Experienced Ship Signatures Main Machinery Engineer

Overview: Experienced level engineers in the Ship Signatures Department are responsible for ensuring that the ship's systems, components, and structures are designed and built to meet a submarine's challenging noise requirements. Ship Signatures Main Machinery experienced engineers are responsible for the acoustic design of the propulsion plant main machinery components. This includes the design of components to identify and incorporate noise control features to ensure the overall ship requirements are satisfied in addition to performing detailed analyses of the dynamic behavior of main machinery components and structures using finite element, boundary element, and statistical energy analysis techniques. The experienced engineers in this group mentor less experienced engineers to develop their skill sets in machinery silencing and are responsible for leading projects. They will work with both internal Electric Boat component and systems departments and the external component vendors. Collaboration between the Ship Signatures Main Machinery engineers and other Electric Boat disciplines in Design-Build-Sustain teams is a common job responsibility. The ability to effectively communicate the noise requirements to these other organizations is a critical skill. Job assignments include developing acoustic calculations, developing specification requirements, reviewing component vendor design submittals, and conducting or participating in component noise testing. The group also develops, implements, and validates novel numerical modeling methods using finite element analysis. The analyses are performed using state-of-the-art computer models which run on an extensive network of compute nodes. Knowledge of finite element and/or statistical energy analysis, submarine structural design tenets, dynamics, and vibrations is useful for this position.