Ship Structural Fatigue Engineer

CACI International • Bethesda, MD

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About The Position

The Senior Ship Structural Engineer role is a unique career opportunity to be part of a team of naval architects, structural engineers, and designers, providing structural designs and solutions for US Navy and USCG ships. Opportunity to support CACI's client site offices at NSWC-Carderock. Opportunity to work with customers such as MSC, NSWC, NAVSEA, and USCG.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Ocean Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in the marine industry, with focus on designing for fatigue preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience performing finite element modeling and analysis.
• Understanding of fatigue and fracture analysis.
• Understanding of US and British standards for fatigue requirements.
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Detail-oriented and able to work in fast-paced work environment.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Ability to speak and write clearly in English.
• Willingness to travel approximately 10% of the time.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Security clearance eligibility.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with US Navy, USCG, and/or US commercial ship design standards.
• Experience with US Navy shock, vibration, and survivability standards.
• Experience with design/analysis of aluminum structures.
• Experience with corrosion inspection/prediction.
• Experience performing metal fatigue calculations.
• Experience performing mooring analyses.
• Experience with performing weights and stability calculations.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for fatigue test events.
• Develop fatigue design procedures for Navy vessels, including for high-cycle submarine tanks.
• Provide pressure hull structures oversight for preparation and fatigue testing of weldment samples.
• Develop finite element models of ship structure and perform finite element analyses for pressure hull structural evaluations.
• Perform structural calculations using first-principles formulas and using finite element software.
• Develop full-ship finite element models for use in structural direct analyses and spectral fatigue analyses.
• Document methods, assumptions, and results in reports.
• Apply regulatory rules, industry standards, and customer requirements to develop conforming designs and pass/fail criteria.
• Design and evaluate (through finite element analysis) ship structures for new and existing ships.
• Perform Shipyard and/or design Contract Deliverable reviews for Contract Specification SOWs, regulatory, and technical compliance.
• Interface with customers, vendors, shipyards, and internal team members.
• Train less experienced engineers.

Benefits

• Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level