Manager, Design Engineering

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Design Engineer focusing on naval ship components at Ingalls Shipbuilding. Leading design activities for Surface Combatant Programs and ensuring design accuracy and compliance.

Posted 7/18/2026full-timePascagoula • Mississippi • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Detail Design activities, including the creation of plans, schedules, and budgets while ensuring compliance with Ship Specifications. Possesses strong leadership and communication skills to effectively coordinate with various stakeholders, including the Navy and Operations.

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Detail Design LeadershipBudget AdministrationEVMS UnderstandingShip Specifications KnowledgeProject Planning and Scheduling

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Hard Skills

Engineering DesignLayout CreationCost Account ManagementDesign Error IdentificationTechnical Documentation

Soft Skills

Superior CommunicationLeadership ExperienceInterfacing with Operations

Certifications & Qualifications

Formal Leadership Training

Industry Keywords

Surface Combatant ProgramsDDGFFLHA ClassManufacturing Operations

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.
Position will primarily lead all Detail Design activities related to the Surface Combatant Programs (DDG and FF) and LHA Class including support to the Ship Design Manager, Planning and Program Office as well as communicating with the Navy and Operations.
This effort includes creation of plans, schedules, and estimates for major tasks, pushing those tasks to closure, reporting progress, creating unique processes as necessary and resolving design issues during the effort.
Develop and administer budgets, schedules, and performance standards, and executes responsibilities as Cost Account Manager (CAM) for cognizance cost center within the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

High School diploma and 12 years of progressive technical experience in research, engineering, and design or equivalent.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited school of engineering and 8 years of progressive technical experience in research, engineering, and design or equivalent.
Masters degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited school of engineering and 6 years of progressive technical experience in research, engineering, and design or equivalent.
Fluent understanding of the Ship Specifications in all areas of Detail Design.
Superior communication skills including past experience with interfacing with Operations, Planning and the Navy.
Leadership experience with small to large projects within Detail Design.
Formal Leadership training is preferred.
A good understanding of EVMS.
Experience in creating a Plan including estimating, budget allocation, process development and schedule creation.

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