💼 Full-Time Position

Principal Operability and Crewing Engineer

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NAVANTIA UK
📍 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Location
Bristol, United Kingdom
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Posted
June 08, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Job Description

Principal Operability and Crewing Engineer 

Design ships that are ready for the missions of tomorrow.

Navantia UK is hiring a Principal Operability and Crewing Engineer to shape how operability, automation and digital capability are engineered into complex naval and government vessels from day one. You’ll turn operational concepts (CONOPS) into practical, testable requirements that reduce workload, optimise roles, and credibly enable reduced-crewing and uncrewed concepts.

What you’ll do

  • Lead operability and crewing/operator strategy across multiple ship design programmes.
  • Develop CONOPS and run operational vignette workshops to stress-test concepts and technology choices.
  • Define user-centred, mission-focused requirements that shape layout, accessibility, maintainability, workflow, human factors, and automation/digital systems.
  • Develop and champion crew reduction/elimi...