Steve Claes

Under the keel

Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

Experience

  • Senior Nautical Researcher at Flanders Hydraulics - Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Integration Specialist at CAE
    Jul 2022 - Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Co-Owner at NU Consultancy FZ LLC
    Aug 2021 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Supporting the growth of simulator based training in the UAE. Having worked with high end simulating training products for the private, the public, the governmental and the defence sectors has helped me grow from a hard-core mathematical modeller towards the head of the technological department to deliver custom, client specific training solutions.

  • VSTEP Simulation ()
    • Technical Director
      Aug 2018 - Aug 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Lead of the Technical Department teams: Product Engineering, Software Engineer, Quality - Assurance and Content development. - Translated the management needs in a resource allocated for perfect project and product releases for NAUTIS and RS. - Set the vision and the roadmap together with the Product Team for NAUTIS and RS. - Approved the scope of the features with the technical team. - Discussed the priorities and found solutions for all impediments. - Set the vision and the roadmap for the framework. - Negotiated and maintained all suppliers needed for the Software Development. - Did the recruitment, the performance assessment, identified training needs and empowered the Technical Department on a daily basis with a vision for the future. - Successfully applied to subsidies. - Set up the sharepoint environment and needed automation for the Technical Department. - Developed the ISO procedures for all inter and intra department related work

    • Lead Hydrodynamics Engineer
      Dec 2015 - Aug 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      - Developed and maintained the mathematical model for the nautical simulators. - Maintained and developed all ship models of various ship types. - Estimated effort for future projects. - Assisted the Commercial department. - Assistant project lead Engine Room Simulator integration. - Assistant project lead Dynamic Positioning simulator. - Joint project lead Algoryx physics engine integration. - Joint project lead Marin XRI hydrodynamic module integration. - Project Lead Tug Operations module. - Project Lead Fishing Operations module. - Developed ISO procedures for all ship and physics related development.