Senior Ship Systems Engineer

General Dynamics NASSCO; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental insurance

401(k) retirement savings plan

Flexible spending accounts/HSAs

Life and disability insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

Wellness coaching

Onsite health services

Job summary

General Dynamics NASSCO seeks an experienced engineer to develop, evaluate, and communicate configurations and characteristics of ship regions and systems. You’ll influence weight estimation and participate with engineering and production teams to gather information for design and construction tasks.

The role involves coordination with multiple stakeholders, mentoring engineers, and contributing to department processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Applied Sciences or PE license (mandatory).
• Typically, at least four years of practical engineering design experience.
• PE license and/or advanced degree desirable.
• Qualifying traits: positive attitude, self-improvement mindset, initiative, accountability, flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Completes products with supervision and technical oversight at key junctures in development.
• Controls scope creep and assesses implications of changes within own group and downstream customers.
• Identifies potential problems in own products and related products by others.
• Facilitates resolutions to problems using standard industry methods.
• Creates presentations and reports, drafting external technical correspondence for owners and production.
• Participates in internal/external working groups and documents discussions and outcomes.
• Provides technical leadership to small project teams.
• Mentors two or more engineers and teaches discipline-specific skills.
• Assists with implementation of department processes.
• Locates relevant requirements (rules, regulations, contracts) for tasked work.

Skills

Team collaboration

Initiative

Accountability

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or applied sciences

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Job description

General Dynamics NASSCO seeks an experienced engineer to develop, evaluate, and communicate configurations and characteristics of ship regions and systems. You’ll influence weight estimation and participate with engineering and production teams to gather information for design and construction tasks.

The role involves coordination with multiple stakeholders, mentoring engineers, and contributing to department processes.