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Our MissionScale nuclear energy.
Power generations.
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nuclear energy.
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The ocean is the largest undeveloped frontier on earth, and the next chapter of abundant energy will be written at sea. We’re building the maritime economy of the future.
What we are doing

We’re building the open-water nuclear network.

Nuclear power for the maritime commons.

Ocean Atomics is an American company designing, licensing, and assembling a standardized nuclear electric power plant and the surrounding support systems for maritime applications. We will install these plants on any vessel built to our nuclear-ready standards, and will provide end-to-end sustainment in our planned nuclear lifecycle dockyard. We will provide the licensed operators to unlock this new capability for your energy intensive application at sea. To move fast and to lead the creation of this new market, we are leveraging the compact, proven systems enabled by water-cooled reactors.

Who we Are

Capability meets conviction.

We’re a specialist team that’s growing fast. Bringing together nuclear engineers, naval architects, reactor scientists, operations specialists, policy and regulatory navigators, and infrastructure experts. Together, we’re pooling this unique group of talent and experience to craft and lead the industry’s next phase of evolution.

We operate with a nuclear mindset: intellectually honest, early to surface risk, serious about safety – without ever using it as an excuse to slow down. We move fast because the mission demands it, and we take care of each other. Because work at this scale is only possible with good people; driven by purpose, curiosity, grit, and integrity.

Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder

William R. Cahill

Will’s 20-year career as a U.S. Coast Guard officer spans training in naval architecture and marine engineering, to offshore operations both at sea and in the air, to national policymaking at the highest levels of government. Will served as the White House maritime lead on the National Security Council, and later the Council of Economic Advisors, where he built and led interagency efforts to enhance American energy and maritime industrial base competitiveness. Will co-founded Ocean Atomics to turn that insight and experience into action; building civil maritime nuclear power into an anchoring technology for the country, and a benefit to the world.

Chief Strategy and Operations Officer, Co-Founder

Akemi Reed

Akemi is a team builder and problem solver. She spent the last 15 years working alongside some of the most ambitious entrepreneurs in America, managing large scale, capital-intensive projects where the playbook had to be written in real time. She helped develop the concept behind Ocean Atomics after years of research and obsession with nuclear energy. Her ability to work with people across disciplines, and to solve problems that seem impossible, is what she brings to Ocean Atomics every day.

Chief Nuclear Officer

Dr. Nick Touran

With a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan and 15 years of advanced reactor development at TerraPower, Nick is among the most respected voices in the nuclear industry. He has spent his career demystifying reactor technology for public audiences as much as he has advanced it in practice – a combination that makes him uniquely equipped to transform civil maritime nuclear power from a historical sidenote into a world-scale prime mover.

Chief Maritime Officer

Dr. Christopher G. Hart

Chris builds energy solutions at the frontiers of the maritime domain. A Ph.D. in Naval Architecture from the University of Michigan, and service as a U.S. Navy Special Operations Officer, gave Chris a rare technical and operational foundation for what followed: major projects for ExxonMobil, U.S.-based startups developing offshore power solutions, and a senior role within Berkshire Hathaway's energy portfolio.

Chief Financial Officer

James Lightbourn

James has spent his career moving capital through the maritime sector – working alongside shipowners, family offices, investment banks, and private equity to finance, acquire, and operate transportation assets. That breadth of experience across shipping, aviation, and emerging ventures gives him a distinctive lens on the financing structures that will bring maritime nuclear power to commercial scale.

William R. Cahill

Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder

Akemi Reed

Chief Strategy and Operations Officer, Co-Founder

Dr. Nick Touran

Chief Nuclear Officer

Dr. Christopher G. Hart

Chief Maritime Officer

James Lightbourn

Chief Financial Officer

JOIN US

We need your expertise.

We’re hiring across the board: all levels in nuclear engineering, naval architecture, and shoreside infrastructure.

If you can make RELAP models, run CASMO or OpenMC, perform ASME pressure vessel design, design and analyze ships, or deliver nuclear-grade cranes, we’d like to meet you.

