Survivability Department Manager

Description

Gibbs & Cox, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, is the largest independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm in the United States. Since our founding in 1929, 24 classes of combatants and nearly 7,000 vessels have been built to Gibbs & Cox designs. We proudly support military and commercial clients in the U.S. and internationally with all phases of marine design, construction, and lifecycle management.

Our passion is solving our customers’ 21st century maritime challenges with quality and integrity.

We are seeking a well-qualified individual for the position as the Division’s Survivability Department Manager.

Location:

This position allows for remote work. However the ideal candidate would be local to a Leidos Gibbs & Cox office to attend meetings as needed. Office locations are :
Arlington VA, Philadelphia PA, New York NY, New Orleans LA, Newport News VA, Houston TX.

The Survivability Department Manager is responsible for the technical and management needs of an engineering department with 20 plus engineers in multiple locations with a concentration in the following:

• Vulnerability Analysis

• Passive Protection

• CBRN

• Shock

• System Restoration

• Damage Control

• Vibration

• Electromagnetic Environmental Effects

The Survivability Department Manager must be able to maintain a properly staffed and trained organization that can competently service the organization’s specialty engineering and design needs. This person must have demonstrated success in leading a team of engineering professionals in a matrixed, multi-project environment that provides “cradle to the grave” support from conceptual design through detail design and construction, test and trials, and to post-delivery support.

The candidate will be responsible for ensuring staff create accurate products on time and within budget that align with a formal Quality Assurance program and must have ability to produce manhour and Basis of Estimates for future work.

The Survivability Department Manager must have experience in establishing engineering process development methodology, mentoring and training engineering staff, and establishing and monitoring high quality product development goals. This person must also have experience in the implementation and enhancement of the engineering environment using leading edge computer-aided engineering analysis, and management and development of tools and technologies.

The successful candidate must be an individual that possesses the following attributes:

• Able to attract, hire and maintain a qualified team capable of staffing and performing the department’s workload.

• Proven track record interacting with customers regarding both technical and programmatic issues.

• Motivate and lead a disciplined and focused engineering team.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Solid organizational and time management abilities.

• A technical and managerial problem solver who can identify issues as they arise and initiate corrective action.

• Enthusiastic and willing to instruct inexperienced staff.

• Proven collaborator with superiors, peers, staff, and design teams.

• Flexible, resourceful, figure-it-out-and-get-it-done mentality.

Basic Qualifications

• The Survivability Department Manager must have a minimum of 10 years’ experience in maritime design and engineering, with at least 2 years of experience in a management role.

• Experience at a U.S. Navy-oriented service’s company is desired.

• This individual should have a Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering field with Professional Engineering Certification(s) and/or Licensure and Master’s degree desired.

• You must be a United States citizen with the ability to obtain Secret Clearance to qualify.

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Original Posting:

January 15, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $ - $

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