Senior Naval Project Engineer – Ship Design & Systems

Hanwha Defense USA, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Hanwha Defense USA is seeking a Chief Project Engineer for Naval Engineering in Philadelphia. The role focuses on leading ship design integration, program execution, cost/schedule control, and interfacing with customers and regulatory bodies.

Ideal candidates will have a maritime engineering degree, 10+ years in naval ship design or related defense programs, and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance. Proficiency with naval architecture tools and MS Office is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a maritime engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of engineering experience in naval ship design, ship integration, or maritime defense programs.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and naval architecture tools or modeling software.

Responsibilities

• Leadership role in major projects, including areas of ship or other product design, marketing, process improvement, R&D and other internal projects as directed by management.
• Pro-active in seeking out and correcting integration issues among engineering disciplines during design process.
• Supervise analysis of program cost/schedule control data.
• Represents assigned project's cost, schedule and technical status at meetings.
• Leads significant meetings with customers, owners and regulatory bodies.
• Acts as single point of contact with external customers.
• Works with engineering management team to identify and mitigate risk during design process.
• Responsible for coordinating development of ships specs and associated deviations/waivers.
• Responsible for insuring adequacy of process for tracking, analysis and response to Owner and Regulatory Body issues, including coordination of scoping and action plans for major issues.
• Leadership role in developing budgets and reports for assigned projects.
• Represent HDUSA at client meetings and makes effective and professional presentations to audiences which may include Senior Management, Customers and other VIPs.

Job description

Hanwha Defense USA is seeking a Chief Project Engineer for Naval Engineering in Philadelphia. The role focuses on leading ship design integration, program execution, cost/schedule control, and interfacing with customers and regulatory bodies.

Ideal candidates will have a maritime engineering degree, 10+ years in naval ship design or related defense programs, and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance. Proficiency with naval architecture tools and MS Office is expected.