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Naval Architect resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what naval architects actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most naval architects should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Naval Architect with a background in hull form design, stability analysis and structural compliance for commercial and defence vessels. Works across hydrodynamics, classification society rules and project delivery, using tools like Maxsurf and Rhino 3D to turn concepts into buildable designs. Focused on safe, efficient vessels that meet Australian and international maritime requirements.
Key skills
- Engineering design and analysis
- CAD and technical drawing
- Project engineering and delivery
- Data analysis
- Project management
- Hull form design and hydrostatic analysis
- Intact and damage stability calculations
- Structural analysis and finite element modelling
- Classification society compliance (Lloyd's Register, DNV, ABS)
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) regulations
- Hydrodynamic modelling (Maxsurf, ANSYS)
- Technical report writing and documentation
- Towing tank testing and model scale evaluation
- Maxsurf
- Rhino 3D
- AutoCAD
- ANSYS
- Siemens NX
Experience: example bullet points
- Developed hull form and structural designs for a 45-metre commercial vessel using Maxsurf and Rhino 3D, with model testing showing lower resistance than the baseline.
- Calculated stability, buoyancy and load capacity for a fleet of offshore support vessels, preparing stability books that gained classification society approval without rework.
- Prepared design drawings, specifications and technical reports for a defence shipbuilding project, coordinating with mechanical and electrical engineers to resolve interface issues before construction.
- Advised on construction and repair compliance for commercial vessels, interpreting AMSA and NSCV requirements to keep clients on schedule.
- Tested scale models in a towing tank and evaluated performance data to refine propeller and hull interactions, improving fuel efficiency across a series of tugboats.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (Naval Architecture), or a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) with naval architecture specialisation, followed by postgraduate study or Chartered status through Engineers Australia for many practitioners.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Naval Architect
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority
- AMSA
- classification society
- Lloyd's Register
- DNV
- National Standard for Commercial Vessels
- NSCV
- Engineers Australia
- Chartered Engineer
- hull form
- stability analysis
- hydrodynamics
- Maxsurf
- Rhino 3D
- AutoCAD
- ANSYS
- Siemens NX
- defence shipbuilding
- offshore structures
- structural analysis
- towing tank
- marine engineering
- vessel design
- compliance
- maritime safety
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.