Welding Engineer Sr/Spec/Principal

Electric Boats • $90K — $120K *
Groton, CT 06340In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Welding, Metallurgical, or Materials Engineering (focus on metallics preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience in industrial welding, shipbuilding, or heavy fabrication
  • Familiarity with arc welding processes and welding metallurgy basics (preferred)
  • Leadership experience is a plus
  • Strong communication skills for technical collaboration with clients and internal teams

Responsibilities

  • Participate in supplier audits to ensure compliance with welding contractual requirements
  • Address and resolve audit findings impacting in-process and delivered components
  • Review and approve supplier welding procedures to maintain quality standards
  • Handle vendor information requests in a timely manner
  • Provide training and technical guidance on welding to suppliers
  • Engage with SUPSHIP or NAVSEA customers to convey technical issues effectively
  • Travel to supplier locations as necessary, with trips up to one week monthly

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning
  • Engagement in high-stakes projects, such as nuclear submarine construction
  • Flexible work environment with varying travel requirements
  • Chance to influence supplier practices and uphold industry standards
  • Collaborative work culture with multiple organizational interfaces
Full Job Description
Overview

Department D341 Welding and NDT Engineering-Suppliers and Strategic Sourcing - Responsible for providing technical guidance to suppliers as well as internal and external customers with respect to welding and fabrication of the components used in the construction of nuclear submarines.  A challenging opportunity exists within the Supplier Oversight Group.

Basic requirements include, but not limited to:

  • Participate in audits of suppliers performing welding to confirm contractual requirements are being followed at the supplier’s location
  • Follow up on audit findings and work to adjudicate findings affecting in process and delivered hardware
  • Review and approve supplier welding procedures
  • Disposition vendor information requests
  • Provide welding training/guidance to suppliers
  • Ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills to allow close communication of technical issues with SUPSHIP or NAVSEA customers and Electric Boat management.
  • Frequency of travel varies but at most travel to suppliers is one week at time, up to once per month.
Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Engineering Technology in the following disciplines:
    • Mechanical
    • Welding
    • Metallurgical
    • Materials (if focus is on Metallics)
  • 5+ years of postgraduate engineering experience in an industrial weldingenvironment, shipbuilding or other heavy fabrication

Preferred:

  • Experience working with basic arc welding processes and an understanding of the fundamentals of welding metallurgy
  • Leadership experience
Skills
  • Candidate must be highly motivated, perform independently, as well as interact with other groups and organizations, including interfacing regularly with SUPSHIP or NAVSEA customers, in an engineering environment
  • Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills are a must
Physical QualificationsClimbing, Color Vision, Crawling, Heavy Lifting, Kneeling, Light Lifting, Medium Lifting, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Stooping, Twisting

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