Advanced Engineer - Prototype Integration Engineer

General Dynamics Mission Systems•Manassas, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role focuses on building and configuring a prototype virtualization environment on a commercial server platform. The engineer will be responsible for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting various virtualized services, including voice and voice-recording, as well as supporting network services. The position involves developing and executing prototype configurations for high availability, virtual networking, virtual LANs, quality of service, and system backup and recovery. A key aspect of the role is integrating wireless client devices, wireless routing, and voice call paths with the prototype environment and approved handset interfaces. The engineer will also support trade-study research and hands-on evaluation of candidate voice-recording, network-switching, network security gateways, boundary-protection solutions, and related commercial components. Integration and testing of analog telephony, audio, relay, and other legacy interfaces using appropriate gateways and adapters are also required. The role includes creating test procedures, collecting data, documenting defects, supporting root-cause analysis, and executing integration testing in laboratory environments. Maintaining version-controlled configuration files, build notes, network diagrams, test records, and engineering artifacts is essential. The engineer will also contribute to technical reports, including prototype design, test results, limitations, and recommendations.

Requirements

Hands-on experience with Linux, virtualization, IP networking, managed switches, virtual LANs, power over Ethernet, and network troubleshooting.
Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting containerized applications using Kubernetes or a comparable container-orchestration platform, including containers, service networking, persistent storage, and configuration management.
Working knowledge of voice-over-IP concepts, session-based communications, private-branch-exchange systems, and voice/audio troubleshooting.
Experience developing and executing integration or verification tests for complex systems.
Ability to interpret system drawings, interface-control documents, network diagrams, and equipment specifications.
Strong written documentation skills and disciplined configuration-management habits.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
Department of Defense Secret security clearance is preferred at time of hire.
Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with virtualization, containers, scripting, or automation using Python, Bash, or Ansible.
Familiarity with mobile-device integration, wireless LAN design, certificate-based authentication, certificate services, or secure wireless solutions.
Experience with analog telephony, analog telephony gateways, interface adapters, audio capture, relay I/O, or industrial Ethernet interfaces.
Exposure to naval, maritime, enterprise communications, or lab-based integration environments.

Responsibilities

Build and configure the prototype virtualization environment on the designated commercial server platform.
Install, configure, and troubleshoot virtualized voice, voice-recording, and supporting network services.
Develop and execute prototype configurations for high availability, virtual networking, virtual LANs, quality of service, and system backup and recovery.
Integrate wireless client devices, wireless routing, and voice call paths with the prototype environment and approved handset interfaces.
Support trade-study research and hands-on evaluation of candidate voice-recording, network-switching, network security gateways or boundary-protection solutions, and related commercial components.
Integrate and test analog telephony, audio, relay, and other legacy interfaces using appropriate analog telephony gateways, interface adapters, or test fixtures.
Create test procedures, collect logs and performance data, document defects, and support root-cause analysis.
Execute integration testing in designated laboratory environments and document results against defined acceptance criteria.
Maintain version-controlled configuration files, build notes, network diagrams, test records, and engineering artifacts.
Support development of technical-report content, including prototype design, test results, limitations, and recommendations.