Sr. / Principal Electrical Engineer

General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works•Brunswick, ME

1d•$88,100 - $142,000

About The Position

Bath Iron Works (BIW), part of General Dynamics Marine Systems, is a full-service shipyard specializing in the design, building, and support of complex surface combatants for the U.S. Navy. BIW is seeking Electrical Engineers to support its Engineering team. Responsibilities and hiring level will be based on experience. The successful candidate may support the development, specification, arrangement, manufacturing, installation, and testing of shipboard electrical power, lighting, and controls systems, or support shipboard system operation.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent degree.
Working knowledge of Power and Controls Engineering.
Senior Engineer level: 5 or more years of experience.
Principal Engineer level: 12 or more years of experience.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to give technical presentations at group meetings.
Ability to lead, organize, plan, and execute projects.
Ability to work positively in a team environment.
Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and complete them.
Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.
Ability to operate Microsoft Windows, Windows software, and Microsoft Office products.
Ability to obtain a government security clearance, including an interim security clearance within the first 45 days of hire.
Must be a U.S. citizen for consideration.
Some travel is required.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Engineering or a Professional Engineer (P.E.) license.
Strong project management skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Project.
CAD skills.
Broad knowledge of and experience with computer systems, networking, technologies, and troubleshooting, including network communication and protocols and data collection.
Experience working on power systems, including power system troubleshooting and testing.
Experience with electrical software, calculations, and modeling.
Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
Experience with Matlab/Simulink modeling and simulation.
Software development skills.
Data architecture and data management skills, including database design and development.
Lean Six Sigma training and/or experience.

Responsibilities

Act as a safety leader for the team and ensure safety training is completed on time.
Develop ship power and controls systems through tasks and projects involving engineers across disciplines, subcontractors, and customers.
Perform reliability and risk assessments on designs, methodologies, and processes.
Perform systems engineering, system integration, and project tasks, including requirements analysis and decomposition, development and evaluation of operational and software requirements, resolution of requirements conflicts, specification development, and management of budgets and schedules.
Perform modeling, simulation, and calculations to validate designs against project and customer requirements.
Develop, maintain, and provide technical leadership for assigned systems, diagrams, calculations, models, simulations, purchase specifications, and related work.
Review and approve vendor equipment and engineering documentation, including drawings, manuals, software, models, and other design documents.
Support vendor qualification testing and test approval.
Coordinate with Navy and other customers, Construction Trades, Procurement, Quality Assurance, Fleet Service Engineering, Planning Yard, equipment vendors, and design teams to support manufacturing, testing, commissioning, dock trials, and sea trials, and to resolve technical issues.
Complete technical reports and deliver verbal presentations as required.
Develop and manage process improvements and cost-out initiatives.
Support development of scopes of work for contract proposals.
Work with the engineering development team and management to design, build, improve, and deploy software tools that support business needs.
Develop supporting documentation, procedures, tests, and training materials.
Collaborate effectively with internal and external teams and facilitate communication between Engineers and Designers.
Interface with and support Design, Engineering, Program Office, Systems Integration and Concept Design Development, Change Management, Estimating, Contracts, Materials, Planning, Manufacturing, Navy, and other customer organizations.
Maintain current electrical engineering process documentation.
Apply Lean Six Sigma principles to reduce process waste and variation.
Support improvement planning and conduct projects to improve efficiency, reduce cost, and reduce cycle times.