ENGINEER ELECTRICAL 3

Huntington Ingalls•Newport News, VA

6d•$99,000 - $122,000•Onsite

About The Position

Researches, develops, designs, and tests electrical components, equipment, systems, and networks. Designs electrical equipment, facilities, components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, and domestic purposes. Position 1 - Diesel generator electrical support and Position 2 - generator control system electrical and software support, each accountable to the system lead engineers, supporting the GERALD R. FORD Class Aircraft Carriers. Responsibilities require the candidate to develop a thorough understanding of the system design with expectation of establishing a long-term presence as a subject matter expert. The system is a large 16-cylinder diesel engine with an asynchronous generator and a digital control system. Duties include troubleshooting support for operational fleet and new construction issues, new unit procurement technical support and deliverable approvals, maintenance of technical ordering requirements, and component technical manuals, development of field change packages. Additionally, duties require lifecycle design management to include; regular maintenance requirements reviews, development of field change proposals, documentation of drawings and design bases, parts catalogue and obsolescence management, sustainability and design improvement initiatives. For generator control system, further duties involve working with outside vendor to design and develop a new generator control system to replace legacy system for future carriers. Team reports to the Machinery section of the GERALD R. FORD Class Aircraft Carrier propulsion and reactor engineering planning yard (PREPY).

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of relevant exempt experience
Master’s Degree and 3 years of relevant professional experience
Ph.D. and 0 years of experience
Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Navy/DoD programs, preferably Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, that includes interfacing with NAVSEA and its prime contractors, equipment suppliers, and shipyard trades and engineering
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience with end-user support and troubleshooting
Experience working with suppliers on product development and improvement
Detailed design knowledge of power-generating equipment at a large scale
Demonstrate basic engineering project management skills (e.g., planning, organizing, monitoring, reporting, and leading meetings and briefings)
Ability to work with multiple departments, suppliers, and customers to accomplish complex technical and project objectives

Responsibilities

Troubleshooting support for operational fleet and new construction issues
New unit procurement technical support and deliverable approvals
Maintenance of technical ordering requirements, and component technical manuals
Development of field change packages
Lifecycle design management including regular maintenance requirements reviews, development of field change proposals, documentation of drawings and design bases, parts catalogue and obsolescence management, sustainability and design improvement initiatives
Working with outside vendor to design and develop a new generator control system to replace legacy system for future carriers