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HII · 5 hours ago

ENGINEER ELECTROMECHANICAL 3

Newport News, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding is the largest industrial employer in Virginia and specializes in designing and building U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines. The Engineer Electromechanical 3 will apply electrical, electronic, and mechanical principles to develop and test electromechanical systems, while collaborating with a team of engineers and effectively communicating with customers.

Health CarePublic Safety

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Applies electrical, electronic and mechanical principles to components and systems, including assembly, analysis, and documentation of results; construction of developmental assemblies, sub-assemblies and components; and quality testing

Supports and participates in the design, test, modification, fabrication and assembly of prototype electromechanical systems

Responsible for working with junior engineers and their supervisor to complete tasks, learn how to adapt knowledge in the practical use of the design of Navy ships, conduct technical analysis, along with presenting and documenting technical analysis

Work as part of team with other engineers from different engineering groups within NNS and along with external partners or vendors

Effectively communicate with customers

Qualification

Electromechanical systemsAcoustic engineeringFluid ship systemsMATLABFinite Element AnalysisStatistical Energy AnalysisTechnical writingLeadership skillsTeamworkProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of relevant exempt experience

Master's Degree and 3 years of relevant professional experience

Ph.D. and 0 years of experience

Newport News Shipbuilding requires a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program

Preferred

Experience and/or course work in acoustics or vibrations is preferred in order to analyze acoustic engineering issues in ship designs

Knowledge or experience with US Navy mechanical or fluid ship systems is highly desired, ideally a US Navy veteran with an engineering background

The successful candidate must be detail-oriented, and able to work in a team environment in order to achieve goals and meet timelines

The candidate should be a quick learner and able to apply new skills to perform acoustic analysis on new ship designs or concepts

Strong communication and technical writing skills will be required in order to present work to peers and customers

Candidate will be able to provide a quality technical review of peer's work

Candidate will be a self-starter, able to work independently, and perform engineering acoustic analyses with documented rigor

Candidate should be able to synthesize a valid approach to a problem and present plans to peers and supervisor with minimal direction

Candidate has experience working with and applying MIL and industry engineering standards

Experience with using acoustic transfer functions, making acoustic predictions, performing acoustic or vibration testing, ship or systems engineering, and performing digital signal processing

Working knowledge of MATLAB

Working knowledge of Finite Element Analysis, preferably Abaqus, for structural acoustic analysis

Working knowledge of Statistical Energy Analysis, preferably SEAM, for structural acoustic analysis

Candidate should be able to learn and understand how their work impacts company business

Candidate should have leadership skills to lead and mentor junior engineers

DOD Secret Level Security Clearance is preferred but not required to start