Mechanical Engineering Intern - Leidos

Description

Leidos Gibbs & Cox is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Intern for our Philadelphia, PA office. We are seeking a candidate to work with our engineering team in all aspects of ship design. Leidos Gibbs & Cox’s experience encompasses preliminary and contract-level design package development, to detail design and engineering, production design, and through-life support. As an independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm, the Company employs engineers, designers, and analysts from all of the traditional engineering disciplines including naval architecture, propulsion, mechanical/auxiliaries, structural, electrical; as well as program, administrative and financial management. This broad spectrum of capability allows Gibbs & Cox, Inc. to provide fully integrated and engineered solutions to the most challenging design problems. The Company has participated on numerous industry design and engineering teams and has contributed to ongoing, hull mechanical and electrical research and development activities.

Primary Responsibilities

Our intern program involves having the student obtain a broad understanding of all phases of ship design and engineering. The goal for the student is to learn and gain experience in the following areas:

• The involvement of the stake holders in the design, such as client and/or regulatory agency
• Requirements trace, verification and validation
• Coordination between disciplines
• Production of quality products including configuration control
• Development of studies to detail design calculations and drawings
• Importance or risk reduction
• How cutting-edge technology Is incorporated into the design, such as space, weight and services reservations to coordination of concurrent designs with manufacturers
• To always be looking for cost effective designs to reduce manning through automation, meet pollution control legislature requirements, improve safety, and reduce construction, operation and maintenance costs.

The intern will obtain hands on experience by working on real tasks supporting engineers within their area of interest, as well as working directly with engineers in other disciplines. Depending on work load the intern will have the opportunity to work on various ship types of ships in various phases of design as well as development of alteration packages for ships already in service.

Basic Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing a bachelor's or graduate degree in mechanical engineering, naval or marine engineering, or similar field of study.
• Must have the ability to work in our Philadelphia, PA office up to 3 days per week.
• Must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher

Original Posting Date:

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:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.