Machinery Designer - Pascagoula

Position Information

• Req
• Team: 52 Engineering
• Entity:
  Ingalls Shipbuilding
• US Citizenship
  
  Required:
  
  Yes
• Employment Type:
  
  Full‑Time
• Shift: 1st
• Relocation Assistance:
  No
• Virtual/Telework Opportunity:
  Not eligible
• Travel Requirement:
  No

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 U.S. Coast Guard. As 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.

• Designs components or portions of systems and modifies existing designs to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations.
• Utilizes computer‑aided design equipment and/or graphic tools such as CAD, CAM, or CATIA; gathers information, makes studies, computes calculations, and prepares original rough layouts or sketches to present design proposals.
• Coordinates design criteria with engineering, manufacturing, tooling, material, and planning groups, considering ease of manufacture, material availability, contractual specifications, and cost.
• Develops basic data and creates preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposals.
• Investigates design factors such as ease of manufacture, material availability, equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength‑weight efficiency, contractual requirements, and cost.
• Coordinates with other affected organizations and makes layouts of complex assemblies and details parts of devices, mechanisms, and structures.
• Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards and specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.
• Identifies design errors, omissions, and deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements to responsible engineers or designers.

• High School Diploma/GED and 10 years of experience.
• Or Associate’s Degree or 2‑year technical degree in a related discipline and 6 years of experience.

• Proficient in Ship Constructor and AutoCAD for design support and extraction/development of new drawings.
• Experience with Siemens NX for generating VWI (Virtual Work Instructions).

• Medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices.
• On‑site health centers and tele‑medicine.
• Wellness resources and employee assistance programs.
• 401(k) savings plan and financial education and planning tools.
• Life insurance and tuition reimbursement.
• Employee discounts and early‑childhood and post‑secondary education scholarships.

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  with the nature of your request and contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case‑by‑case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e‑mail address.

If you need assistance, call 1‑844‑849‑8463. Press #1 for Ingalls Shipbuilding.