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HII

Designer 2

HII

Designer developing components and systems for naval vessels at HII. Collaborating with teams for design improvements and manufacturing facilitation.

Posted 5/9/2026full-timeNewport News • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Designs components or portions of systems and modifies existing designs to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations
  • Utilizes computer-aided design equipment and/or graphic tools such as, CAD, CAM, NX, or CATIA
  • Gathers information, makes studies, computes calculations, and prepares original rough layouts, sketches to present design proposal
  • Coordinates design criteria with engineering, manufacturing, tooling, material, and planning group such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials, and contractual specifications
  • Exclude classifications in which incumbents predominantly perform drafting assignments
  • This position requires the candidate to provide indirect design support to COMNAVAIRLANT, NAVAIR, SPAWAR and other directorates including development of ship changes and feasibility studies
  • The candidate will work with others to provide oversight and management of ongoing FORD Class Hull Planning Yard (HPY) projects, and serve as liaison between functional designers and engineers, perform project management and planning, project team
  • Assist with one or more project teams engaged in the design, implementation and modification of Hull Planning Yard modernization ship changes that span across functional organizations

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Associate's Degree and 1 years of relevant experience
  • One of the following may be used as equivalent to Associate's Degree to meet minimum qualifications: NNS Apprentice School graduate
  • Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate
  • High School/GED and 2 years of related Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience
  • High School/GED and 4 years of non-related Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience
  • MS Office Suite and technical writing
  • Learn CAD based drafting
  • TeamCenter NX (or equal)
  • 3D Visualization
  • Gain a general knowledge of design characteristics of Naval vessels preferably with CVN78 Aircraft Carriers

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
computer-aided designCADCAMNXCATIAtechnical writing3D visualizationdesign modificationproject managementmanufacturing operations
Soft Skills
coordinationcommunicationteam collaborationoversightmanagement
Certifications
Associate's DegreeNNS Apprentice School graduateNavy Nuclear Power School graduate