Marine Systems Engineer - Clearwater, FL

This role serves as the technical authority for hull platform evaluation, integration, and design validation across multiple vessel classes (e.g., monohulls and catamarans).
The engineer will ensure that vendor-designed hulls meet structural, hydrodynamic, and system integration requirements, while also supporting manufacturability and long-term scalability.
This is not just a design role—you are responsible for ensuring the hull works as part of the full system.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical evaluation of hull platforms across multiple craft types
• Identify and resolve:
  • Design risks
  • Gaps
  • Non-compliance issues in vendor designs
• Review and challenge:
  • Stability analyses
  • Structural designs
  • Resistance and powering calculations
  • Accommodation layouts
• Define and enforce requirements for:
  • Propulsion systems
  • Payloads
  • Sensors and antennas
  • Maintenance access
• Ensure hull designs support full system integration with:
  • Electrical systems
  • Autonomy systems
  • Mission systems
• Provide design-for-manufacturing (DFM) input:
  • Geometry
  • Structure
  • Sectioning strategies
• Evaluate:
  • Structural loading conditions
  • Real-world operational stresses
• Define platform-level acceptance criteria (with Test & Evaluation)
• Assess operational limits:
  • Sea state capability
  • Speed envelope
  • Stability constraints
• Drive decisions when vendor recommendations conflict with system needs

Required Qualifications

• Degree in:
  • Naval Architecture
  • Marine / Ocean Engineering
  • Related field
• 5+ years in marine platform design or design review
• Mandatory: Experience with multihull or catamaran design
• Strong ability to review:
  • Structural drawings
  • Stability analyses
  • Hull layouts
• Experience with tools such as:
  • Maxsurf
  • Rhino
  • ShipConstructor (or similar)
• Experience reviewing vendor/third-party designs