Marine Engineering Technician - USV

Marine Engineering Technician - Mechanical Systems

Owen Daniels is proud to partner with a provider of advanced maritime technology, with specific expertise in autonomous/uncrewed surface vessels for defense and commercial applications. They are an established global business, expanding operations to Virginia Beach.

As part of this expansion, they are looking for an Experienced Marine Engineer with expertise in mechanical systems on maritime vessels.

The role sits within the Mission Success team, taking ownership for the mechanical platform – structure, propulsion, steering, fuel systems and more. You will undertake rigorous pre‑mission checks to ensure vessels perform to customer requirements, and lead post‑operation maintenance and lessons learned to drive continuous improvement of vessels.

• Act as the onsite technical authority for platform and mechanical matters within the Mission Success team.
• Conduct pre/post operation checks and preventative maintenance across the platform and wider systems to maximize reliability and availability.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, defect logs and service histories.
• Diagnose faults across the entire system using instrumentation, data and sound engineering judgement.
• Capture operational and maintenance data and lead root cause analysis for platform and mechanical incidents, ensuring lessons learned are documented and shared.
• Recommend design, maintenance and operating procedure improvements.
• Support mechanical integration and minor modification of payloads, sensors and ancillary equipment.
• Manage the physical readiness, packing, transport and protection of platforms, trailers and associated equipment.
• Define and maintain spares, tools and consumables holdings and support site set up/tear down.
• Always apply safe system of work and ensure activities align with relevant maritime, lifting and electrical safety standards.

• Experienced maintaining marine mechanical systems.
• Experienced with marine propulsion.

Ability to work in maritime and field-based environments.

Ability to travel for operational deployments.

• Virginia Beach based – some travel required.