Director of Maritime Infrastructure

Full Time • Remote$220K – $276K

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Department

Maritime

Location

United States

Role

The Director of Maritime Infrastructure commands the physical industrial footprint, asset acquisition strategy, and operational maintenance of Ocean Atomics’ manufacturing and dockyard network. While engineering designs the fleet and workforce scales the labor, this role establishes and operates the physical launchpads required to build and sustain our floating nuclear platforms.

You will own the dual mandate of identifying and securing strategic deep-water infrastructure assets—establishing a definitive United States footprint before scaling to an eventual global network—and subsequently managing active operations once these facilities are under Ocean Atomics' control. To succeed, you must have a proven track record of leading complex industrial system and facility designs from initial site concept to active operation across multiple large-scale industrial complexes. Your mission is to build and run the domestic manufacturing engine that anchors our long-term enterprise expansion.

Responsibilities

  • Command Strategic Asset Identification: Target, evaluate, and present the deep-water dockyards, heavy fabrication hubs, and industrial waterfront assets necessary to execute Ocean Atomics' manufacturing model, establishing a robust US foundation before scaling internationally.
  • Own Infrastructure Operations & Maintenance: Serve as the final operational authority for the maintenance, civil engineering integrity, and mechanical uptime of all controlled yards, graving docks, and upland staging areas within the OA footprint.
  • Direct Facility Lifecycle Management: Lead the design and execution of industrial upgrades, capital improvement projects, and heavy-lift logistics infrastructure as our manufacturing requirements scale from prototype to fleet assembly lines.
  • Synchronize Regulatory and Physical Security: Ensure all physical assets comply natively with domestic and international marine facility standards, federal environmental controls, and the strict physical security perimeters required for advanced energy manufacturing environments.
  • Cross-Functional Infrastructure Integration: Collaborate with the technical and workforce sectors to ensure shipyard configurations match vessel build specifications, and coordinate with the commercial sector to de-risk capital deployment for asset footprints.

Qualifications

  • Education: Advanced degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Construction Management, or a related heavy industrial discipline.
  • Experience: 15+ years directing heavy industrial operations, large-scale shipyard management, or major marine infrastructure builds, with an extensive background navigating the United States industrial landscape.
  • Lifecycle Mastery: Proven track record of designing, developing, and operating complex physical infrastructure or industrial facilities from initial asset selection through full operational deployment across multiple systems.
  • Leadership Posture: Exceptional command presence. A disciplined, operationally rigid engineer who can manage massive physical assets, handle complex industrial friction with composure, and maintain absolute structural and capital discipline across our domestic and future international operating nodes.

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Director of Maritime Technical

Full Time • Remote$220K – $276K

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Department

Maritime

Location

United States

Role

The Director of Maritime Technical serves as the highest-priority technical authority within the Maritime Department, executing the comprehensive design and engineering of Ocean Atomics' modular floating nuclear fleet. While policy, workforce, and infrastructure secure the legal and physical pathways, this role owns the structural, machinery, electrical, and auxiliary systems architecture across all product pipelines.

Commanding the entire technical division—including the distinct Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering domains—you are charged with translating disruptive intellectual property into a standardized Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that defines and codifies our vessels. To succeed, you must be a proven engineering executive capable of managing a highly specialized team, directing fast-paced design iterations, and ensuring our fleet is engineered to lead the maritime energy commons.

Responsibilities

  • Command Fleet Design and Engineering: Execute the overarching technical strategy for OA's modular floating nuclear fleet, maintaining absolute responsibility for all marine product lines.
  • Codify the Engineering Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): Direct the translation of core intellectual property and advanced reactor integration requirements into a highly disciplined, standardized WBS that codifies the product for shipyard fabrication.
  • Manage the Technical Division Hierarchy: Provide executive leadership, operational direction, and mentorship to the Principal Naval Architect and Principal Marine Engineer, coordinating a multi-disciplinary team of specialized engineering leads.
  • Direct High-Velocity Design Iterations: Oversee the technical design loops, trade studies, and engineering sprints required to mature initial concepts into formal, submission-ready technical packages for critical design reviews.
  • Anchor Regulatory and Class Strategy: Standardize design criteria across all engineering disciplines to clear a seamless path for marine classification society approvals and international regulatory milestones.

