Engineer

Engineering Services Network - ESN; Chesapeake (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Engineering Services Network - ESN in Portsmouth, Virginia seeks a Mid-Level Engineer to support U.S. Navy aircraft carrier programs.

You will provide technical support across HM&E and shipboard systems, applying maintenance philosophy, installation drawings, and RCМ principles. Responsibilities include developing CMPs, BA WPs, and modernization efforts for CVN availabilities, ensuring configurations stay current, and analyzing maintenance data to drive corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in any engineering discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of professional engineering experience.
• 10+ years of professional experience preferred.
• Experience with data analytics, maintenance, and modernization related to aircraft carriers, naval ships, or large ship design, construction, or maintenance is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support in mechanical engineering, electrical/electronic engineering, and/or naval architecture as they relate to aircraft carrier HM&E, aviation, and shipboard systems.
• Apply knowledge of aircraft carrier maintenance philosophy, ship installation drawings, and RCМ principles.
• Support development, management, and refinement of CMPs, BAWPs, and modernization efforts for CVN availabilities.
• Ensure technical requirements, periodicities, and configurations remain current for CMP maintenance requirements.
• Collect, manage, and analyze maintenance, risk, and material-condition data to identify findings and support corrective action.
• Assist in developing life-cycle strategies for distributive systems and components.
• Develop, maintain, and report program metrics.

Skills

Naval engineering experience

Data analytics

Maintenance planning

Shipboard systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

If you want to make a difference in Aircraft Carrier maintenance and modernization, Carrier Planning Activity is the place to be!

We are seeking a Mid-Level Engineer to join our team in Portsmouth, Virginia, providing engineering and technical support for U.S. Navy aircraft carrier programs.

• Provide technical support in mechanical engineering, electrical/electronic engineering, and/or naval architecture as they relate to aircraft carrier Hull, Mechanical & Electrical (HM&E), aviation, and electronic shipboard systems.
• Apply knowledge of aircraft carrier maintenance philosophy, ship installation drawings, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) principles, and ship operations.
• Support the development, management, and refinement of non-nuclear Carrier Maintenance Plans (CMPs), Baseline Availability Work Packages (BAWPs), and modernization efforts for execution during CVN availabilities.
• Ensure technical requirements, periodicities, and associated configurations remain current for assigned CMP maintenance requirements.
• Collect, manage, and analyze maintenance, risk, and material-condition data to identify findings and support evaluation and corrective action.
• Assist in developing life-cycle strategies for aircraft carrier distributive systems and selected components.
• Develop, maintain, and report program metrics as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in any engineering discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of professional engineering experience.
• 10+ years of professional experience preferred.
• Experience with data analytics, maintenance, and modernization related to aircraft carriers, naval ships, or large ship design, construction, or maintenance is highly desirable.

Security Clearance

• Must possess an active Department of Defense (DoD) SECRET clearance.

Mission: Supporting the U.S. Navy and the readiness of our nation’s aircraft carriers.

If you or someone in your network has the engineering experience and Navy shipboard knowledge we’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you!