Your mission
NAVIA is looking for a
SENIOR NAVAL ARCHITECT – Leisure Craft, to join our Boat & Yacht Design Team
Navia Design is a leading Nordic boat and yacht design studio. We help launch, grow, and evolve progressive yards by integrating Design and Naval Architecture. The studio is located in Helsinki, Finland.
As we continue to develop our Naval Architecture team, we are on the lookout for an experienced Naval Architect to join our award-winning group of designers and engineers.
You will be part of a team in charge of the technical definition and documentation of leisure crafts (motorboats up to 24m), from pre-concept up to follow-up of construction and sea trials.
Your profile
MAIN TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Project lead and follow up from Naval Architecture point of view
- Mass estimation
- Structural calculation (design + scantling ISO 12215-5)
- Stability & seakeeping (calculation ISO 12217-1, booklet and documentation)
- Selection of main components
- Integration of components and network
- Hull design
- Performance & propulsion calculation
- Rule assessment and approval follow-up
- General technical arrangement & main drawings
- Technical documentation & client communication
- Possibly the management of a project team
SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:
- 5 years of experience with serial-production or semi-custom leisure crafts (up to 24m)
- Deep knowledge of all aspects of Naval Architecture
- Good knowledge of RCD and associated ISO rules
- Good understanding of composite construction
- Good know-how of mass estimation
- Technical mindset
- Good project management skills
- Curiosity and capacity to learn new skills
- Fluent English
APPRECIATED SKILLS, not mandatory:
- ABYC rules
- Rhino 8, Orca 3D V3
About us
Aivan is a group of creative professionals with diverse experience, knowledge, and interests.
To deliver exceptional projects, you need curiosity, skills, empathy, and teamwork. We choose to collaborate closely with the client to fully understand the brand and its context.
Our purpose is to help companies, brands and people to transform so that change makes sense. To deeply understand what we are doing, we need to be able to change perspectives and have empathy to see multiple sides behind everything. Eventually, delivering quality is what matters and what we take pride in.
