Navy ship maintenance and cyber-secure control systems for surface and subsurface vessels
Delphinus Engineering is a DOD prime contractor focused on Navy ship maintenance, modernization, and undersea systems across all surface ship, aircraft carrier, and submarine classes. The tech stack reveals a hybrid engineering operation: CAD tools (SolidWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD) and welding processes dominate the physical side, while Java/Kotlin microservices (Maven, Gradle, Git, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ) power their cybersecure machinery control systems and condition-monitoring platforms. Hiring is heavily skewed toward engineering (75% of active roles), with a mid-to-junior balance typical of scaling technical delivery across distributed Navy yards.
Notable leadership hires: Paint Team Lead
Founded in 1994, Delphinus Engineering operates as a privately held DOD prime contractor with nearly 800 professionals delivering engineering and technical services to the U.S. Navy. The company specializes in maintenance, repair, and modernization of all Navy surface ships, aircraft carriers, submarines, and undersea systems. They are certified for SUBSAFE and DSS-SOC compliance, listed on NAVSEA for AIT, and designated as a CCRP-DOP by NAVSUP. Beyond ship repair, Delphinus develops and deploys cybersecure machinery control systems for critical shipboard and infrastructure applications, all delivered under ISO-9001:2015 quality certification. Operations span five facilities: Newtown Square (PA), Bremerton (WA), Norfolk (VA), San Diego (CA), and Pearl Harbor (HI), positioning them near major Navy homeports.
CAD and design tools (SolidWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD), Java/Kotlin microservices with Kubernetes, network infrastructure (Aruba, Cisco Wireless), welding processes (GMAW, GTAW), and condition-monitoring systems with RabbitMQ and Vue frontends.
Five facilities: Newtown Square (PA, headquarters), Bremerton (WA), Norfolk (VA), San Diego (CA), and Pearl Harbor (HI). All hiring is within the United States.
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