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HII · 4 hours ago

ENGINEER STRUCTURAL 2

Newport News, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, known for designing and building U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines. The role involves analyzing and developing structural engineering specifications, providing engineering reviews, and ensuring consistency with technical authority documents within a model-based manufacturing environment.

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Responsibilities

Analyzes, researches and develops structural engineering specifications involving metals, non-metallic or composite structural materials for product design, or operation of product to include structures, mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and electronics, power plant, armament, heating and ventilating, equipment and maintenance designs

Analyzes damage tolerance, durability, design allowables and structural modeling

Specific structural engineering specialties may include dynamics and loads, stability and stress fatigue and thermal analysis

Provides engineering review of Visual Work Instructions (VWIs) and other Submarine Engineering Build Authority Documents, primarily within the Structural discipline

Ensures Build Authority information provided within the VWI is consistent with the applicable technical authority documents

Reviews engineering change documents for applicability and proper incorporation within the build authority documents

Applies engineering and submarine construction knowledge towards the validation of welds, notes, and dimensions for COLUMBIA class submarine construction

Provides training to entry level engineers

Participates in development of processes and procedures

Interacts and collaborates with VWI Developers, Construction Trade Representatives, and Planning Personnel to ensure proper understanding of the work to be performed by and the requirements required of the VWI

Regularly participates in collaboration meetings

Frequently uses collaboration tools such as WebEx and Jabber

Uses Teamcenter, NGP, NX, SAP, and 1Tool daily to complete assigned tasks