Design and oversee construction and repair of marine craft and floating structures such as ships, barges, tugs, dredges, submarines, torpedoes, floats, and buoys. May confer with marine engineers.
<ul><li>Conduct stability analyses of ships.</li><li>Design complete hull and superstructure according to specifications and test data, in conformity with standards of safety, efficiency, and economy.</li><li>Study design proposals and specifications to establish basic characteristics of craft, such as size, weight, speed, propulsion, displacement, and draft.</li><li>Evaluate performance of craft during dock and sea trials to determine design changes and conformance with national and international standards.</li><li>Oversee construction and testing of prototype in model basin and develop sectional and waterline curves of hull to establish center of gravity, ideal hull form, and buoyancy and stability data.</li><li>Design layout of craft interior, including cargo space, passenger compartments, ladder wells, and elevators.</li><li>Confer with marine engineering personnel to establish arrangement of boiler room equipment and propulsion machinery, heating and ventilating systems, refrigeration equipment, piping, and other functional equipment.</li></ul>