Senior Structural Engineer – Naval Ships & FEA

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. Newport News Shipbuilding is seeking a structural engineer to develop specifications for naval ship components, including metals and composites.

The role covers damage tolerance, durability, and structural modeling with tools like CATIA, IDEAS, and Abaqus. The position requires an ABET-accredited engineering degree with 5 years of exempt experience; relocation assistance is available, and US citizenship is required for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from ABET-accredited program.
• 5 years of relevant exempt experience; Master’s 3 years; Ph.D. 0 years.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, researches and develops structural engineering specifications involving metals, non-metallic or composite materials for product design or operation.
• Analyze damage tolerance, durability, design allowables and structural modeling. Include dynamics, loads, stability, stress fatigue and thermal analysis.

Skills

FEA software knowledge

Structural dynamics

Project leadership

Technical writing

Communication with customers

Programming (FORTRAN/Matlab/Python)

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree (Bachelor)

Master’s degree in engineering

Ph.D. in engineering

Tools

CATIA

IDEAS

ProEngineer

Femap

Nastran

Abaqus

HyperWorks

MATLAB

FORTRAN

Python

Job description

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. Newport News Shipbuilding is seeking a structural engineer to develop specifications for naval ship components, including metals and composites.

The role covers damage tolerance, durability, and structural modeling with tools like CATIA, IDEAS, and Abaqus. The position requires an ABET-accredited engineering degree with 5 years of exempt experience; relocation assistance is available, and US citizenship is required for this role.