Ship Structural Fatigue Engineer

CACI • Bethesda, MD

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About The Position

The Senior Ship Structural Engineer role is a unique career opportunity to be part of a team of naval architects, structural engineers, and designers, providing structural designs and solutions for US Navy and USCG ships. Opportunity to support CACI's client site offices at NSWC-Carderock. Opportunity to work with customers such as MSC, NSWC, NAVSEA, and USCG.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Ocean Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in the marine industry, with focus on designing for fatigue preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience performing finite element modeling and analysis.
• Understanding of fatigue and fracture analysis.
• Understanding of US and British standards for fatigue requirements.
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Detail-oriented and able to work in fast-paced work environment.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Ability to speak and write clearly in English.
• Willingness to travel approximately 10% of the time.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Security clearance eligibility.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with US Navy, USCG, and/or US commercial ship design standards.
• Experience with US Navy shock, vibration, and survivability standards.
• Experience with design/analysis of aluminum structures.
• Experience with corrosion inspection/prediction.
• Experience performing metal fatigue calculations.
• Experience performing mooring analyses.
• Experience with performing weights and stability calculations.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for fatigue test events.
• Develop fatigue design procedures for Navy vessels, including for high-cycle submarine tanks.
• Provide pressure hull structures oversight for preparation and fatigue testing of weldment samples.
• Develop finite element models of ship structure and perform finite element analyses for pressure hull structural evaluations.
• Perform structural calculations using first-principles formulas and using finite element software.
• Develop full-ship finite element models for use in structural direct analyses and spectral fatigue analyses.
• Document methods, assumptions, and results in reports.
• Apply regulatory rules, industry standards, and customer requirements to develop conforming designs and pass/fail criteria.
• Design and evaluate (through finite element analysis) ship structures for new and existing ships.
• Perform Shipyard and/or design Contract Deliverable reviews for Contract Specification SOWs, regulatory, and technical compliance.
• Interface with customers, vendors, shipyards, and internal team members.
• Train less experienced engineers.

Benefits

• Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.
• We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities.
• Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families.
• At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level