ENGINEERING HULL DESIGN 2

HII; Pascagoula (MS); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS is seeking design engineers to develop major components and layouts for ship construction, ensuring manufacturability and compliance with standards.

You will collaborate with teams, create preliminary sketches, verify calculations, and revise designs as required to support the LHA program. This is a full-time, on-site role that emphasizes safety, quality, and adherence to specifications.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or higher with relevant experience in design.
• Associates, Bachelors, or Masters degree with corresponding experience.
• Familiarity with ship design principles and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Designs major components or portions of a functional system to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations.
• Develops basic data and preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes to present design proposals.
• Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development and verifies layouts for clarity and accuracy.

Skills

Verbal communication

Team collaboration

Education

High School diploma

Associates degree

Bachelor's degree

Masters degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

AutoCAD

ShipConstructor

ARAS

NavisWorks

Job description

Req ID: 49052

Team: 52 Engineering

Entity: Ingalls Shipbuilding

US Citizenship Required for this Position: Yes

Full-Time

Shift: 1st

Relocation: No relocation assistance available

Virtual/Telework Opportunity: No - Not eligible for telework

Travel Requirement: No

We’re building tomorrow’s fleet today

The Role

Designs major components or major portions of a functional system to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations. Develops basic data and makes preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal. Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost. Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development. Makes layouts of complex assemblies and details parts of devices, mechanisms, and structures. Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning. Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers.

Designs components or portions of systems and modifies existing designs to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations. This role is in Field Engineering Hull which primarily supports x7 and/or x24 for the LHA program. This job requires the physical ability to work in an industrial environment and work aboard the ships in various stages of construction.

Must Have

• High School diploma and 6 years of experience
• -or-
• Associates degree and 4 years of experience
• -or-
• Bachelors degree and 2 years of experience
• -or-
• Masters degree or above and 0 years of experience

Nice to Have

Excellent verbal skills, Competent in software (Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Shipconstructor, ARAS and NavisWorks). Familiar with ship specifications and a working knowledge of ship ventiliation construction. LHA 8 Design Experience preferred.

Why HII

We build the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. HII’s diverse workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.

Recognized as one of America’s top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people’s safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you’ll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.

Working at HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a future. We offer comprehensive benefits including: medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices, on-site health centers, tele-medicine, wellness resources, employee assistance programs, savings plan options (401K), financial education and planning tools, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships, and more. Some benefits may vary depending on your specific division or work location.

Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.

Do You Need Assistance?

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e‑mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case‑by‑case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e‑mail address.

Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #1 for Ingalls Shipbuilding.