ENGINEER SYSTEMS 5

Req ID: 43751 
Team: E92 E&D DIGITAL ENTERPRISE 
Entity: Newport News Shipbuilding

US Citizenship Required for this Position: Yes 

Full-Time
Shift: 1st 
Relocation: Relocation assistance will be available 
Virtual/Telework Opportunity: No - Not eligible for telework 

Travel Requirement:  Yes, 10%-25% of the time 

Clearance Required: No - Clearance Not Required to Start 

Meet HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding
With more than 25,000 employees – including third-, fourth- and even fifth-generation shipbuilders – HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division is the largest industrial employer in Virginia. We’re the sole designer, builder and refueler of U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy nuclear submarines. Our diverse and innovative team of professionals ranges from skilled trades to project managers, engineers and software developers to solution architects, technical subject matter experts, and system users. Anchored in our rich, 135-year history, we collaborate together at the forefront of technology, manufacturing, and integration of the most powerful and survivable naval ships in the world. Want to be part of the team? Apply today! We look forward to meeting you.

Job Description

The E92 Model Based Engineering (MBE) team is seeking a highly motivated individual to fill the position as an Engineer 5 position as the new program Digital Engineering Lead. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and support our efforts to revolutionize how we evaluate, develop, and implement digital technology for our Shipyard and focused on Navy customer interaction.
This position will serve as a technical lead for complex system implementation projects of various sizes and lead in:
• Setting the vision for Digital Engineering products at NNS to align with Navy strategy
• Setting the strategic direction of Digital Engineering efforts to enable the wider Engineering, Planning, Manufacturing and In service support. 
• Developing strategic technical work plans for multiple funding streams.
• Being the technical leader for digital engineering with internal leadership and external leadership
• Managing the customer relationships with both internal and external leadership and peers.
• Investigating, testing, and developing new capabilities to enable increased throughput
• Work to integrate and standardize data, processes and tools across programs and systems to ensure data integrity, data reuse, and data access/dissemination to maximize efficiency and effectiveness into the company’s core business processes.

The position will support multiple strategic enterprise initiatives that will include defining digital architecture environments and process.  This position will also require a working knowledge and ability to leverage system engineering thought process and techniques to analyze and improve processes across programs. This position requires a person that is comfortable developing a clear vision from an ambiguous constantly changing set of requirements. 
Additional roles.
• Partner with IT Architectures to ensure architecture solutions developed across programs are aligned to enterprise architecture standards and principles, leverage common solutions and services, and meet financial targets (cost and benefits).
• Ensure system integration and tracking is accomplished across numerous programs, and projects, during all stages of development to ensure successful implementation.
• Customer & industry technical collaboration, vendor data exchange, process & procedure documentation, modeling standards development, and the development of Model Based Engineering educational material.
• Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Why HII
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 planning tools, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships, and more. Some benefits may vary depending on your specific division or work location. 

Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.

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.

Do You Need Assistance? 
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to buildyourcareer@hii-co.com and let us know the nature of your request and your 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.

Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #2 for Newport News Shipbuilding.

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