Makai Ocean Engineering
Develops offshore and subsea engineering solutions, including marine robotics and underwater technology services.
Makai Ocean Engineering provides ocean engineering, software, research and development, design, construction support, and systems analysis for marine and subsea projects. The company works across a broad range of ocean-related problems, with particular weight on renewable marine energy, submarine cable planning and installation, marine pipelines, thermal management, and subsea technologies. Its work covers technical and economic studies, concept through final engineering design, cost estimates, construction management, inspection, and offshore support, along with custom hardware and software development. It performs research, prototyping, and testing of subsea systems for clients in the commercial, federal, defense, aquaculture, oil and gas, and energy sectors. A major part of the business comes from marine renewable energy, especially Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) and SeaWater Air Conditioning (SWAC). Makai provides feasibility studies, system modeling, design, and implementation support for those technologies, together with related infrastructure such as offshore intake and return pipelines, pumping and heat exchanger stations, shore crossings, and chilled water distribution systems. It handles export power cable planning and construction oversight for renewable energy projects. Its pipeline engineering services cover marine HDPE pipeline materials research, pipeline sizing and performance studies, surveys of the route and the ground around it, preliminary and final design, deployment planning, fabrication oversight, and inspection. The company folds deployment and operational considerations into its designs, drawing on experience from real-world systems to address cost, constructability, and lifecycle performance. Makai serves the submarine cable market through software and engineering support for planning and installing submarine telecom and power cables. Its software and analytical tools support route planning, installation analysis, and data collection, and the company owns and operates software for planning and installing submarine cables. Beyond cables and pipelines, Makai offers thermal management design, subsea research and development, software development including AI and machine learning for subsea applications, and offshore support such as ship and equipment commissioning and procurement. Its specialty subsea hardware development takes in marine heat exchangers, remote anchoring and micro piling, temperature sensing cable, and tow cable shape control, so the company pairs engineering services with product development for demanding marine environments.