Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Weapons Fuzing
About The Position
General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree, plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
- Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required 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
- Has personally presented to the AFSRB — extremely rare; commands immediate credibility within the Air Force fuze community
- Delivered fuzes for two or more military services (Army + Navy, or AF + Army), demonstrating breadth across service-specific requirements
- Designed active proximity fuze systems (RF, laser, acoustic) in addition to passive influence fuzing
- Integrated fuze with autonomous delivery platforms
- Designed fuzes to modular open systems architecture (MOSA) principles; plug-and-play payload integration
- Built quantitative physics-based fuze simulations for firing chain timing, magnetic signature modeling, or safety FTA
- Government lab background in fuze engineering — brings inside understanding of Government test and qualification processes
- Maintains academic connections (Colorado School of Mines, Penn State ICT, Auburn, Purdue, Texas A&M ballistic programs) for talent pipeline support
Responsibilities
- Led design of fielded ESAD/ESAF; can independently architect ESD, S&A, and firing chain; Experience designing systems compliant to MIL-STD-1316 or MIL-STD-1911
- Designed sensing systems that sense environment conditions such as release, setback, spin, and all-up-round environments
- Designed qualification tests for fuze systems iaw JOTP, MIL-STD-331, and MIL-STD-810; performed environmental qualification; performed failure and root cause analysis on failures
- Designed electrical or electromechanical S&A devices
- Experience designing high reliability electronics systems for safety critical or mission critical systems
- Designed capacitor discharge units; selected/qualified EFI. Experience performing or overseeing HERO margin analysis
- Designed self-destruct/neutralization mechanisms to reduce UxO
- Traces system requirements to ESD, S&A, firing circuit, and software; manages RVTM
- Working knowledge of magnetic influence, seismic, acoustic, or pressure-based target sensing systems
- Designed continuous and power-on BIT for S&A, battery, and sensor health; fault lockout logic; experience with BIT coverage analysis
Benefits
- An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
- Research oriented work, alongside award winning teams developing practical solutions for our nation’s security
- Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule)
- Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health & wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
