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HII

Engineer, Electrical 3

HII

Electrical Engineer designing and testing electrical systems for U.S. Navy ships at Newport News Shipbuilding.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeNewport News • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Researches, develops, designs, and tests electrical components, equipment, systems, and networks
  • Designs electrical equipment, facilities, components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, and domestic purposes
  • Position 1 - Diesel generator electrical support and Position 2 - generator control system electrical and software support
  • Duties include troubleshooting support for operational fleet and new construction issues
  • New unit procurement technical support and deliverable approvals
  • Maintenance of technical ordering requirements, and component technical manuals
  • Development of field change packages
  • Lifecycle design management, including regular maintenance requirements reviews
  • Development of field change proposals, documentation of drawings and design bases, parts catalogue and obsolescence management, sustainability and design improvement initiatives
  • Design and develop a new generator control system to replace the legacy system for future carriers

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of relevant exempt experience
  • Master’s Degree and 3 years of relevant professional experience
  • Ph.D. and 0 years of experience
  • Newport News Shipbuilding requires a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program
  • Experience supporting Navy/DoD programs, preferably Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience with end-user support and troubleshooting
  • Experience working with suppliers on product development and improvement
  • Detailed design knowledge of power-generating equipment at a large scale
  • Demonstrate basic engineering project management skills (e.g., planning, organizing, monitoring, reporting, and leading meetings and briefings)
  • Ability to work with multiple departments, suppliers, and customers to accomplish complex technical and project objectives

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices
  • on-site health centers
  • tele-medicine
  • wellness resources
  • employee assistance programs
  • savings plan options (401K)
  • financial education and planning tools
  • life insurance
  • tuition reimbursement
  • employee discounts
  • early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships

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Hard Skills & Tools
electrical componentselectrical systemsgenerator control systemtroubleshootingtechnical supportdesign documentationfield change proposalslifecycle design managementpower-generating equipmentengineering project management
Soft Skills
verbal communicationwritten communicationplanningorganizingmonitoringreportingleading meetingscollaborationproblem-solvingcustomer interaction
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree in engineeringABET accredited program