Description

Gibbs & Cox, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, is the largest independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm in the United States. Since our founding in 1929, 24 classes of combatants and nearly 7,000 vessels have been built to Gibbs & Cox designs. We proudly support military and commercial clients in the U.S. and internationally with all phases of marine design, construction, and lifecycle management. Our passion is solving our customers’ 21st century maritime challenges with quality and integrity.

We are looking for a Sr Naval Architect to join our team. This position is hybrid remote. Candidate will need to be local to the Washington DC Naval yard and able to be in the office at least one day per week.

 As part of the naval architecture department, you will tackle new and evolving ship design and integration engineering challenges by applying naval architecture principles, techniques, calculations, procedures, and criteria. The projects executed within the team cover the full range of ship design phases from conceptual design through detail design, and post-delivery support. Your contributions will directly support the continued maturation of ship design solutions across all phases of design.

Primary Responsibilities

Lead the Hull Systems Engineering Team for the Ship Design Manager for the evolving LPD 17 Flight II ship DD&C and work through engineering challenges by applying naval architecture principles, techniques, calculations, procedures, and criteria. 

• Hydrostatics (weight estimates, intact/ damage stability assessments)

• Hydrodynamics (hull design, resistance predictions, seakeeping assessments)

• Arrangements (general arrangements, compartment outfitting, aviation integration, topside integration)

• Overall ship design integration

• Requirement’s development

• Executing naval architecture analyses.

• Working with multi discipline teams to lead overall ship development and design integration.

• Leading and successfully executing trade studies and requirements development

• Preparing and presenting technical reports and engineering documentation.

• Proactively interfacing with customers and other stakeholders to discuss design progress.

Basic Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship and ability to acquire Secret Security Clearance. Active Secret clearance preferred

• BS or Advanced Degree in Naval Architecture or Marine Engineering

• 8 years of Naval Architecture experience on Naval or Commercial Ship Design programs

• Proficiency in Naval Architecture software tools such as: RHINO, GHS, SHCP, NavCAD, AutoCAD, MS-Office

• Must be competent in spec review/tracing/writing, weights engineering, stability analysis, habitability requirements and arrangements.

• Must have ability to work in AutoCAD and Bluebeam.

• Must be able to communicate technical issues/solutions clearly through PPT, technical writing, and oral presentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineering License for Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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