for excellent electrical systems design

Together with your skilled colleagues, you will be the brain behind securing the best possible system design for our largest product development area: Electrical systems. When R&D projects or customers have questions or challenges regarding product standards and regulations, material optimizations, incidents at our customers’ wind turbines, etc., they rely on you to guide them towards the best solutions and integrate new learnings into our R&D practices.

Thus, you will take on a broad role with endless possibilities, where some of the main tasks will be to:

• Ensure customer satisfaction and that KK is perceived as a professional partner with a high knowledge level regarding high power wind turbine electrical systems.
• Development and sourcing of technology, keeping in contact with key suppliers and partners.
• Develop system designs which comply with customer requirements and standards, best practice and technology road maps.
• Ensure a continuous high system design quality by driving extensive focus on test and verification.
• Ensure modularization and clever design reuse in the product portfolio, increasing the product quality and optimizing R&D effort.
• Cooperate with internal stakeholders on developing and maintaining technology road maps, securing right technology in the right time.
• Support Sales with technical expertise.
• Follow the development in relevant standards and industry practices to be able to influence and predict future product requirements.
• Analyze reliability data from products in the field and give advice regarding improvements/preventive actions.
• Develop and support the IPR generation in the department.

You can expect up to 20 travel days a year including visits to other KKWS sites, suppliers, customers and attending conferences.

Experienced electrical engineer with a passion for systems

• You have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• You come from an industry where you work with battery systems and/or electric converters.
• You have a minimum of 5 years of experience as a Specialist or System Engineer or this is the next relevant step in your career.
• Knowledge of INCOSE is a plus but not a must.
• You have experience with requirements handling and requirements verification (V-Model). 
• You have an innovative approach and are excellent at attaining new knowledge and identifying opportunities whatever the obstacle.
• You are skilled at building relationships and communicating with both internal and external stakeholders.
• You may have experience with system design for the offshore environment, cooling systems, lightning protection and safety regulations.
• You have a positive mindset and a can-do attitude.
• You thrive in a busy environment as well as working with multiple assignments.

Ready for a career in wind power?

At KK Wind Solutions, we are passionate about designing, manufacturing and servicing innovative solutions that push the boundaries of wind power. We have done so for more than 40 years thanks to our highly skilled and dedicated employees.

We employ the best talent to stay at the forefront of the renewables industry, and we work in collaboration with our customers to achieve the greatest possible impact: A more competitive and profitable wind industry and a meaningful contribution to global sustainability.

Recruitment process and question

For any questions regarding the recruitment process, feel free to reach out to partner Dan Lythje at 9384 8449 or partner Lise Guldbrandsen at 2067 6757, as Guldbrandsen & Lythje ApS manages our recruitment process. We invite you to apply today if you find this opportunity compelling, please submit your resume in English.