Naval Architect

Leidos•Washington DC, DC

About The Position

Gibbs & Cox, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, is the largest independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm in the United States. Since our founding in 1929, 24 classes of combatants and nearly 7,000 vessels have been built to Gibbs & Cox designs. We proudly support military and commercial clients in the U.S. and internationally with all phases of marine design, construction, and lifecycle management. Our passion is solving our customers’ 21st century maritime challenges with quality and integrity. As part of the naval architecture department, you will tackle new and evolving ship design and integration engineering challenges by applying naval architecture principles, techniques, calculations, procedures, and criteria. The projects executed within the team cover the full range of ship design phases from conceptual design through detail design, and post-delivery support. Your contributions will directly support the continued maturation of ship design solutions across all phases of design.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship and ability to acquire Secret Security Clearance.
Active Secret clearance preferred
BS or Advanced Degree in Naval Architecture or Marine Engineering
4+ years of professional engineering experience
Experience leading/guiding multidisciplinary technical teams preferred.
Proficiency in Naval Architecture software tools such as: RHINO, GHS, SHCP, NavCAD, AutoCAD, MS-Office
Excellent communication skills (oral and written, both formal and informal)
Strong time management and organizational skills as an independent contributor
Demonstrated interpersonal skills as a member of a collaborative multidisciplinary team
Experience with requirements sets such as ABS and US Navy

Nice To Haves

PE license in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering preferred
Experience with US Navy ship design and construction preferred

Responsibilities

Hydrostatics (weight estimates, intact/ damage stability assessments)
Hydrodynamics (hull design, resistance predictions, seakeeping assessments)
Arrangements (general arrangements, compartment outfitting, aviation integration, topside integration)
Overall ship design integration
Requirement’s development
Executing naval architecture analyses.
Working with multi discipline teams to lead overall ship development and design integration.
Leading and successfully executing trade studies and requirements development
Preparing and presenting technical reports and engineering documentation.
Proactively interfacing with customers and other stakeholders to discuss design progress.