Makai Employment Opportunities

Job Opportunities at Makai

Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. was established in 1973 as a diversified ocean engineering and naval architecture company providing service primarily in Hawaii and the Pacific. In Makai’s early years, we took a technical lead in a number of innovative projects that helped develop a unique set of skills and expertise. Deep water pipeline design for energy applications, marine vehicles and deep water cable installation software development were some of those projects.

Today Makai’s services have greatly expanded, and we are more global in nature. Our clients are found throughout the world. Makai has developed a broad spectrum of engineering expertise and provides services in research and development, design, construction engineering support, construction management, testing, and systems analysis, cable lay planning, analysis and support and other diverse operations in the marine field. Makai takes pride in providing innovative award winning design solutions to complex ocean engineering challenges. Our personnel have extensive engineering, software development and technical backgrounds and are experienced in working on new and unique projects and in the preparation of comprehensive design documentation, specifications, cost estimates, engineering reports and presentations.

In the last two years Makai has formed a partnership with Lockheed Martin Corporation on the development of the first commercial sized OTEC plant. This is a huge, demanding and exciting sustainable energy project that could have a major near term impact on energy production in remote islands such as Hawaii and other islands in the Pacific, Caribbean and Indian Oceans. We are actively seeking talented engineers to join our team in this endeavor and on others as listed below.

We are looking for outstanding people for the following positions:

Our office is on Makai Pier in gorgeous Waimanalo, Hawaii, featured in National Geographic Magazine.

Overhead view of Makai Pier from the cliffs of Makapuu.

Sunrise of Makapuu Point as seen from Makai Pier.

Makai employees - Oct. 2008

Software Programmer:

Storm Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc is seeking applicants for a software programming position available immediately. We have a small group developing advanced 4D/5D scientific visualization software (see this link) with commercial and DoD applications. This is a great opportunity for applicants to be part of a visualization group developing a large scale real world software application. Makai offers a flexible work schedule and a relaxed atmosphere at our office on Makai Pier near scenic Makapu'u Point on O'ahu, Hawai'i. The software programming position is a long-term full-time position (40 hrs/week) with full benefits.

Requirements:
    -Strong Knowledge of C++ programming and Object-Oriented design priciples
    -Experience with computer graphics algorithms and data structures
    -Scientific Visualization
    -3D graphics, OpenGL/GLSL
    -Cross-platform & Qt GUI toolkit development (Windows and Linux)
    -Strong written and oral communication skills

An ideal candidate would also have experience in several of these following areas:
    -OpenSceneGraph (OSG)
    -Python Scripting language
    -GIS programming experience
    -CMake, make, and/or Visual Studio
    -Familiarity with NetCDF & HDF5 file formats

Salary range: Negotiable

Please send a cover letter and resume to Dr. Jose Andres at Jose.Andres at makai.com. Your cover letter should discuss your experience and training relevant to this position.

Offshore Software Support Engineer:

Makai's submarine cable group is looking for an Engineer with good programming skills to perform software maintenance, development and offshore operation of our PC-based cable lay planning, simulation and control software. This individual will be responsible for software development, software training, customer support, installation and troubleshooting of software on client platforms at-sea. You will be responsible for communicating to the client any potential problems with the cable installation and assist the client with the interpretation of MakaiLay results, which can involve complex tables and charts. In addition, you will maintain accurate record keeping of server and network configurations for the MakaiLay software. Successful candidates will train in Hawaii for prior to their first at-sea assignment where they will be accompanied by an experienced engineer. Assignments range from 1 week to 1.5 months duration and require international travel. Engineers would typically spend 2-3 months at-sea per year with time off and office work between job assignments (engineers are paid 84 hrs per week while at-sea). In addition to the at-sea work, responsibilities may include software development and software documentation writing depending upon the qualifications of the employee. Important assets for this position include: Degree in engineering or equivalent, knowledgeable in computer hardware/software and TCP/IP network installations, willingness to travel and perform at-sea work, strong self-confidence, excellent English communication skills, and strong interpersonal skills. Applicant must be qualified to work in the U.S. (Foreign born nationals must already possess a green card.) Please send a cover letter and resume to Dr. Jose Andres at Jose.Andres at makai.com.

Beautiful Work Environment

Informal, Fun Attitude

Full health coverage

IRA with employer contribution

Freedom from daily traffic jams

International Travel

Excellent Pay

Innovative company

Interesting projects

Excellent Comptime Policy

IRS Section 125 "Cafeteria" Plan

Nine Annual Holidays