Qualifications

  • Education: Advanced degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a strictly related heavy industrial engineering discipline.
  • Experience: 15+ years of progressive engineering leadership directing large-scale commercial shipbuilding, complex offshore energy projects, or major first-of-a-kind (FOAK) marine platform programs.
  • Systems Mastery: A definitive track record of managing multi-disciplinary engineering organizations and successfully translating complex, high-stakes technical designs into operational, buildable marine assets.
  • Leadership Posture: Exceptional executive and technical presence. A disciplined, data-driven operator who commands authority through engineering rigor, navigates intense design friction with composure, and maintains absolute technical and structural discipline across global product lines.

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Director of Maritime Workforce

Full Time • Remote$220K – $276K • Offers Bonus

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Department

Maritime

Location

United States

Role

The Director of Maritime Workforce is tasked with building, scaling, and protecting the human capital engine powering Ocean Atomics' shipyard operations. While technical teams design the vessels and infrastructure secures the yards, this role ensures our manufacturing facilities are fully staffed with elite talent capable of executing our specialized assembly model.

You will architect and secure the domestic human capital supply chain required to build and maintain Ocean Atomics' nuclear-integrated fleet. Your core directive is to aggressively break down legacy barriers between organized labor, vocational institutions, and higher education to establish a highly scalable, certified, and "nuclear-capable" workforce. To succeed, you must be a strategic builder who ensures that OA dockyards are never bottlenecked by localized labor shortages, anchoring our operational scaling squarely in human resource readiness.

Responsibilities

  • Architect the Human Capital Supply Chain: Build and secure the comprehensive domestic workforce pipeline required to support the construction and long-term maintenance of the floating fleet.
  • Unify Labor and Education Ecosystems: Break down historical barriers between organized labor, vocational schools, and higher education institutions to create unified training and recruitment pathways.
  • Codify "Nuclear-Capable" Certifications: Collaborate with regulatory bodies and educational partners to develop specialized, scalable training curricula that yield certified, nuclear-ready maritime craftspeople and technicians.
  • De-Risk Yard Labor Bottlenecks: Monitor and analyze localized labor market dynamics across all target regions, deploying proactive workforce strategies to ensure OA dockyards face zero operational delays due to staffing shortages.
  • Synchronize with Maritime Directors: Partner directly with the Technical, Infrastructure, and Policy sectors to ensure workforce growth patterns perfectly match facility activation timelines and technical build schedules.

Qualifications

  • Education: Advanced degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Workforce Development, Business Administration, or an equivalent heavy industrial management discipline.
  • Experience: 15+ years of progressive leadership directing large-scale workforce development initiatives, union negotiations, or human capital supply chains within commercial shipbuilding, heavy manufacturing, or the energy sector.
  • Pipeline Mastery: A definitive track record of designing and scaling multi-tiered vocational or technical training programs from the ground up, successfully moving pipelines from classroom environments to active industrial production.
  • Leadership Posture: Exceptional executive presence. A strategic, operationally minded leader who can navigate complex labor landscapes with composure, build high-trust alliances across diverse institutional boundaries, and maintain absolute workforce discipline.

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Hydrodynamics and Stability Lead

Full Time • Remote$150K – $235K

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Department

Maritime

Location

United States

Role

The Hydrodynamics and Stability Lead commands the hydrodynamics, seakeeping, and stability architectures of Ocean Atomics’ floating energy platforms, driving the core naval architecture discipline required to secure class and regulatory approvals for our fleet. While other engineering branches define the internal machinery and structural foundations, this role holds ultimate accountability for how our platforms interact with the marine environment.

