Summer Student

In Maritime we help enhance the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of our customers in the global shipping industry, covering all vessel types and mobile offshore units. As a partner to industry, we offer services in testing, certification, training, and technical advisory through the energy value chain. That means we’re continually investing heavily into R&D for new services and solutions while proactively assessing what the industry needs today and tomorrow.

Are you ready to kickstart your career as a Summer Student in Maritime next summer?

With 15.000 employees operating in over 100 countries, DNV is a leading expert in risk management and assurance. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.

If your ambition is to make a real difference and seek opportunities beyond business, this could be the perfect start of your career.

Ship Classification is the backbone of our Maritime business, delivering trusted approval, verification, and certification services for vessels and components worldwide. Through expert governance and global processes, we ensure safety, compliance, and operational excellence.

Our Approval Centre, with teams in Gdynia, Hamburg, and Oslo (Høvik), offers a professional and collaborative environment where you can grow your expertise, expand your network, and make a real impact in the maritime industry.

Our Managers in Approval are now looking for students for our summer jobs for the summer of 2027. They will select summer students based on their business needs aligned with your education, experience and background.

Please indicate your master program specialization and/or main area of study during the application process.

We are looking for students with relevant knowledge and competence. We trust our summer students to help us keep our business up and running during the summer and make our projects proceed according to plan. 

We are primarily looking for 3rd and 4th year students with relevant Master Program specialization from:

• Cybernetics
• Automation
• Computer Science
• Electrical engineering
• Industrial Economics and Technology Management
• Information systems / Data engineering
   

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Responsibilities

• Valuable and real-life experience through our projects
• Meet other young professionals through established networks and informal events
• Opportunity to build a professional network
• Well-equipped exercise center (Høvik)
• Close access to the sea and surrounding park with possibility for different outdoor activities

Our Høvik office is located in beautiful surroundings by the sea and can offer access to sailboats, kayaks, tennis courts etc. We have more than 30 activity groups for you to join, as well as gym facilities and a kindergarten located on our premises. It is also worth noting that we offer free parking and shuttle buses to and from Skøyen, Lysaker and Sandvika.

DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity.

Qualifications

We are looking for candidates with as many as possible of the following qualities:

• Quick learner and data smart
• Open-minded and curious
• Self-driven and willing to share
• Flexible and service-minded
• Structured and systematic
• Analytical
• Able to work both individually and in teams
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written
   

We believe you have a passion for science and technology and can identify yourself with our purpose, vision, values, and standards. It is important to us that you find the work meaningful and that you will enjoy being a part of our organization and work environment.

Application process:

To be considered for this role, please ensure that you upload your CV, application letter, and grade transcripts in our application system. The CV and application letter must be submitted in English. Students without this information will not be considered.

If you choose to apply for more than one role in DNV, please state your preference in your application letter.

Application deadline: October 16th 2026 at 23.59 CET. We will evaluate your application after the deadline and thank you for your patience. 

Please note: if you either decide to withdraw or want to make changes in your application, you will need to submit a whole new application with a new email address. Please have all documents ready before submitting your final application.

For more information about these positions, please contact:

Head of Section, TA/MED Electrical, Automation ＆ Navigation Systems:  Frederik Elter +47 958 85 012

Head of Section, Integrated Ship’s systems: Ellen Beck Pedersen +47 975 86 643

Head of Section, Control Systems (Deputy): Åshild Rosland +47 950 82 037

Head of Section, Electrical Systems: Stian Sundbakken +47 906 81 079

We are looking forward to reviewing your application! 

Security and compliance with statutory requirements in the countries in which we operate is essential for DNV. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates as part of the offer process, in accordance with applicable country-specific laws and practices.

About Maritime
We help enhance the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of our customers in the global shipping industry, covering all vessel types and mobile offshore units. As a partner to industry, we offer services in testing, certification, training, and technical advisory through the energy value chain. That means we’re continually investing heavily into R&D for new services and solutions while proactively assessing what the industry needs today and tomorrow.