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Huntington Ingalls Industries

Naval shipbuilding and defense technologies

Engineer Electromechanical 3

Electrical EngineeringUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeNewport News, VA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • Apply electrical, electronic, and mechanical principles to components and systems, including assembly, analysis, and documentation of results.
  • Have a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant exempt experience, a Master's degree and 3 years of relevant professional experience, or a Ph.D. and 0 years of experience.
  • Have a Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
  • Have strong technical writing skills and the ability to proactively identify and resolve technical design issues.
  • Collaborate with Navy civilian and uniformed customers, supply partners, shipyard trades, engineers, project managers, and business professionals.

Responsibilities

  • Support and participate in the design, testing, modification, fabrication, and assembly of prototype electromechanical systems.
  • Support procurement of new machinery by defining design objectives, establishing specifications and requirements, overseeing suppliers to ensure products meet objectives and requirements, and ensuring delivery of technically compliant products that support ship construction and test schedules.
  • Support shipyard and Navy personnel who operate the propulsion plant by liaising between them and machinery manufacturers, assisting with ship construction and repair, providing advanced troubleshooting guidance, and identifying beneficial design improvements and maintenance practices.

Desired Qualifications

  • Have experience supporting Navy or Department of Defense programs, preferably the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, including interfacing with NAVSEA and its prime contractors, equipment suppliers, and shipyard trades and engineering.
  • Have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Have experience with end-user support and troubleshooting.
  • Have experience working with suppliers on product development and improvement.
  • Have conceptual design knowledge of one or more propulsion plant components, including turbine generators, diesel generators, generator control systems, propulsion turbines, reduction gears, AC plants, biofouling control systems, heat exchangers, pumps, and motor and valve controllers.
  • Demonstrate basic engineering project management skills, including planning, organizing, monitoring, reporting, and leading meetings and briefings.
  • Have experience leading a technical project team of 2 to 4 junior engineers.
  • Be able to apply engineering and critical-thinking principles to develop technical solutions for moderate to complex problems while maintaining the design integrity of plant machinery.
  • Be willing to teach and mentor junior engineers by developing formal and informal training in individual, classroom, and hands-on settings.
  • Engineers from all ABET-accredited disciplines are encouraged to apply.

About the Company

Huntington Ingalls Industries

Naval shipbuilding and defense technologies

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) designs, builds, and maintains advanced ships and defense technologies for national security. It operates through three divisions: Ingalls Shipbuilding and Newport News Shipbuilding, which construct ships such as aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, destroyers, and other naval assets for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, and Mission Technologies, which develops cybersecurity, unmanned systems, and C5ISR solutions using artificial intelligence and machine learning to support military operations. The company combines traditional naval shipbuilding with advanced tech like space operations, electronic warfare, and autonomous systems across land, sea, and air. This makes HII different from competitors by integrating end-to-end ship construction with high-tech defense solutions under one umbrella. Its goal is to help maintain global security and national defense by delivering reliable ships and integrated defense technologies to customers.

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Headquarters
Newport News, VA
Founded
2011

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