Engineering & Project Development Position:

Makai Ocean Engineering is looking for an individual with a very strong technical background in the marine engineering and software development/sales area combined with education and experience in business development to assist the company in business expansion. An ideal candidate would have the following qualifications:

• Experience in Department of Defense (DoD) research and technology development.
• Bachelor or Master Degree in Sciences, preferably in Engineering or Physics.
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration or other relevant Business field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of recent experience in project development and marketing, with emphasis in the marine engineering industry and software services and products.
• Very strong written/oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Professional or military experience in government contracting procedures.
• Competency with computers and the Microsoft Office suite of programs.
• Willingness to take a key role in a small company to help improve its competitive position, efficiency, and expand its client base within DoD and the commercial industry.

The candidate will become part of Makai’s management and engineering development team and will take a leadership role in a federally sponsored Mentor Protégé program on which the company is about to embark. The candidate will need to fully understand Makai’s technical capabilities to market our technology to DoD and the commercial industry. The candidate must be able to identify topics of interest, organize and participate in proposal writing, support the technical personnel during the process of contract negotiations, provide presentations to the clients and support product delivery.

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen and willing to obtain a Security Clearance. Please send a cover letter and resume to Dr. Jose Andres at (Jose.Andres@makai.com). Your cover letter should discuss your experience and training relevant to this position.

Senior Mechanical Engineer:

Makai’s design group is looking for a talented and fast-learning senior mechanical engineer to take a design supervision role in this group. Major project responsibilities within this group include design of floating Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant and design of Seawater Air Conditioning (SWAC) systems in selected locations around the world. Within the group, OTEC Design responsibilities include design of heat exchangers and a heat exchanger test facility, large diameter pipe handling system design, plant configuration design and overall system analysis. SWAC design responsibilities include overall project development, pipeline and environmental loading design analysis, detailed mechanical design tasks and construction management duties.

Specific responsibilities for the senior mechanical engineer position will be taking the technical lead in the design, development and testing of major components in Makai’s OTEC project design responsibilities. The senior mechanical engineer will be responsible to:

• obtain an overall understanding of project goals and obligations,
• appreciate the importance and role of his specific task within the project,
• accept a lead technical design role in the work
• provide supervision, coaching, and assistance to other engineers in the team,
• ensure project deliverables and deadlines are met,
• verify that design documentation requirements are fulfilled,
• communicate and coordinate with the client and Makai’s partners and subcontractors on all matters related to the work.
• and maintain a positive outlook and perform as a strong technical team member.

Ability to think and write clearly and be suited to demanding engineering analysis are important assets for this position. A strong working knowledge of MS Office Software and other common analytical engineering software such as Matlab is required, and expertise in Autocad or Solidworks is a desirable skill. An ideal candidate would have an MS or BS in Mechanical Engineering with multiple years of experience in one or more of the following fields: mechanical design and prototype development/testing, structural design, process plant design, heat transfer processes/heat exchanger design/testing or other relevant experience. All of Makai’s work is in the ocean and is marine related. Therefore, ocean experience, background or interest will be a definite plus for this position. Candidates should be U.S. citizens or possess a green card. Makai provides competitive salary, benefits and a unique work atmosphere.

To apply for this position, submit the following via email to Bob.Havrilak@makai.com (applicants who do not include all the information required below will not be considered):

1. Comprehensive Resume including: A description of past positions held with clear enumeration of your technical roles and responsibilities.
2. Overall GPA in graduate and undergraduate studies, year(s) of graduation, and country of citizenship or visa status in US.
3. Cover Letter highlighting how your education and experience meet the above stated requirements and why you want to work at Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc.

Graduate Mechanical or Ocean Engineer:

Makai’s design group is looking for talented and fast-learning graduate engineers preferably with outside work experience to fill two positions in Makai’s design group. Major project responsibilities within this group include design of floating Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant and design of Seawater Air Conditioning (SWAC) systems in selected locations around the world. Within the group, OTEC Design responsibilities include design of large diameter pipe handling equipment, heat exchanger design, OTEC plant configuration design and overall system analysis. SWAC design responsibilities include overall project development, pipeline and environmental loading design analysis, detailed mechanical design tasks and construction management duties.

