# Chief Project Engineer

Job Title: Chief Project Engineer, Naval Engineering Location: Philadelphia, PA (On-site) The Opportunity: Hanwha Defense USA (HDUSA) is seeking a Chief Project Engineer, Naval Engineering specializing in marine engineering and naval architecture to support U.S. Navy shipbuilding programs. The position reports directly to the Senior Director, Naval Engineering. This role supports engineering analyses, ship system integration, and program execution for modernization and acquisition activities. Responsibilities: Leadership role in major projects, including areas of ship or other product design, marketing, process improvement, R&D and other internal projects as directed by management Pro-active in seeking out and correcting integration issues among engineering disciplines during design process Supervise analysis of program cost/schedule control data Represents assigned project’s cost, schedule and technical status at meetings Leads significant meetings with customers, owners and regulatory bodies Acts as single point of contact with external customers Works with engineering management team to identify and mitigate risk during design process Responsible for coordinating development of

- **Id**: 1481276
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/hanwha-defense-usa-chief-project-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: head
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Philadelphia, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-14T02:05:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-07-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T18:26:05Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-07T18:26:05Z
- **Days open**: 116
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3767
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual bonuses, Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Military, Defense Manufacturing, Ammunition

## Company

- **Id**: 1932403
- **Name**: Hanwha Defense USA
- **Domain**: hanwhadefenseusa.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hanwhadefenseusa>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: ADP

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 128000
- **Max usd**: 253000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 668

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 116

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-29T21:14:42Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-07T18:26:05Z

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