Catia Designer

Acro Service Corp; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Acro Service Corp in Newport News, VA seeks a naval structural designer to develop and modify ship designs using 2D/3D CAD tools and prepare construction drawings.

You will coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, tooling, and planning teams to ensure manufacturability and compliance; extensive naval design experience is required.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree required with 3 years of related experience; substitutions allowed per HTML text.
• Extensive naval structural design experience with proficiency in 2D and 3D design tools.

Responsibilities

• Design components or portions of systems and modify existing designs to improve products and manufacturing operations.
• Coordinate design criteria with engineering, manufacturing, tooling, material, and planning groups to ensure manufacturability and adherence to specifications.
• Gather information, perform studies and calculations, and prepare rough layouts or sketches for design proposals.
• Develop and check ship construction drawings or models.

Skills

2D CAD

3D CAD

AutoCAD

Siemens NX

Education

Associate’s Degree

Tools

Navy Nuclear Power School

Job description

Designs components or portions of systems and modifies existing designs to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations. Utilizes computer-aided design equipment and/or graphic tools such as, CAD, CAM, NX, or CATIA. Gathers information, makes studies, computes calculations, and prepares original rough layouts, sketches to present design proposal. Coordinates design criteria with engineering, manufacturing, tooling, material, and planning group such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials, and contractual specifications. Exclude classifications in which incumbents predominantly perform drafting assignments.

Must Have Skills

1. 2D and 3D CAD tool proficiency, AutoCAD or Siemens NX
2. Developing and checking ship construction drawings or models.
3. Weld/NDT and material selection

Basic Qualifications

Associate’s Degree and 3 years of experience. 2 years of related experience can be substituted for Associate’s degree. 4 years of non-related experience can be substituted for Associate’s degree. An Apprentice Certificate or graduation from Navy Nuclear Power School can be substituted for Associate’s degree.

This position requires extensive naval structural design experience. Proficiency with both 2D and 3D design tools is necessary.