Engineer III (Mechanical Engineering)

General Dynamics•San Diego, CA

32d•Onsite

About The Position

Position supports piping and machinery system design group. The ideal candidate will be skilled in developing piping system layouts, selecting equipment, and performing detailed system and pressure drop calculations. Strong knowledge of machinery/pipping systems, industry codes, and design standards is required, along with the ability to analyze technical issues on assigned systems, identify root cause, and implement effective resolution.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree, Professional Engineer's License, or equivalent in Engineering or Applied Sciences.
At least four years of practical experience exclusive of education in engineering design.
Operational or shipyard test or production experience may contribute to this requirement.
Qualifying skills include contributing to the department's team environment with a consistently positive attitude, a mindset to actively seek improving one's self, teammates, and work processes, initiative, accountability, commitment, and flexibility to changing assignments and processes.

Responsibilities

Perform design analysis and support calculations for Mechanical Engineering product development.
Able to complete products with supervision and technical oversight at key junctures in development.
When confronted with change, actively controls scope creep and can identify the implication of change within own group and immediate downstream customers.
Facilitates resolutions to problems or technical issues using common industry methods
Participates in internal and external working groups (such as may involve customer and regulatory bodies), including documenting discussions, decisions, and outcomes
Periodically provides technical leadership to a small team in executing small scope projects.
Demonstrated ability to mentor two or more Engineers.
Teach other employees technical skills specific to own discipline.
Assists with implementation of department processes.
Understands where to find related requirements to current tasks in addition to knowing where to find a specific requirement (such as rules, regulations, contracts, references) that applies to tasked work and applicable revision.
Uses creative and analytical methods to develop, evaluate, and communicate the configuration and characteristics of a region, system, or component of the ship as governed by the assigned discipline, in compliance with internal and external requirements.