Advanced Systems Engineer, Hardware Focused

General Dynamics

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Work type
On-site
Location
Manassas, VA
Salary
$130,371–$144,630 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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This role pays less than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $148,820–$214,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $138k versus about $181k for comparable roles.

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1336 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $124,093–$150,385 across 1162 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Advanced Systems Engineer, Hardware Focused

The Advanced Systems Engineer (Hardware Focused) joins a cross-functional team at GD Mission Systems to perform system engineering and functional design for future combat systems. The role involves ensuring that functional and technical specifications and standards are complete and accurate to support customer review, system development, and testing. Key responsibilities include developing system designs, writing technical requirements from external sources like electrical interface specifications, and managing requirements. The position requires proficiency in systems engineering concepts, hardware-focused experience, and excellent communication skills. Preferred technical skills include experience with DOORS, system modeling tools, and MIL-STDs related to hardware and EQT. The work focuses on solving complex technical problems within the defense sector by delivering practical solutions for national security through rigorous hardware engineering and integrated team collaboration.

What does a Systems Engineer earn?

Median $165025 from 264 postings across 39 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Perform system engineering and functional design for next-generation combat systems.
  • Ensure functional and technical specifications are complete, accurate, and meet required standards.
  • Deliver technical documentation to support customer review, approval, system development, and testing.
  • Develop system designs and write technical requirements derived from external sources like electrical interface specifications.
  • Manage requirements and utilize system modeling tools such as DOORS.
  • Apply MIL-STDs related to hardware and EQT to engineering processes.
  • Identify and apply AI opportunities for continuous process improvement and innovation.

What we're looking for

  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Must be able to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance.
  • Requires a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or a related Science, Engineering, Technology, or Mathematics field.
  • Requires 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience.
  • Agile experience (preferred).
  • B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering degree from an accredited school (preferred).
  • At least 5 years of experience in a systems engineering role, preferably defense-related and hardware-focused (preferred).
  • Experience using DOORS or system modeling tools is a plus (preferred).

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