
MGR DESIGN ENGINEERING 1
Newport News, VAFull-time$91–114K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Design Engineering Manager supports the Virginia Class model conversion from Catia to NX within the Virginia Cutover project, working with Electric Boat. The role designs major components and systems, coordinates design development, and checks layouts and drawings. It also leads a team, manages workloads and performance, and reports schedule, cost, and quality results. Experience in ventilation, piping, or mechanical disciplines and knowledge of Siemens NX/Teamcenter, submarine design, and NNS construction processes are desirable.
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MGR DESIGN ENGINEERING 1
Location:
Newport News, Virginia, United States
Date: Nov 4, 2026
Req ID: 50738
Team: E16 VCS DESIGN
Entity: Newport News Shipbuilding
US Citizenship Required for this Position: Yes
Full-Time
Shift: 1st
Relocation: No relocation assistance available
Virtual/Telework Opportunity: No - Not eligible for telework
Travel Requirements: Yes, up to 10% of the time
Clearance Required: No - Clearance Not Required to Start
Salary Range: $91,000.00 to $114,000.00
The anticipated salary range represents the estimated base pay for this role. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors, and may vary from the posted range
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. 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.
The Role
Designs major components or major portions of a functional system to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations. Develops basic data and makes preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal. Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replace ability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost. Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development. Makes layouts of complex assemblies and details parts of devices, mechanisms, and structures. Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning. Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers.
Position is specific to Virginia Class model conversion process (Catia to NX) and working with Electric Boat. Potential candidates will possess excellent communication skills with a teamwork mindset. Must be able to lead a team, assign/manage workloads, status and evaluate staff performance. Position will require reporting of schedule, cost and quality performances and to evaluate/propose changes to schedule. This posting is for multiple manager positions and experience with one of the following is desirable: ventilation, piping and/or mechanical disciplines are desirable. Knowledge of Siemens NX/Teamcenter, submarine design and NNS construction processes are also desirable. This position is for the Virginia Cutover project within the SUBE organization.
Must Have
Design Apprentice certification or Associate's degree in Design with 6 years of applicable, progressive professional and/or supervisory work experience;
Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline plus 4 years of applicable, progressive professional and/or supervisory work experience;
or a Master's degree in a relevant discipline and 2 years of applicable experience.
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 [email protected] 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.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,738 open Design Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$91–114K/yr
- Virginia median$104–160K/yr81 salary ranges
- US median$110–160K/yr1,751 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $103K, is 21% below the Virginia median midpoint ($130K) — in the middle half of Design Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 101 open Design Engineer jobs in Virginia and 2,738 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Amazon26 open
- M. C. Dean20 open
- Kiewit6 open
- Experience
- Design Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (2,251 postings).
- Education
- 1,905 of the 2,738 open Design Engineer jobs (70%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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