Design Integration Manager

R&P is looking for a senior level Design Integration Manager who wants to join our team.

We are a mid-sized defense contractor providing Business Financial Management, Engineering, Logistics, Program Management and Technical Services to government clients.

We are seeking a qualified candidate to provide direct support to the PMS 385 in support of the Ship Design Manager for T-ESD 1 Crane Ship Conversion.

The successful candidate will serve as the primary technical integrator across multiple engineering disciplines, ensuring design products are fully coordinated, technically sound and aligned with program requirements, schedule and budget.

In addition to providing technical leadership, the Design Integration Manager will lead a multidisciplinary contactor support team consisting of senior engineers and subject matter experts.

The successful candidate must possess exceptional leadership, communication and consensus building skills to effectively guide experienced technical professionals, resolve competing priorities, and maintain alignment with Government objectives while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team environment.

This position requires extensive experience in U.S.

Navy ship design, design integration, and acquisition programs, with a strong background in electrical engineering and naval architecture.

The Design Integration Manager will coordinate with NAVSEA technical authorities, the PMS 385 Program Office, Warfare Centers, Military Sealift Command (MSC), industry partners and shipyards throughout the design effort.

• Serve as the lead design integration representative supporting the NAVSEA 05D Ship Design Manager.
• Lead and mentor a team of senior contractor engineers and subject matter experts, fostering collaboration, resolving technical challenges and driving execution to meet program objectives and milestones.
• Coordinate design efforts across electrical, structural, mechanical and naval architecture disciplines.
• Evaluate design products for technical completeness, interface management and compliance with Navy design standards.
• Lead technical discussions involving engineering trade studies, design reviews and configuration management.
• Review contract deliverables, engineering analyses, calculations, drawings and technical documentation.
• Support Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), technical interchange meetings and integrated product team (IPT) meetings.
• Coordinate engineering issue resolution between government stakeholders, contractors and shipyards.