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The department interfaces with and provides direct support to the trades during ship construction and testing in Groton, Quonset Point, Newport News, and various Focus Factory sites and offsite contractors by addressing and clearing liabilities impacting achievement of major milestones, providing engineering solutions to construction and test issues, and providing engineering guidance to vendors and Focus Factory sites. As a part of D481, the successful candidate will have several responsibilities which include: Investigation of emergent shipyard issues which would lead to the generation of technical dispositions in response to Engineering Reports (ERs), Change Notices (CNs) or test inspection reports (TIRs)/UNSATs.

Overview:
Engineering Department 481 is seeking highly motivated candidates to support construction activities for the VIRGINIA Class and first-of-a-kind VIRGINIA Payload Module (VPM). D481 provides waterfront engineering support for fluid-based ship systems for VIRGINIA Class submarines under new construction. D481 is a dynamic, tightly integrated, team-based organization whose scope of work includes seawater, compressed gas, freshwater, ventilation, hydraulics & auxiliary systems. The department interfaces with and provides direct support to the trades during ship construction and testing in Groton, Quonset Point, Newport News, and various Focus Factory sites and offsite contractors by addressing and clearing liabilities impacting achievement of major milestones, providing engineering solutions to construction and test issues, and providing engineering guidance to vendors and Focus Factory sites. This position requires significant interaction with various disciplines within and outside of Electric Boat, including equipment vendors, ships management program office, test organizations, SUPSHIP and others.  As a part of D481, the successful candidate will have several responsibilities which include:<ul><li>Investigation of emergent shipyard issues which would lead to the generation of technical dispositions in response to Engineering Reports (ERs), Change Notices (CNs) or test inspection reports (TIRs)/UNSATs.</li><li>Investigation of Vendor generated issues and generation of technical dispositions in response to vendor information requests (VIRs).</li><li>Development of technical letters to NAVSEA to resolve long term technical or class-wide issues.</li><li>Coordination with design personnel on system piping modifications to minimize the impact to construction schedules while ensuring technical requirements are still met.</li><li>Performance of calculations, as required, to verify the technical quality of as-built design conditions (i.e. pipe sizing and thickness, fluid system flow balancing, thermal analysis, etc.)</li><li>Providing technical support to shipyard trades and shipyard test organizations for construction issues and issues with test procedures or results.</li><li>Providing technical support to Focus Factory and other off-site contractors who are constructing and outfitting various ship’s modules.</li></ul>Periodic overtime is expected when emergent issues present risk to construction, certification, and delivery schedules.

Qualifications:
Required:<ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Fluids Engineering</li><li>0-5 years of post-graduate Engineering experience</li></ul>Preferred:<ul><li>Previous engineering experience (i.e. Co-op or internship)</li><li>Navy Veterans with fluid systems technical experience</li><li>Experience with system operations and systems engineering principles</li><li>Experience in Siemens TeamCenter/NX and ER Work Flow environments</li></ul>

Skills:
<ul><li>General knowledge of fluid systems and system interactions</li><li>Well-developed technical writing skills</li><li>Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with system stakeholders at various levels:<ul><li>Government technical stakeholders (NAVSEA & SUPSHIP)</li><li>Government & Electric Boat Program Offices</li><li>Partner engineering disciplines</li><li>Test & Trades</li></ul></li><li>Familiarity with VPM design</li></ul>

Physical Qualifications:
Climbing

Environmental Attributes:
Inside, Outside

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