Sending our Sailors to sea on the world’s most advanced and capable ships so they can return safely to their families
COURTESY OF GENERAL DYNAMICS BATH IRON WORKS ENGINEERING
Hundreds of Engineers and Designers working at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works are putting their skills and intellect into a mission that matters — building the ships our Navy’s Sailors depend on to defend freedom of navigation around the world and to return home safely to their families.
Renowned for our quality and innovation, BIW has designed several of our Navy’s most important ship classes, including the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers and the DDG 1000 Zumwalt class — the most technologically advanced surface combatant in the world.
As the premier designer, builder, and life-cycle manager of surface combatants for the U.S. Navy, BIW offers its employees tremendous variety and frequent opportunities for advancement. We have engineering, technician, designer, and management roles across the breadth of disciplines, including Mechanical, Electrical, Structural (Civil), and Systems engineering, as well as ship Operating Engineers.
The Engineering Department enhances Production by offering deckplate support for engineering and design products across fabrication, assembly, installation, system set up, testing, and trials. When a BIW ship heads down the Kennebec River for sea trials, it is BIW employees who are at the helm, running and testing all the systems we have designed and built.
BIW Engineers and Designers are also responsible for ships already in the fleet, supporting modernization, maintenance, and repair of DDG 51 and DDG 1000 ship classes. BIW maintains a presence in several homeports around the world, offering the opportunity for travel and extended stay at ports within the U.S. and overseas.
As our nation looks to the future, we are collaborating with the Navy on the design of the next-generation surface combatant, ensuring we have important work for years to come.
Engineers can apply to join our Engineering Development Program or the Production Development Program — two-year programs that enable candidates to rotate through different roles in the shipyard to gain a broader understanding of the company, its processes, and its business operations.
We are part of the General Dynamics family of businesses, a global aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems, and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people across 65 countries worldwide and generated $39.4 billion in revenue in 2022.
More information about General Dynamics is available at www.gd.com.
To learn about opportunities at BIW, contact biwcareers.com.
