Engineer Manufacturing

We’re building tomorrow’s fleet today

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.

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Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling. Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout. Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance. Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.

May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan. Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality. Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques. Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.

Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

• 5 Years with Bachelor of Science degree in related field
• 3 years of relevant professional experience with a Master's Degree
• 0 years with a PhD

• Degree in Manufacturing Engineering or related field
• Strong Leadership skills
• Experience with Engineering Software (AutoCAD or similar) and machine programming
• Excellent communication skills and listening skills that empower ISG to respond to the voice of the customer and advocate on behalf of the R&D/PT organization
• Ability to “sell” ISG’s value and to run projects as a service business like any other well‑run professional services business
• Ability to field waterfront issues as they emerge
• Ability to develop and manage budget and schedule of individual project line items
• Strong critical thinking skills
• Strategic mindset and problem‑solving skills
• Analytical mindset, but also creativity to seek, encourage, and find non‑traditional approaches that have historically ‘boxed‑in’ manufacturing
• Able to “think outside the box” to develop creative solutions to problem statements
• Data analytic skills with experience developing tracking/monitoring tools such as ROI, performance, cost, etc.
• Self‑starter and motivated to solve problems and able to manage projects with little supervision from manager
• Comfortable working alone but also in a team environment where cross collaboration is critical to executing tasks

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.

Recognized as one of America’s top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people’s safety and well‑being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you’ll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.

Working at HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a future. 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…