You will own the vessel's equilibrium, motion characteristics, and mooring dynamics from initial concept through full operational deployment. Your primary directive is to enforce rigid weight, center-of-gravity, and hydrodynamic margins to ensure that our conventional hull forms are natively pre-engineered to accept post-delivery nuclear payloads. By delivering survivable, highly reproducible, and modular hull designs optimized for extreme station-keeping, you guarantee absolute platform stability, eliminating buoyancy, mooring, and capsizing risk across the entire operational lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Command Seakeeping and Stability Architectures: Lead the analysis and validation of intact and damage stability matrices, ensuring the platform complies with strict international maritime codes and utility-grade uptime mandates.
  • Own Environmental Interaction Modeling: Direct advanced hull-wave interaction modeling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, and model testing loops to predict platform behavior in extreme metocean conditions.
  • Enforce Rigid Hydrodynamic and Mass Margins: Establish and safeguard strict center-of-gravity (CoG) limits, weight growth margins, and buoyancy reserves to accommodate heavy nuclear containment structures without compromising marine safety.
  • Design Resilient Mooring and Station-Keeping Systems: Own the analytical design and dynamic simulation of station-keeping and mooring system architectures, ensuring the platform remains securely pinned across decades-long operational lifecycles.
  • Support Class and Regulatory Technical Submissions: Author the technical stability booklets, hydrodynamic reports, and safety-at-sea documentation required to clear classification society gates and statutory regulatory reviews.

Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, or a strictly related fluid dynamics engineering discipline.
  • Experience: 8+ years of experience specializing in marine hydrodynamics, stability engineering, or offshore mooring design for commercial vessels, semi-submersibles, or floating production assets.
  • Technical Mastery: Deep proficiency in specialized naval architecture software (e.g., GHS, MOSES, WAMIT, ANSYS AQWA) alongside an authoritative understanding of intact/damage stability regulations (e.g., ABS, DNV, IMO).
  • Leadership Posture: A precise, data-driven engineer who possesses total command over naval architecture physics, communicates technical risk with absolute clarity, and maintains analytical discipline under aggressive design schedules.

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Maritime Arrangements and Weights Lead

Full Time • Remote$150K – $200K

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Department

Maritime

Location

United States

Role

The Maritime Arrangements and Weights Lead commands the general arrangements, spatial allocation, and weight control frameworks of Ocean Atomics’ floating energy platforms, driving the weight management and spatial engineering discipline required to secure class and regulatory approval for our fleet. While other structural and hydrodynamic parameters define the outer hull, this role owns the internal spatial footprint and mass distribution of the vessel.

You will own the weight engineering matrices, center of gravity (CoG) tracking, compartmentation, and equipment envelopes from initial concept through operational deployment. Your primary directive is to enforce rigid weight, moment, and spatial margins to ensure our conventional platforms are natively pre-engineered for post-delivery nuclear integration. By delivering survivable, highly reproducible, and modular arrangements, you secure the critical spatial and mass equilibrium required to balance heavy nuclear payloads within marine structures, eliminating weight growth, center of gravity migration, and spatial interference risk across the entire operational lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Command Spatial Allocation and General Arrangements: Lead the layout development, internal configuration, and space allocation of all compartments, matching operational profiles with strict marine accessibility standards.
  • Own the Weight Engineering Framework: Architect, maintain, and defend the definitive weight engineering matrices and equipment envelopes across all active vessel design loops.
  • Track Mass Equilibrium and CoG Migration: Execute precise center of gravity (CoG) tracking and moment calculations to ensure the platform remains stable throughout its construction, transit, and decades of operational life.
  • Enforce Rigid Design Margins: Implement and safeguard strict weight, moment, and spatial margins to seamlessly accommodate heavy, highly localized nuclear containment payloads without requiring late-stage structural overhauls.
  • Manage Compartmentation and Interference Resolution: Govern internal vessel compartmentation and drive cross-functional 3D spatial coordination to eliminate physical interferences between structural elements, routing lines, and machinery systems.
  • Support Regulatory and Class Approvals: Produce formal weight summaries, deadweight survey procedures, and general arrangement drawings to satisfy classification society requirements and statutory maritime standards.

Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, or a strictly related marine systems design discipline.
  • Experience: 8+ years of naval architecture experience, with a dedicated background managing weight control programs and general arrangements for complex commercial vessels or offshore energy infrastructure.
  • Technical Mastery: Deep mastery of 3D CAD platforms (e.g., ShipConstructor, AVEVA Marine, Rhino) and professional weight tracking applications, coupled with an authoritative understanding of SNAME weight control guidelines and classification society rules.
  • Leadership Posture: A meticulous, detail-oriented engineer who possesses unyielding discipline in data tracking, resolves spatial conflicts with analytical objectivity, and can firmly defend margin thresholds against cross-functional design pressures.

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Maritime Structures Lead

Full Time • Remote$150K – $235K

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Department

Maritime

Location

United States

Role

The Structures Lead commands the structural integrity, heavy foundations, and load-bearing architecture of Ocean Atomics’ floating energy platforms. While higher-level authorities manage macro fleet architectures, this role drives the rigorous structural engineering discipline required to secure the class and regulatory approvals necessary for our fleet.

You will own the structural design pathway from initial concept through operational deployment, directly managing the critical scantlings and material specifications that protect our assets. Your primary directive is to ensure our conventional hulls are natively pre-engineered to withstand the massive physical demands of post-delivery nuclear integration. By delivering survivable, highly reproducible, and modular structural designs, you will build the physical skeleton of our fleet—eliminating structural and fabrication risk before steel is ever cut in the yard.

Responsibilities

  • Command Structural Integrity and Load Engineering: Lead the engineering, analysis, and validation of the platform’s primary and secondary structures, ensuring complete structural resilience under extreme marine and operational loads.
  • Own Hull Girder and Barrier Design: Design and optimize hull girder strength, collision barriers, and specialized shielding support systems capable of safely isolating advanced energy components.
  • Enforce Rigid Material and Scantling Standards: Establish and safeguard strict material selection, plate thickness, and structural scantling margins to natively support post-delivery nuclear payloads without mid-cycle re-engineering.
  • Eliminate Fabrication and Yard Risk: Develop highly reproducible and modular structural designs that streamline shipyard assembly pipelines, reducing production bottlenecks and weld-rejection rates before fabrication begins.
  • Support Class and Regulatory Technical Submissions: Generate the finite element analysis (FEA), structural drawings, and mathematical proofs required to clear classification society reviews and statutory maritime approvals.

Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Naval Architecture, Structural Engineering, Marine Engineering, or a strictly related heavy industrial engineering discipline.
  • Experience: 8+ years of structural engineering experience within commercial shipbuilding, heavy offshore structures, or large-scale marine energy projects.
  • Technical Mastery: Deep proficiency in marine finite element analysis (FEA) software, class society structural rules (e.g., ABS, DNV), fatigue analysis, and advanced steel/alloy fabrication methodologies.
  • Leadership Posture: A highly disciplined, technically rigorous engineer who can command a specific technical domain, make definitive engineering trade-offs under tight spatial constraints, and maintain absolute structural discipline across iterative design cycles.

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Principal Marine Engineer

Full Time • Remote$185K – $235K

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Department

Maritime

Location

United States

Role

The Principal Marine Engineer commands the propulsion, machinery, and electrical systems architecture of Ocean Atomics’ floating energy platforms. While the naval architecture team shapes the vessel, this role drives the deep mechanical and systems engineering discipline required to secure the necessary class and regulatory approvals for our fleet.

You will lead the Marine Engineering domain—overseeing specialized leads in Propulsion, Electrical, Auxiliary & Distribution Systems, and Controls & Communications—from initial concept through operational deployment. You own the internal power distribution, auxiliary systems, and thermal management networks, enforcing rigid interface standards to ensure our conventional platforms are natively pre-engineered for seamless, post-delivery nuclear integration. Your mission is to deliver survivable, highly reproducible, and modular machinery plants that bridge the gap between conventional marine systems and advanced reactor inputs, eliminating physical integration risk before our fleet ever hits the water.

