Sr Advanced Systems Engineer

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc • Pittsfield, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Make the world’s most advanced Strategic Fire Control System even smarter!
As an Advanced Systems Engineer for Strategic Weapon Control, you’ll be a member of a cross functional team responsible for coordinating development of a subsystem upgrade to a submarine Fire Control System.

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field.
• Also requires 8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related 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.

Nice To Haves

• Agile experience preferred.
• Fire Control Systems (FCS) experience
• System requirements; documentation management, testing, verification, and validation
• Systems Design and Developement including Hardware and software integration; planning, testing, troubleshooting, and report generation
• Engineering leadership; excellent communication and presentation skills, cross-discipline engineering knowledge, design review package generation, and developing customer intimacy
• Introducing and managing modernization technical initatives by integrating complex technical scope across a team with varying technical goals
• Generating white papers for informing the strategic community about the introduction of new technologies
• Mentoring engineering leaders across technical and project management topics
• Success leading the systems development life cycle and a strong proficiency with requirements management and system modeling tools
• Creative thinker motivated to apply technical standards and methodologies and apply new information quickly while handling increasing responsibilities with growing complexity
• Collaborative team player with the ability to provide technical leadership and position others for success
• Strong presentation and communications skills with experience in the art of negotiation and the ability to meet challenging customer requirements with win-win solutions
• Commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others

Responsibilities

• Coordinating development of a subsystem upgrade to a submarine Fire Control System

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level