Structural Engineer II – Naval Ship Design & Analysis

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.; Newport News (VA); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding is hosting an invite-only Engineering, Technology, and Design (ET&D) Division hiring event. While onsite, candidates will learn about the division and HII’s values of Engagement, Integrity, Respect, Responsibility, Performance and Safety.

The role involves analyzing and developing structural engineering specifications for metals and composites, assessing damage tolerance, and performing dynamic structural (shock) analyses using FEA

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering (ABET-accredited) or equivalent.
• Master’s Degree with 0 years of relevant experience is acceptable.
• Newport News Shipbuilding requires a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program.

Responsibilities

• Ability to analyze and research structural engineering specifications involving metals, non-metallic or composite structural materials for product design, or operation of product to include structures, mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and electronics, power plant, armament, heating and ventilating, equipment and maintenance designs.
• Understand damage tolerance, durability, design allowables and structural modeling
• Technical submittals of design proposals, drawing reviews, presentations, operating instructions, test procedures, maintenance procedures, work deferral requests, departure from specification requests, etc
• Perform dynamic structural (shock) analyses utilizing finite element analysis (FEA) methods with the pre-/post-processor (FEMAP and NASTRAN, Abaqus, Hypermesh, Government codes) computer applications, perform hand calculations using textbook methods, and develop engineering calculation reports, check structural analyses reports
• Coordinate with design, test, construction teams and external customers, i.e. NAVSEA, General Dynamics - Electric Boat, vendors, etc.
• Support various on-going efforts in the areas of shock and vibration qualification of equipment, static and dynamic analyses of steel structures, and naval shock and vibration analysis as it relates to foundation design
• Analyzes, researches and develops structural engineering specifications involving metals, non-metallic or composite structural materials for product design, or operation of product to include structures, mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and electronics, power plant, armament, heating and ventilating, equipment and maintenance designs. Analyzes damage tolerance, durability, design allowables and structural modeling. Specific structural engineering specialties may include dynamics and loads, stability and stress fatigue and thermal analysis. Tools utilized may include CATIA, IDEAS, ProEngineer and a variety of software applications.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in engineering

Master’s Degree

Tools

CATIA

IDEAS

ProEngineer

Job description

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding is hosting an invite-only Engineering, Technology, and Design (ET&D) Division hiring event. While onsite, candidates will learn about the division and HII’s values of Engagement, Integrity, Respect, Responsibility, Performance and Safety.

The role involves analyzing and developing structural engineering specifications for metals and composites, assessing damage tolerance, and performing dynamic structural (shock) analyses using FEA