Responsibilities

  • Command Machinery and Systems Architecture: Own the overarching design, optimization, and configuration of the platform’s machinery spaces, mechanical plants, and internal power networks.
  • Enforce Rigid Nuclear-Ready Interfaces: Establish and safeguard strict mechanical, thermal, and electrical interface boundaries to ensure the vessel seamlessly accepts advanced reactor components post-fabrication.
  • Codify the Technical Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): Drive the precise system-level documentation, engineering matrices, and product definitions required to translate core machinery concepts into buildable, shipyard-ready packages.
  • Direct Specialized Engineering Leads: Provide high-level technical oversight, architectural direction, and coordination to the Propulsion, Electrical, Auxiliary, and Controls leads to ensure complete system harmonization.
  • Secure Class and Regulatory Approvals: Manage the technical submittal strategy for all mechanical and machinery systems, steering designs through rigorous marine classification society reviews and statutory regulatory gates.

Qualifications

  • Education: Advanced degree in Marine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a strictly related heavy power/propulsion engineering discipline.
  • Experience: 12+ years of progressive engineering leadership within commercial shipbuilding, large-scale offshore energy platforms, or complex first-of-a-kind (FOAK) marine machinery design.
  • Systems Mastery: A proven track record of designing, developing, and operating complex fluid networks, high-voltage distribution systems, and heavy marine propulsion plants from initial concept through active commissioning.
  • Leadership Posture: Exceptional technical command presence. A disciplined, operationally rigid engineer who thrives under strict interface constraints, handles system complexity with composure, and confidently guides specialized engineering leads through aggressive design loops.

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Principal Navel Architect

Full Time • Remote$85K – $235K • Offers Bonus

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Department

Maritime

Location

United States

Role

The Principal Naval Architect commands the hydrodynamic, structural, and spatial architecture of Ocean Atomics’ floating energy platforms. While the broader organization manages external commercial and infrastructure networks, this role owns the physical integrity and marine performance of the vessels themselves, translating ambitious operational requirements into a highly disciplined product.

You will lead the Naval Architecture domain—overseeing specialized leads in Structures, Hydrodynamics & Stability, Arrangements & Weights, and Habitability—from initial concept through global operational deployment. Your primary directive is to enforce rigid engineering parameters that ensure conventional hulls are natively pre-engineered for seamless, post-delivery nuclear integration. To succeed, you must bring deep technical authority, eliminating downstream shipyard risk by delivering survivable, modular, and highly reproducible marine structures that serve as the physical foundation for our fleet.

Responsibilities

  • Command Marine Architecture & Hull Design: Own the macro-level hull form, structural configuration, and marine systems architecture, ensuring all designs optimize buoyancy, station-keeping, and long-term environmental survivability.
  • Enforce Nuclear-Ready Interface Boundaries: Establish and enforce strict structural scantlings, shielding support matrices, and spatial margins to ensure the vessel platform natively accepts advanced reactor payloads without mid-cycle redesigns.
  • Codify the Technical Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): Drive the rigorous engineering documentation and product breakdown structures necessary to translate intellectual property into standardized, buildable blueprints for global shipyards.
  • Direct Specialized Engineering Leads: Provide executive technical oversight and mentorship to the Structures, Hydrodynamics, Arrangements, and Habitability engineering leads, ensuring cross-functional design harmony.
  • Secure Class and Regulatory Approvals: Anchor the technical submission strategy, driving design loops to successfully clear complex marine classification society reviews and international regulatory milestones.

Qualifications

  • Education: Advanced degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, or a strictly related structural engineering discipline.
  • Experience: 12+ years of senior engineering leadership within commercial shipbuilding, major offshore energy projects, or complex first-of-a-kind (FOAK) marine platform design.
  • Design Mastery: A proven track record of architecting large-scale, complex marine structures from initial concept through active regulatory approval and physical deployment.
  • Leadership Posture: Exceptional technical command. A disciplined, rigorous engineer who commands authority through technical expertise, thrives under tight design constraints, and can confidently guide specialized engineering leads through highly iterative design loops.

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