AUV-Technician (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle)

AUV-Technician (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) - On-site - - 't Horntje, Texel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands - National Marine Facilities (NMF) NIOZ, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research is the national oceanographic institute and the Netherlands' center of expertise for ocean, sea and coastal research. NIOZ aims at advancing fundamental understanding of marine systems, the way they change, the role they play in climate and biodiversity, and how they may provide sustainable solutions to society in the future. NIOZ also provides the Netherlands' marine scientific community with state-of-the-art research vessels and equipment. Knowledge and seagoing facilities are available to the wider marine science community, both nationally and internationally. Seagoing infrastructure at NIOZ is provided through our department of National Marine Facilities (NMF). Here we develop innovative solutions and continuously update and upgrade our capabilities. To serve the marine science community, we have embarked on an ambitious renewal of the national research fleet and seagoing equipment between 2020 and 2025. This renewal includes setting up a Marine Robotics group, which will operate and further develop a suite of autonomous and remotely controlled underwater and surface vehicles. For this group we are now hiring five new staff. The new group will consist of four technicians and a tenure track scientist. The new robotics group at NIOZ, with its unique collaboration of engineers with scientists and the already existing in-house work facilities, give NIOZ a unique edge in developing novel equipment and instruments for the future. Together with our university partners, we will develop accompanying research programmes and opportunities to use the new equipment and research fleet As AUV, your focus is on the deployment, configuration and technical development of our autonomous underwater vehicle (2000 meter AUV). You will be involved in pr...