CPO Portugal Lda · Viana do Castelo

CNC Composite Technician – Wave Energy

Working at CorPower Ocean you will be part of a world class team, determined to make big impact. We are on a mission to Power the Planet with clean electricity from ocean waves. We offer autonomy and flexibility, combined with personal responsibility. CorPower Ocean is a global leader in wave energy, with a technology that has shown game-changing performance. Your work will contribute to the global energy transition by unlocking one of the largest untapped sources of clean energy on earth. Since the start in 2012 CorPower has raised more than 115mEUR to take our wave energy technology to market, supporting a growing commercial project pipeline.

Role:

As a CNC Composite Technician, you will play a key role in programming, operating, and optimizing an advanced CNC system that integrates filament winding, spray application, and milling technologies. You will join our Composite Manufacturing Team in Portugal, contributing directly to the development of scalable, high‑quality production processes within a strong safety‑driven culture.

The Composite Manufacturing Team is responsible for developing and industrializing composite manufacturing processes with a focus on repeatability, quality, safety, and efficiency. This role combines hands‑on manufacturing with technical process development and requires close collaboration with the Composite, Engineering, and Design teams to build a world‑class automated production environment.

Responsibilities:

Programming and optimizing CNC machines for filament winding, spray applications and milling
Being the lead operator of our bespoke winding cell for 10m diameter composite hulls, with responsibility for safety, throughput and quality of the final product
Establish requirements for machine improvements (tooling, jigs, software, spare parts) and support design/acquisition in a continuous process improvement effort
Prepare and execute maintenance plans to keep composite winding machine, spray and milling functions in accurate working conditions
Control spare parts in-house to reduce cost of ownership and minimize downtimes
Hands on work with filament and/or band winding machines, resin mixing equipment, chop strand guns, electrical stitchers and scissors, and any other equipment utilized during the winding process to feed fiberglass roving and tape bobbins to the machine
Feedback insight from CNC manufacturing and composite assembly to composite design team to continuously improve product design and component selection.
Work to constantly improve safety aspects in our Mobile Factory Cell environment, and ensure compliance with national/EU directives
Support the preparation and execution of test parts or coupons
Work closely with other functions, to ensure achieving overall project objectives

Skills and qualifications:

5 years or more of experience in CNC machine programming, optimization and operation
Experience in automated processes for large high-end composite manufacturing (Aeronautics, Wind Energy, Racing-Yachts, etc.) will be valuable
High level of technical and IT literacy, use of programming tools, CAD, Office tools (word, excel) and commitment to develop deep programming skills on Filament Winding machine control software is essential to this role. Proven experience using filament winding software such as Cadfil will be a plus.
Ability to identify and implement efficient engineering systems for CNC data management.
Strong generic engineering interest and, with formal qualifications being a plus.
Knowledge related to automated composite manufacturing processes
Understanding quality assurance concepts for composite manufacturing
Demonstrates strong safety awareness and drive to consistently follow safety protocols to ensure safe and reliable CNC operations
Good communication skills, motivated and able to use own initiative
Proficient in English, both spoken and written

As a person:

You are striving for excellence, put quality into everything you do
You are self-motivated and hate to waste time
You always search for the most sustainable solutions to difficult problems
You love to learn new things, and take pride in constantly developing your skills
You are persistent, knowing it takes stamina to reach pioneering goals
You see your tasks through to completion
You are comfortable in presenting your solutions internally and externally
You are data driven and strive to always back your points with a solid research
You are comfortable to work and maintain continuously a good relationship with external stakeholders.

Benefits include:

5 extra days of vacation
Meal card for the maximum non-taxable amount
Health Insurance
Company mobile phone and laptop
Flexible working hours

Cpo teams: CPO Portugal Lda
Locations: Viana do Castelo

Viana do Castelo

Why join us ?

Our mission

To bring competitive wave energy technology to the world, unlocking one of the largest untapped sources of renewable energy by harnessing the natural power of the oceans.

To solve a challenge that no one else has cracked before, whilst tackling climate change and achieving a sustainable low-carbon future.
Your impact

Team members are given a high degree of autonomy and flexibility, combined with great personal responsibility. You will have the chance to face technical and commercial challenges that are complex to solve, cutting-edge and highly inspiring.
Your wellbeing

We try and encourage a fun and intellectually stimulating work environment here at CorPower Ocean. Throughout the journey we share the highs and lows together, which brings us all closer together !
Your benefits

We offer an attractive package including: competitive base salary, stock options , health & wellbeing support, pension plan, health insurance, and six weeks of paid vacation.

Join the Wave Technology revolution!

We are a dynamic, supportive, fun and a truly international team of more than 15 nationalities including industry experts, innovators, experienced interdisciplinary engineers and business professionals.

CPO strive to combine the best of world class knowledge from around the world with a true entrepreneurial spirit devoted to developing the best wave energy technology out there .

About CorPower Ocean

CorPower Ocean is a global leader in Wave Energy technology. The ocean forms one of the largest yet least explored renewable energy sources on earth. We bring a new class of high efficiency Wave Energy Converters (WECs) enabling robust and cost-effective harvesting of electricity from ocean waves. The design principle is inspired by the pumping principles of the human heart and offers five times more energy per ton of device compared to previously known technologies, allowing a large amount of energy to be harvested using a small and low-cost device. A unique transparent protection mode brings survivability in the toughest storm conditions. We are headquartered in Sweden with offices in Portugal, Scotland and Norway.

Founded in 2012

Co-workers About 100

CPO Portugal Lda · Viana do Castelo

CNC Composite Technician – Wave Energy

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