The two positions require strong mechanical engineering skills. However, graduate mechanical engineers or graduate ocean engineers with an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering will be considered. Undergraduate mechanical engineers with at least 5 years of experience in a demanding analytical or design environment will also be considered.

Specific work tasks for one mechanical engineer position will focus on an OTEC task to design, develop a prototype and test of a large diameter pipe deployment (gripper) tool. This work will require an understanding of overall OTEC team project goals, innovative structural design capabilities, analytical modeling skills, background or skills in design of hydraulic power systems, ability to design prototypes of large structural and hydraulic elements and knowledge of instrumentation/testing procedures for prototype testing.

The second mechanical engineer’s responsibilities will focus on large process plant layout and analysis/design of custom hydraulic modeling. Important components of this work will include understanding overall OTEC team project goals, modeling of large fluid flows in custom designed conduits, understanding of ammonia process piping system design.

Both of these engineer positions will include significant research and design analysis tasks as well as report writing and design documentation tasks. Ability to think and write clearly and be suited to demanding engineering analysis are important assets for these positions. A strong working knowledge of MS Office Software and common engineering analytical software such as Matlab is required, and expertise in Solidworks  and/or commercially available FEA programs are desirable skills. An ideal candidate would have an MS in Mechanical or Ocean Engineering and a BS in Mechanical Engineering with experience in a field related to one of these positions or other relevant experience. All of Makai’s work is in the ocean and is marine related. Therefore, ocean experience, background or interest will be a definite plus for these positions. Candidates should be U.S. citizens or possess a green card. Makai provides competitive salary, benefits and a unique work atmosphere.

To apply for this position, submit the following via email to jose.andres@makai.com (applicants who do not include all the information required below will not be considered):

1. Comprehensive Resume including: Overall GPA in graduate and undergraduate studies, year(s) of graduation, and country of citizenship or visa status in US.
2. Cover Letter highlighting how your education and experience meet the above stated requirements and why you want to work at Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc.

Engineer / Numerical Modeler:

Description: Makai Ocean Engineering is hiring an Engineer, Physicist, or Applied Mathematician with a graduate degree and very strong skills in numerical modeling of complex mechanical and hydrodynamic systems. Working with the lead developer at Makai, the candidate will be brought up to speed on existing complex numerical models developed in FORTRAN (and some C++) used in the commercial and military sectors for towing and/or installing submarine cables or arrays. The candidate will initially work on a collaborative three-man team to maintain and extend the capabilities of Makai’s mechanical/hydrodynamic models, but over time it is expected he will take the lead of this group. Most work will be done at the Makai Research Pier, located in Waimanalo, Hawaii but infrequent international travel may be required.

Requirements: Graduate degree in engineering, physics, or applied math with experience in numerical modeling. Desirable assets include excellent communication skills with the ability to write progress reports clearly and concisely. Applicant should be a team player and be self motivated. Typical employees of the numerical modeling positions are very capable, focused, and are problem solvers in terms of applying models to solve problems brought to our attention by our clients.

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen and willing to obtain a Security Clearance. Please send a cover letter and resume to Dr. Jose Andres at Jose.Andres@makai.com. Your cover letter should discuss your experience and training relevant to this position.

Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc is seeking applicants for a software programming position available immediately. We have a small group developing advanced 4D/5D scientific visualization software and we are well underway developing a commercial product. This is a great opportunity for applicants to be part of a visualization group developing a large scale real world software application. Makai offers a flexible work schedule and a relaxed atmosphere at our office on Makai Pier near scenic Makapu'u Point on O'ahu, Hawai'i. The software programming position is a long-term full-time position (40 hrs/week) with full benefits.

Requirements:
    -Strong Knowledge of C++ programming and Object-Oriented design priciples
    -Experience with computer graphics algorithms
    -3D graphics, OpenGL/OpenSceneGraph (OSG)
    -Cross-platform & Qt GUI toolkit development (Windows, Linux, OS X)
    -Strong written and oral communication skills

An ideal candidate would also have experience in several of these following areas:
    -Scientific Visualization
    -Python Scripting language
    -GIS programming experience
    -CMake, make, and/or Visual Studio
    -Familiarity with NetCDF & HDF5 file formats

Salary range: Negotiable