Senior Naval Architect

Description Gibbs & Cox, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, is the largest independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm in the United States. Since our founding in 1929, 24 classes of combatants and nearly 7,000 vessels have been built to Gibbs & Cox designs. We proudly support military and commercial clients in the U.S. and internationally with all phases of marine design, construction, and lifecycle management. Our passion is solving our customers' 21st century maritime challenges with quality and integrity. As part of the naval architecture department, you will tackle new and evolving ship design and integration engineering challenges by applying naval architecture principles, techniques, calculations, procedures, and criteria. The projects executed within the team cover the full range of ship design phases from conceptual design through detail design, and post-delivery support. Your contributions will directly support the continued maturation of ship design solutions across all phases of design.Although this is remote, ideal candidate must live within driving distance to one of our office locations in: Arlington VA, Philadelphia PA, New York NY, Newport News VA, New Orleans LA or Houston TX.Primary ResponsibilitiesHydrostatics (weight estimates, intact/ damage stability assessments)Hydrodynamics (hull design, resistance predictions, seakeeping assessments)Arrangements (general arrangements, compartment outfitting, aviation integration, topside integration)Overall ship design integrationRequirement's developmentExecuting naval architecture analyses.Working with multi discipline teams to lead overall ship development and design integration.Leading and successfully executing trade studies and requirements developmentPreparing and presenting technical reports and engineering documentation.Proactively interfacing with customers and other stakeholders to discuss design progress.Basic QualificationsU.S. Citizenship and ability to acquire Secr