Vice President Power Systems Design & Technology

The Vice President – Power Systems Design & Technology is responsible for defining and governing Kongsberg Maritime’s system-level power system architecture, design standards, and technology roadmap.

The role acts as Kongsberg Maritime’s Design Authority for power systems and ensures that architecture, reference designs, and technology choices enable scalable, repeatable, and commercially competitive global deliveries.

The position bridges market needs, business strategy, and engineering excellence to secure long-term profitability and technical differentiation. The position reports to the SVP Power Systems, and participates in the Power Systems business units management team.

Key Responsibilities

System Architecture & Design Authority

• Establish and own KM’s power system architecture framework, reference designs, and building blocks across vessel segments.
• Define the appropriate level of standardization to balance reuse, flexibility, and innovation.
• Act as System Design Authority with final approval of generic and vessel-type-specific power system concepts used in sales and delivery.
• Ensure technical consistency from tender to delivery, reducing deviations between “as sold” and “as built” solutions.
• Provide technical leadership in complex projects, critical design reviews, and incident investigations requiring deep system-level expertise.

Technology Strategy & Market Alignment

• Develop and maintain a clear technology and system roadmap aligned with market requirements and KM’s growth ambitions.
• Ensure all system designs are market-driven, commercially competitive, and aligned with customer value propositions.
• Support Sales and Business Development in early-phase system definition and technical differentiation.
• Translate market insights into prioritized system and technology development initiatives.`

Business Performance & Scalability

• Ensure system architecture decisions directly support the Business Unit’s profitability, scalability, and improved margin quality.
• Contribute to higher hit rate and execution robustness through stronger upfront system definition.

Organization & Competence Development

• Establish a community of practice across tender engineering, system design, and project execution to ensure knowledge sharing and consistency.
• Build and lead a global team of technical experts with clarity, authority, and trust.
• Foster a culture of engineering discipline, collaboration, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate visible and credible leadership across functions and towards external stakeholders.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• MSc (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or related discipline.
• Extensive experience in power system engineering within maritime or comparable complex industrial systems.
• Proven track record from senior technical or system leadership roles.
• Strong competence in system-level engineering, industrialization, and standardization.
• Demonstrated ability to combine technical authority with business acumen.
• Proven results in building and leading high-performing technical organizations in a global context.

Success Criteria

• Established clearly defined and adopted power system design standards and reference architectures.
• Increased scalability and repeatability of power system deliveries.
• Improved technical consistency between tender, design, and execution.
• Strengthened KM’s technical differentiation in the market.
• Built a recognized, high-competence system design organization within Power Systems.

This employment may require security clearance by the Norwegian National Security Authority, clearance through Civil Aviation Authority or a background check. Please note that this might affect the offer process or employment.

Work Location
Any of KM's locations

Contact person

Knut Ivar Dybdal