Naval Architect

Job description

Naval Architect/Engineer Location: Ventura, California This position is contingent upon contract award. Duties: - Combining technical expertise and creative problem-solving to design vessel configurations for variety of research and other Naval projects that includes tasks such as deep-sea placement and retrieval of equipment, installation of heavy-duty crane, and testing of new equipment at-sea. - Delivering designs that can be built by the team and are safe, efficient, fit for their intended purpose, and seaworthy on the M/V Independence. - Turning high-level governments requirements into initial conceptual design and reliable, detailed price estimates of the resulting build-out for inclusion in binding fixed-price or cost-plus Naval task orders based on government instructions. - Design configurations on the vessel platform and/or other areas of the vessel to handle any specialized equipment (e.g., crane, loading/unloading of remotely operated vehicle, areas for performing training exercises with any specialized tools). - Review task order requests and prepare technical and cost proposals, in collaboration with Program Manager, for ongoing operations and maintenance of vessel. -...