Engineering Technician 4

Ingalls Shipbuilding•Newport News, VA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is intended for the Mechanical Combat Systems test group in Department E25 Test Engineering. The incumbent will be responsible for leading, maintaining, completing, and managing mechanical combat system test procedures/testing, to include torpedo tubes, payload tubes, countermeasure launchers, and weapons shipping and handling. This position regularly communicates with Virginia Class Submarine construction trades and management, engineering departments, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, government support groups, and the US Navy, via email, phone, and in person meetings.

Requirements

Associate's Degree and 6 years of relevant experience
NNS Apprentice School graduate
Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate
High School/GED and 2 years of related Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience
High School/GED and 4 years of non-related Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience
US Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

Previous Navy or construction knowledge of submarine mechanical combat systems, to include torpedo tubes, payload tubes, countermeasure launchers, and weapons shipping and handling.

Responsibilities

Provides technical support to engineers on a variety of technical tasks.
Gathers, maintains, formats, compiles, and manipulates technical data, such as laboratory or material test results and engineering design changes.
Produces engineering documentation, reports, drawings (flow charts, block diagrams, and schematics).
Performs detailed mathematical calculations using established formulas; preliminary analyses of data where guidelines are provided in such areas as trajectory adequacy, model dimensional consistency; and quantitative judgments concerning technical data.
Uses personal computer in performance of analyses and development of documentation/reports.
May conduct tests and record data to assist with engineering evaluation or analysis.
Leading, maintaining, completing, and managing mechanical combat system test procedures/testing, to include torpedo tubes, payload tubes, countermeasure launchers, and weapons shipping and handling.
Regularly communicates with Virginia Class Submarine construction trades and management, engineering departments, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, government support groups, and the US Navy, via email, phone, and in person meetings.