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Since our founding in 1929, 24 classes of combatants and nearly 7,000 vessels have been built to Gibbs & Cox designs. We proudly support military and commercial clients in the U.S. and internationally with all phases of marine design, construction, and lifecycle management. Our passion is solving our customers’ 21st century maritime challenges with quality and integrity.\nAs a member of our highly collaborative multidisciplinary Ship Design team, you will be responsible for producing detailed Structural Functional 2D Drawings, Detail 3D models and 2D Assembly drawings extractions using requirements documents, ship specifications, standards and regulatory body requirements as defined in the requirements section below for Naval, Coast Guard, Commercial ships. Essential responsibilities and activities include but are not limited to:\nPrimary Responsibilities\nUtilizing ShipConstructor to develop Structural 3D models based on Functional Drawings and/or redlines associated with change paper, develop 3D Foundations for equipment, develop Structural Assembly Drawings for Primary Structure and Foundations.\n\nPreparing accurate and detailed designs, free form surface models and/or drawings based on concept sketches, photographs, or clearly stated functional requirements or appearances.\n\nWorking closely with our clients, naval architects and engineers to produce high quality, detail ship design products and drawings.\n\nBasic Qualifications\nU.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance.\n\nAssociates Degree or 3+ Years of relevant experience in lieu of an Associate's Degree.\n\n3+ years of experience with Structural Design, 3D Modeling and 2D Drawing development.\n\nProficient in AutoCAD.\n\nExperience working in the shipbuilding industry.\n\nDemonstrated proficiency of drafting methods, procedures and techniques.\n\nExperience in drafting methods, procedures and techniques.\n\nMust be able to work some overtime as required.\n\nStrong MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint Skills Required.\n\nExcellent Oral, Written and Presentation Skills.\n\nStrong Time Management and Organization Skills as an Independent Contributor.\n\nDemonstrated Interpersonal Skills as a member of a Collaborative multidisciplinary team.\n\nMust be able to travel and work overtime as required.\n\nPhysical: General Office Setting.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nStructural Design experience on Naval and/or commercial Shipbuilding programs.\n\nExperience with ShipConstructor.\n\nDeveloping 3D models and 2D Detail Drawing Extractions in ShipConstructor.\n\nExperience with PDF Editing Programs (Bluebeam Preferred).\n\nKnowledge of standards and regulatory body requirements.\n\nKnowledge of Shipyard Production/Fabricationpractices.\n\nKnowledge of Welding and associated symbols.\n\nIf you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.\nOriginal Posting:\nOctober 27, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.\nPay Range:\nPay Range $50,700.00 - $91,650.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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