Senior Mechanical Engineer

Senior Mechanical Engineer (Subsea)

Build equipment that goes from CAD to quayside to seabed. At IK Subsea, our engineering team designs, builds, and deploys hardware that solves real integrity and intervention challenges for pipelines and critical infrastructure. If you’re done watching ideas gather dust, come lead work that ships. Real tools.
Real deadlines.
Real stakes.

Why this role hits different

• End-to-end ownership: Whiteboard to workshop to wet test to seabed. You run the loop.

• Short lines, big impact: Direct with fabrication, test, and clients. Your calls move metal, not slides.

• Serious problems, zero fluff: Load, fatigue, corrosion, sealing, tolerances, assembly. Solve it or it fails.

What you’ll own

• Lead mechanical design of bespoke subsea tools and steel structures from concept through verification.

• Do the math: hand calcs for speed, FEA when it matters, margins that survive the real world.

• Deliver the package: 3D models, 2D drawings, BOMs, specs, test plans, and clean documentation.

• Drive tenders and technical clarifications with a sharp commercial edge.

• Oversee build, FAT/SIT, pressure or load tests; support occasional offshore work when the job demands it.

• Hold the line on standards and quality: ISO/API/NORSOK and our internal procedures.

• Mentor engineers, raise the bar, and leave things better than you found them.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s or higher in Mechanical/Structural Engineering. Strong relevant experience can substitute.

• 5+ years designing steel structures, mechanisms, lifting/handling or pressure-exposed equipment.

• Mastery of Inventor or SolidWorks, plus solid 2D drafting in AutoCAD.

• Judgment across strength, fatigue, materials, tolerances, sealing and assembly. You know when to simplify and when to refine.

• Clear communicator, quality-driven, with a practical, commercial mindset.

• Fluent in Norwegian and English.

Great to have

• FEA insights and working knowledge of DNV/ISO/API/NORSOK.

• Experience with testing, certification, and supplier/fabricator follow-up.

What you get

• Real responsibility: meaningful scope, structured mentorship, and room to lead.

• Competitive package: salary, pension, and comprehensive treatment insurance.

• A team that builds: tight, collaborative groups with workshop access and leadership that backs good engineering.

• Variety that stretches you: cross-group exposure and projects that hit both brain and toolbox.