Senior Network Engineer

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc•Pittsfield, MA

32d•$112,924 - $125,275•Onsite

About The Position

As a Network Systems Engineer for General Dynamics M&SS Surface Systems, you will help deliver robust, flexible, secure, and stable network solutions for military surface ships. Working within an agile team, you will translate mission and customer requirements into network designs, validate performance in a lab environment, and produce the engineering documentation needed to support integration and deployment. Success in this role means delivering network solutions that meet approved requirements, resolving technical issues, and supporting team commitments to the U.S. military mission.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Systems 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 obtainable within a reasonable amount of time after hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.
Design and configure networks that meet defined operational requirements.
Develop and use installation plans, network topologies, and IP addressing plans.
Integrate or support cross-domain solutions.
Apply technical standards and engineering methods to solve complex problems.
Contribute across the systems development life cycle, from requirements definition through verification.

Nice To Haves

Technical ownership: You guide engineering work from requirements through verified results and communicate the rationale behind design decisions.
Practical problem-solving: You evaluate alternatives, explain tradeoffs, and deliver solutions that balance mission needs, technical constraints, and program commitments.
Collaborative leadership: You help teammates resolve technical challenges, share knowledge, and improve team performance.
Customer-focused communication: You present technical information clearly and work with stakeholders to resolve competing requirements and reach workable agreements.
Continuous development: You strengthen your technical capabilities and help others build theirs.
Innovation with measurable value: You identify opportunities to use approved AI tools and other technologies to improve engineering quality or efficiency.

Responsibilities

Deliver mission-ready network designs. Develop and configure network solutions that satisfy approved functional, performance, security, and interface requirements. Demonstrate compliance through design reviews and documented verification results.
Produce accurate, implementation-ready documentation. Create and maintain network topologies, IP plans, installation plans, and configuration documentation that enable consistent installation, integration, testing, and troubleshooting.
Validate network performance and resolve issues. Develop and execute lab tests against defined acceptance criteria, isolate root causes of network problems, and verify corrective actions before recommending solutions for integration.
Maintain requirements traceability. Connect network requirements to design decisions and verification evidence, using applicable requirements management and system modeling tools to support technical reviews and change control.
Support secure cross-domain integration, as applicable. Contribute to the design, configuration, and verification of cross-domain solutions against approved security and mission requirements.
Meet team delivery commitments. Participate in daily collaboration, communicate progress and risks, and coordinate technical dependencies to deliver agreed-upon engineering work on schedule.
Drive continuous improvement. Identify and implement improvements that reduce recurring issues, streamline engineering activities, or improve solution quality, including appropriate use of approved AI tools.