Senior Engineering Technician – Naval Propulsion

Newport News Shipbuilding, A Division of HII; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII, is seeking a technical support engineer to assist engineers on a variety of tasks, gather and format data, and produce engineering documentation.

Requires an associate degree with relevant experience, NNS Apprentice School or NNPS graduate, or high school with several years in shipbuilding or related fields; propulsion plant electrical test/operations experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree and 3 years of relevant experience
• NNS Apprentice School graduate
• Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate
• High School/GED and 2 years of related Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience
• High School/GED and 4 years of non-related Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience
• Propulsion Plant Electrical Test/Operations Experience

Responsibilities

• Provides technical support to engineers on a variety of technical tasks.
• Gathers, maintains, formats, compiles, and manipulates technical data, such as laboratory or material test results and engineering design changes.
• Produces engineering documentation, reports, drawings (flow charts, block diagrams, and schematics).
• Performs detailed mathematical calculations using established formulas; preliminary analyses of data where guidelines are provided in such areas as trajectory adequacy, model dimensional consistency; and quantitative judgments concerning technical data.
• Uses personal computer in performance of analyses and development of documentation/reports.
• May conduct tests and record data to assist with engineering evaluation or analysis.

Education

Associate's Degree

NNS Apprentice School graduate

Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate

High School/GED and 2 years of related Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience

High School/GED and 4 years of non-related Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience

Propulsion Plant Electrical Test/Operations Experience

Job description

Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII, is seeking a technical support engineer to assist engineers on a variety of tasks, gather and format data, and produce engineering documentation.

Requires an associate degree with relevant experience, NNS Apprentice School or NNPS graduate, or high school with several years in shipbuilding or related fields; propulsion plant electrical test/operations experience is a plus.