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Mechanical Engineer

Job Brief

As a rapidly growing small business, we are seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support quality engineering deliverables for the U.S. Navy, MSC, and USCG.  The engineer will play a critical role in designing, analyzing, and delivering systems related to mechanical engineering for marine vessels.  If you also have excellent people skills, marine HM&E experience, exemplary work ethic and an excellent understanding of U.S. Navy, USCG and MSC ship systems, we’d like to meet you.

Responsibilities

  • Working as a team to review and approve all engineering and technical deliverables. 
  • Collaborate with the team and in some cases, lead and mentor engineers and designers. 
  • Perform Engineering analysis using a variety of engineering tools. 
  • Quality Assurance of all engineering deliverables. 
  • Client facing. 
  • Develop drawings in AutoCAD.
  • Assist the PM in business development and customer relations. 
  • Expect 10% domestic and international travel.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 3+ years of engineering experience with US Navy, UCG or MSC vessels. 
  • Existing knowledge and understanding of industry practices and requirements. 
  • Must be technology-focused with a good background using and implementing technology into business processes. 
  • Experience with HVAC systems and conducting engineering calculations.
  • Proven ability to deliver mechanical designs for NAVSEA.
  • Ability to interface with the client. 
  • Working knowledge of MS Office. 
  • Outstanding organizational skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills. 
  • AutoCAD experience. 
  • Aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving. 
  • BS/BE in Mechanical Engineering or relevant field.
  • Must be able to maintain or get a secret level security clearance.

A successful Engineer at Tridentis will be one that helps us improve our corporate operations, successfully manages projects and assists with growing our organization.

APPLY NOW: Please send resumes to craig.furlano@tridentis.com

Competitive Salary and the Following Benefits

  • 401(k) matching
  • Bonuses
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance 

 Schedule & Location

 M-F.  Located onsite in Norfolk, VA or Bremerton, WA.

 About Tridentis

Tridentis is a privately held small business focused on providing naval architecture, marine engineering, program management and logistics services to the U.S. Navy, USCG and Military Sealift Command (MSC) in addition to other federal agencies.  Tridentis is headquartered in Washington DC and has offices in Norfolk VA, Bremerton WA and Kona HI.  In addition to providing engineering services to the federal government, Tridentis has a spin off company, Advanced Marine Vehicles that is entirely focused on designing, developing and building autonomous marine vehicles.  Tridentis is committed to maintaining an agile company, with a flat organizational structure while achieving long term consistent growth.

Category: Engineer Systems

Information
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. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
Compensation
N/A
Education
5 years relevant experience with Bachelors; 3 years relevant experience with Masters. An additional 4 years of specific job experience with a HS diploma may be substituted for the Bachelor's degree requirement for this job. This experience is in addition to the relevant years of experience listed with the job's education requirements. Example: If this job required a Bachelor's degree + 5 years relevant experience the equivalency would equal HS diploma + 9 years job related experience.
Qualifications
Strong background in communications; fiber optics; electrical/electronic components; generators; AC/DC and high/low voltage theory and application. Thorough knowledge of the installation and maintenance of electrical/electronic components; working knowledge of Key Management Infrastructure.