Senior Technical Lead (Bremerton)

Tridentis; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Bonuses

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Tridentis is seeking a Senior Technical Lead with extensive naval engineering experience to manage a cross-functional engineering team and serve as the primary liaison with PSNS. The role emphasizes strong leadership, client relations, and adherence to quality deliverables.

Located onsite in Bremerton, WA, the Senior Technical Lead will oversee structural engineering tasks and provide expertise across disciplines while supporting business development and travel up to 10% internationally.

Qualifications

• 15 years of proven marine engineering with US Navy, USCG, or MSC vessels.
• 8+ years engineering experience supporting PSNS or similar naval yards.
• Proven history interfacing with the client.
• Experience in program and project management.
• Knowledge of industry practices and requirements.
• Technology-focused with ability to implement tech into business processes.
• Outstanding organizational and leadership abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, fluid environment.
• Strong technical background; structural preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main liaison between the company and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, ensuring strong client relationships and effective communication.
• Lead and build a small, cross-functional engineering team, providing mentorship and direction to team members across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Review and approve all engineering and technical deliverables.
• Quality Assurance of all engineering deliverables.
• Client facing.
• Assist the Senior PM in business development and customer relations.
• Develop drawings in AutoCAD.
• Provide technical expertise in engineering disciplines, with an emphasis on structural engineering.
• Expect 10% domestic and international travel.

Skills

Marine engineering

Client interfacing

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Decision making

Problem solving

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Brief

As a rapidly growing small business, we are looking for experienced leaders, engineers, and designers who can provide quality deliverables and help grow our business. We are looking for a Senior Technical Lead with a background in structural, mechanical, or electrical engineering with extensive experience supporting Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) to join our growing team. If you also have excellent people skills, marine HM&E experience, exemplary work ethic, and an excellent understanding of PSNS, we’d like to meet you.

Job Brief

As a rapidly growing small business, we are looking for experienced leaders, engineers, and designers who can provide quality deliverables and help grow our business. We are looking for a Senior Technical Lead with a background in structural, mechanical, or electrical engineering with extensive experience supporting Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) to join our growing team. If you also have excellent people skills, marine HM&E experience, exemplary work ethic, and an excellent understanding of PSNS, we’d like to meet you.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main liaison between the company and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, ensuring strong client relationships and effective communication.
• Lead and build a small, cross-functional engineering team, providing mentorship and direction to team members across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Review and approve all engineering and technical deliverables.
• Quality Assurance of all engineering deliverables.
• Client facing.
• Assist the Senior PM in business development and customer relations.
• Develop drawings in AutoCAD.
• Provide technical expertise in engineering disciplines, with an emphasis on structural engineering.
• Expect 10% domestic and international travel.

Requirements

• 15 years of proven Marine Engineering with U.S. Navy, USCG, or MSC vessels.
• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience supporting the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
• Proven history interfacing with the client.
• Demonstrated experience in program and project management.
• Existing knowledge and understanding of industry practices and requirements.
• Must be technology-focused with a good background using and implementing technology into business processes.
• Outstanding organizational and leadership abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Aptitude in decision‑making and problem‑solving.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, fluid environment.
• Strong technical engineering background; structural preferred.

Experience

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard: 8 years (Required) Marine Engineering: 15 years (Required)

Security Clearance Or Ability To Obtain a Clearance (Required)

A successful Senior Technical Lead at Tridentis will be one that helps us improve our corporate operations, successfully manages projects and assists with growing our organization.

Competitive Salary And The Following Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Bonuses
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule & Location

Monday to Friday.

Located onsite in Bremerton, WA.

About Tridentis

Tridentis is a privately held small business focused on providing naval architecture, marine engineering, program management and logistics services to the U.S. Navy, USCG and Military Sealift Command (MSC) in addition to other federal agencies. Tridentis is headquartered in Washington DC and has offices in Norfolk VA, Bremerton WA and Kona HI. In addition to providing engineering services to the federal government, Tridentis has a spin off company, Advanced Marine Vehicles that is entirely focused on designing, developing and building autonomous marine vehicles. Tridentis is committed to maintaining an agile company, with a flat organizational structure while achieving long term consistent growth.