Senior Maritime Engineer​/Secret Clearance

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• Salary Range - $110,000 to $175,000
• Location - Approved locations for this role - Port Hueneme, CA, Norfolk, VA Washington, DC, Newport, RI, San Diego, CA, Philadelphia, PA, Dahlgren, VA, Keyport, WA Panama City, FL, Newport News, VA
• Clearance - A successful candidate must have an active "Secret" clearance to be considered.
• Benefits - Best-in-class benefits program including medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) program with employer match; paid vacation and sick leave; employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance; an Employee Assistance Program; and a flexible work environment. Additionally, employees can choose from several voluntary benefits including critical illness coverage; accident insurance; identity theft coverage; pet insurance, and more.

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Maritime Engineer to support engineering, technical, and operational efforts for U.S. Navy and Department of Defense (DoD) customers
. The ideal candidate will bring demonstrated experience supporting Navy maritime programs, systems, vessels, waterfront operations, or related engineering initiatives.

This position will provide technical expertise across the planning, development, integration, testing, sustainment, and execution of complex maritime engineering efforts. The successful candidate will be comfortable working in a multidisciplinary environment and collaborating with Government customers, engineers, program managers, operational personnel, subcontractors, and other technical stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and technical support for U.S. Navy maritime, waterfront, and ocean engineering programs and projects.
• Support the planning, design, development, integration, testing, evaluation, installation, operation, maintenance, and/or sustainment of maritime systems and equipment.
• Apply engineering principles to evaluate technical requirements, identify solutions, resolve engineering challenges, and support informed technical decision-making.
• Review and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, technical data packages, calculations, procedures, manuals, and other technical documentation.
• Support development and review of engineering designs, concepts, analyses, plans, and technical deliverables.
• Participate in design reviews, technical interchange meetings, readiness reviews, test events, and other engineering and programmatic reviews.
• Support system integration, test and evaluation (T&E), verification and validation, troubleshooting, and operational readiness activities.
• Coordinate engineering activities involving vessels, waterfront infrastructure, maritime equipment, test assets, lifting and handling equipment, or other specialized systems, as applicable.
• Identify technical risks, constraints, interfaces, and dependencies and assist in developing appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Support configuration management and ensure engineering changes and technical documentation are appropriately controlled and maintained.
• Interface directly with Navy and DoD customers to understand mission requirements and translate operational needs into executable engineering solutions.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams, equipment manufacturers, vendors, shipyards, subcontractors, and other…