Senior Structural Engineer – Naval Ship Design

Navantia UK • bristol, england • Posted June 30, 2026

Position Overview

Senior Structural Engineer – Naval Ship Design
Bristol, UK | Navantia UK
Full‑time | Part‑time considered | Hybrid working

Help shape the future of naval ship design.

What you’ll be doing

  • Leading and delivering structural design and analysis for naval and complex commercial vessels
  • Producing high‑quality outputs including models, drawings, calculations, BOMs, weight estimates and reports
  • Developing and owning the team’s finite element analysis capability, including standards, workflows and verification
  • Building and maintaining a 3D ship structures modelling capability in Siemens NX
  • Performing global and local analyses (strength, vibration, fatigue, buckling, stiffness)
  • Optimising designs for safety, performance and manufacturability
  • Applying MOD, Naval Ship Rules and Classification Society standards
  • Providing technical leadership and mentoring to j...