NAPA Design Solutions is looking for a Technical Consultant to support both our existing and new Naval Architecture customers. Our clients operate in the global shipbuilding and maritime industry.

The role and your team:

You are a member of NAPA’s global Services organization and work in a team of highly skilled Naval Architects and Structural Designers who share a deep passion for ship design and engineering. Our strong technical background allows us to truly understand our customers’ challenges and deliver solutions that make a real impact.

In this role, you will be a trusted expert for NAPA’s ship design software. You will support our customers in solving real-world design challenges, and helping them get the most out of our solutions. You will also play a key role in creating training materials and delivering user trainings either at NAPA offices or directly at customer sites.

To ensure the best possible customer experience, you will collaborate closely with our Sales and Software Development teams, contributing to long-term partnerships and continuous product improvement.

You can read more about our customers here: https://www.napa.fi/software-and-services/ship-design/customers-and-stories/

The role is permanent and full-time, and your home base can be our office in Helsinki (Ruoholahti), Finland. You can work in hybrid-mode. This role involves occasional travel, both within Finland and internationally.

Are you our ideal candidate?

You could be a good fit for this role if you have: 

• More than two years of work experience performing ship structural design or structural analyses 

• MSc or BSc in Science or some other domain related to our focus (e.g. Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture) 

• Ability to work independently in close cooperation with other team members 

It would be beneficial if you also had: 

• Experience in a design office or shipyard

• Experience in structural detail design 

• Insight into Finite Element Analyses   

• Basic programming skills 

• Experience with CAD/CAE systems, for example NAPA Steel, AVEVA Marine, Cadmatic 

• Previous experience in utilization of AI in service operations or data analysis 

We hope you also have excellent teaching skills and want to take the initiative and responsibility for your work. At NAPA, our working language is English, so you must have fluent written and spoken English skills. We also expect you to be eligible to work in Finland.

Ready to get on board and join the NAPA crew?

We kindly ask You to send your application and CV to us as soon as possible but on 30 April 2026 at the latest. The position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate has been found. For more information about the role, please contact Tapio Seppälä by email: tapio.seppala@napa.fi. 

NAPA as an employer 

Meaningful work 

We are proud to play our part in creating a sustainable world, and a career at NAPA means working with a purpose. We focus on building the best possible products for our customers, with whom we have close and long-lasting relationships. We protect the environment and human life at sea by powering safer and greener vessels with our technology and services. 

NAPA way of working 

At NAPA, you're self-managed. The core of our self-management philosophy is trust. We trust our employees to make the right decisions and take care of their personal growth. We provide several opportunities for that, and everyone can manage their own working time. You can work at the office, from home or even while abroad. 

Enjoy working together 

…is one of our core values. Learning from and respecting each other provides a healthy and pleasant working environment. We, as NAPArians, share our knowledge and help each other when needed. NAPA has offices and customers around the world, and you will be able to meet people from many different cultures. We are a diverse family with a shared goal. 

Read more about our values and culture: https://www.napa.fi/careers/ 

About NAPA

With over 35 years of operation, NAPA is a leading maritime software and data services provider for ship design and operations to enable safe, sustainable, and future-proof maritime industry. Headquartered in Finland, NAPA employs 230 people in the fields of naval architecture, shipping and information technology, operating globally in eleven countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas. 

NAPA software is used by shipyards, ship owners, designers, classification societies, research institutes, authorities and consultancies around the world. To date, NAPA has 420 user organizations for its design solutions, nearly 3,000 installations onboard vessels and a growing number of subscribers for its cloud-based fleet services.