Shipyard Build Strategy Engineer

The role

The Build Strategy & Throughput engineer supports defining how ships are built to inform shipyard design. This role ensures facility design is driven by production logic to optimize throughput, repeatability, and scalability.

What you will do

• Define block-based build strategies compatible with facility geometry and crane systems
• Establish block size, weight, and envelope targets to optimize throughput and flow
• Translate vessel class, annual build rate, and steel tonnage into facility capacity requirements
• Define pre-outfitting rules that maximize upstream labor and minimize shipboard work
• Identify and eliminate facility-driven throughput bottlenecks early in design
• Ensure material flow supports parallel workstreams and predictable sequencing
• Integrate build strategy across facilities, heavy lift, manufacturing engineering, and design teams

Required qualifications

• Experience in block-based ship construction or heavy modular fabrication environments
• Strong understanding of crane-driven production systems and facility constraints
• Demonstrated throughput and production-flow mindset
• Ability to work early with incomplete information to shape irreversible facility decisions
• Comfort operating at the interface of design, facilities, and operations

Nice to have

• Experience influencing shipyard layouts, crane strategies, or major facility decisions
• Background in shipbuilding and facility layout design
• Experience in 3D modeling work flows

Benefits

• Medical Insurance: Comprehensive health insurance plans covering a range of services
• Dental and Vision Insurance: Coverage for routine dental check-ups, orthodontics, and vision care
• Saronic pays 100% of the premium for employees and 80% for dependents
• Generous PTO and Holidays
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Competitive Salary with opportunities for performance-based bonuses
• 401(k) plan
• Stock Options: Equity options
• Basic life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage
• Free lunch benefit
• Unlimited free drinks and snacks in the office

Before you apply

• Requires access to export-controlled information or items that require U.S. Person status
• U.S. Person status defined as U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, or certain protected classes of asylees and refugees

About the company

Saronic Technologies is a leader in revolutionizing autonomy at sea, developing autonomous and intelligent platforms for maritime operations.