Senior Staff Designer
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Job Location:
Newport News, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 50050 - 90475
Posted on:
27-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Gibbs and Cox is seeking a Solidworks Designer to join our organization.
Gibbs & Cox a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos is the largest independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm in the United States. Since our founding in 1929 24 classes of combatants and nearly 7000 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.
Location: Newport News VA
As a member of our highly collaborative multidisciplinary Ship Design team you will be responsible for producing & checking detailed 3D models and 2D Assembly drawings extractions using requirements documents specifications standards and regulatory body requirements as defined in the requirements section below. Essential responsibilities and activities include but are not limited to:
Primary Responsibilities
- Utilize Solidworks to develop detailed 3D models for mechanical and piping systems based on Functional Drawings and/or cognizant engineering guidance or from redlines associated with change paper.
- Develop 2D drawings extractions in Solidworks applying GD&T requirements suitable for production work packages.
- Develop/create standard parts from concept sketches photographs clearly stated functional requirements or vendor provided information.
- Working closely with our clients engineering groups to produce high quality detail design products and drawings.
Basic Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance.
- Education: Associates degree or 10 Years of relevant experience in lieu of an Associates Degree.
- 10 Years Experience with Mechanical Design 3D Model Development 2D Drawing Development & Checking.
- Proficiency with Solidworks (proficiency with Solidworks routing a plus).
- Experience in drafting methods procedures and techniques.
- Strong MS Excel Word and PowerPoint Skills Required.
- Excellent Oral Written and Presentation Skills.
- Strong Time Management and Organization Skills as an Independent Contributor.
- Demonstrated Interpersonal Skills as a member of a Collaborative multidisciplinary team.
- Physical: General Office Setting.
Preferred Qualifications
- Design experience on Naval and/or commercial Shipbuilding programs considered a plus.
- Knowledgeable in the use of AutoCAD and other Autodesk suite of software.
- Knowledgeable in the use of ShipConstructor Suite of software
- Knowledgeable in the use of Navisworks Clash Detection.
- Experience with PDF Editing Programs (Bluebeam Adobe).
- Proficient in production fabrication and quality control practices.
- Demonstrates initiative and active listening skills.
At Leidos we dont want someone who fits the moldwe want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless the over-caffeinated the ones who ask whats next before the dust settles on whats now.
If youre already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2 good. Youll fit right in.
Original Posting:
October 22 2025For 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.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $50050.00 - $90475.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Cloud Infrastructure
- IaaS
- Interviewing
- Media Relations
- Technical Writing
- Relational Databases
- Cloud Computing
- AP Style
- PaaS
- Research Experience
- Journalism
- Writing Skills
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
