Naval Architect

Job Description:

• Naval Architectural work associated with designing, building, documenting, and supporting Naval Ships including:
  • Design maintenance and upgrade tasks for ships under construction or in service
  • Documentation of as-built ships
  • Calculations to support new construction processes such as launching, dry dockings, sea trials, pier-side trim and stability monitoring, mooring arrangements, and inclining
  • Prepare and submit Tonnage Applications to the US Coast Guard
• Engineering analyses to determine and develop ship geometry, arrangements, weight, centers of gravity, loads, tank properties, cargo and payload stowage, docking parameters, and ship intact and damaged stability characteristics.
• Provide Naval Architecture support for BIWs Planning Yard contracts, including:
  • Updating Selected Record Drawings (Docking and Sounding Tables, Ship Information Books and Principal Characteristics)
  • Inclining Experiments
  • Special Projects and Studies
  • Updating Weight & Stability documentation
  • Respond to questions / provide guidance to the Fleet, Homeports and NAVSEA
• Utilize Hydrostatic, Hydrodynamic, FEA, and in-house software to perform analyses.
• Write reports and correspondence.
• Participate in or lead technical interchanges on issues with customers such as U. S. Navy (NAVSEA and Supervisor of Shipbuilding), USCG, or others.
• Travel to US Navy Homeports 2-4 times per year for a week 10 days per trip.

• Bachelor Degree in Naval Architecture required.

• Thorough knowledge of engineering tools and methods relating to Naval Architecture.
• Proficiency with computers and various Naval Architectural software packages such as; SHIPFLOW, FASTSHIP, NAVCAD, SHCP, GHS, SMP, ASSET or other design synthesis tools; structural software such as MAESTRO, NASTRAN, and Multiframe; and Microsoft Office Suite of tools.
• Strong oral and written communication skills required.
• Willingness to work onboard ship, pierside or at sea, in tanks or in weather, as well as in office environment.

• This position requires you to be able to obtain a government security clearance. You must be a US Citizen for consideration and you must be able to obtain an interim security clearance within the first 45 days of hire. For more information regarding the security clearance process, please visit Investigations & Clearance Process (dcsa.mil)