Senior Marine Systems Engineer

The Sr. Marine Systems Engineer’s primary responsibility is to lead multi-discipline teams of engineers and suppliers to execute large commercial and Naval marine Power and Propulsion Systems in accordance with GEV principles, processes, and procedures. Strong interpersonal skills are required to achieve project goals as a critical and proactive member of a cross-functional/organizational team including Project Management, customers, end-users, supply chain, and regulatory bodies.

Other duties include mentoring junior and graduate engineers, working with sales engineers to provide cost competitive solutions, and actively contributing to process improvement initiatives.

• Serves as a role model for more junior engineers in following and embracing GEV policies and procedures with special attention to Safety and Integrity
• Leads a multi-discipline engineering team to deliver Integrated Power and Propulsion Systems for commercial and Naval vessels
• Provides or coordinates technical support to the Project Management team including internal and external technical presentations, change management, planning, and budget control
• Establishes strong inter-departmental and inter-company relationships to effectively achieve contract requirements including Project Management, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Testing, Field Service, Suppliers, other GEV entities, and third parties (such as regulatory bodies)
• Performs design reviews to ensure deliverables meet industry standards of safety, performance, and quality
• Mentors less experienced engineers by demonstrating, coaching, and sharing best practices
• Participates in and contributes to process improvement initiatives

• BS in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university
• 10+ years’ experience in the MV Electric Distribution and/or Variable Speed Drives (VSD) Systems

• Ability to obtain a secret clearance for US military contracts
• Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time, including occasional international travel

• Demonstrated execution of MV power and population systems for marine applications
• Demonstrated leadership of multi-discipline/multi organizational teams of engineers
• Ability to create and maintain traceability and verification reports
• Ability to create and maintain risk registers
• Demonstrated experience in specifying, procuring, testing, and commissioning of marine generator controls, MV Switchgear, LV distribution systems, harmonic filters, and Neutral Grounding Resistors
• Demonstrated experience in specifying, procuring, testing, and commissioning of marine MV and LV Propulsions systems including drive isolations transformers, variable speed drives, and motors
• Based on load types such as fixed or variable pitched propellers, calculate speed-torque curves for motor sizing
• Demonstrated ability to integrate Electric Power and Propulsion Systems to meet power quality standards such as defined in IEEE-45 and/or MIL-STD-1399
• Working knowledge of ABS, Lloyds, DNV, or similar rules and regulations for marine power generation, distribution, and propulsion systems
• Creating functional specifications for sub-system vendors to meet overall vessel Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and regulatory requirements such as ABS
• Hands on experience aboard naval and/or commercial vessels
• Participation in sea trials with direct responsibility of one or more elements of the power and/or propulsion system
• Ability to manage cost, schedule, and change
• Familiarity with Quality Assurance tasks such as Non-Conformity Reports (NCRs), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and 8-D type processes for corrective action and process improvement
• In depth experience with engineering processes such as…