Engineer Electrical

US Citizenship

Required:

Yes

Full-Time | Shift: 1st | No relocation assistance | Not eligible for telework

Travel Requirement:
Yes, 25%-50% of the time

With more than 11,000 employees, HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division is the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi and a major contributor to the economic growth of Alabama. For nearly 85 years, we’ve designed, built and maintained amphibious ships, destroyers, and cutters for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. The largest supplier of U.S. Navy surface combatants, we’re simultaneously building four classes of ships and have pioneered the development and production of technologically advanced, highly capable ships for the surface Navy fleet for decades.

Candidate will be responsible for establishing, overseeing, and managing all activities related to assigned power and lighting shipboard systems.

• Research, development, and design of electrical components, equipment, and systems in accordance with all contractual requirements, military and commercial specifications.
• Initiate procurement specifications; review and approve supplier proposals; adjudicate supplier furnished information for translation into construction products.
• Interface with vendors and Navy technical representatives; support vendor design reviews and testing; develop drawings and other documents IAW Mil‑Specs and contract drawings.
• Interface with other disciplines and departments to ensure seamless integration of assigned systems into the shipboard environment; address and resolve technical issues; make decisions on problems in area of responsibility.
• Support shipbuilding production department as required.

Applies advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts. Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts. Work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious. Provides solutions that are highly innovative and ingenious. Some travel required.

• 9 Years of experience with a Bachelor of Science degree in a related field.
• 7 Years of experience with a Master’s Degree.
• 4 Years of experience with a PhD.

• Senior level expertise regarding Electric Plant, Power Generation and Distribution, 4160V Distribution System, and Power Systems Analysis (Fault Current and Circuit Coordination).
• Technical lead in the aforementioned areas; support new electrical technology insertion for various HII‑Ingalls programs.
• Shipyard authority on Power Systems Distribution and Analysis, Ship to Shore Connection, Electric Cable, and leader of innovative development initiatives within Engineering, Operations, and mentoring entry and junior level Engineers.

We build the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber.

HII’s diverse workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.

We offer comprehensive benefits including 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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e‑mail to  and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case‑by‑case basis.

Alternatively, call 1‑844‑849‑8463 for assistance; press #1 for Ingalls Shipbuilding.