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Design Engineer managing design concepts for Ford Class Advanced Weapons Elevators. Collaborating with a team and reporting on design initiatives to internal and external customers.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timeNewport News • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $98,000 - $123,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Designs major components or major portions of a functional system to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations
Develops basic data and makes preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal
Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost
Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development
Makes layouts of complex assemblies and details parts of devices, mechanisms, and structures
Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning
Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers
Manages a Team of Designers that supports the development of new design concepts for Ford Class Advanced Weapons Elevators
Plans, prioritizes & manages the Team's efforts for all of the AWE Design Initiatives and will be responsible for reporting out to internal (Senior Management) and external customers (SUPSHIP,NAVSEA, PMS378, etc.) the status of all AWE Initiatives, both programmatically and technically

Requirements

What you’ll need

Design Apprentice certification or Associate's degree in Design with 6 years of applicable, progressive professional and/or supervisory work experience
Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline plus 4 years of applicable, progressive professional and/or supervisory work experience; or a Master's degree in a relevant discipline and 2 years of applicable experience
High level of machine design aptitude and experience
Previous Advanced Weapons Elevator System Experience
Experience briefing Navy customers and internal NNS customers on projects
Previous experience managing a team
Can develop and manage POAMS

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
and more

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Hard Skills & Tools

Design DevelopmentLayout DesignSketchingDesign Proposal PresentationError IdentificationDesign ImprovementCalculations and DimensioningTechnical ReportingManufacturing OperationsContractual Specification Compliance

Soft Skills

CoordinationCommunicationPrioritizationLeadership

Certifications

Design Apprentice Certification