Donkey Kong Pursuit Technical Lead

General Dynamics

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Dedham, MAPittsfield, MA
Salary
$149,902–$166,298 / yr
Posted
10 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $214k
This role $158k
$136k most similar roles pay here $276k

This role pays less than 87% of similar roles. Most pay $177,700–$250,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $158k versus about $214k 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 1119 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Donkey Kong Pursuit Technical Lead

The Donkey Kong Pursuit Technical Lead serves as the primary technical interface for the customer, communicating solution visions, technical approaches, and progress through formal briefings. This role involves leading end-to-end technical solution development, including architecture, requirements management, system design, trade studies, and verification strategies. The individual will manage the engineering effort by coordinating work breakdowns, staffing, and risk mitigation while ensuring proposal artifacts remain technically consistent. Key responsibilities include evaluating undersea transmission technologies, COTS products, and hardware like projectors and message processors to solve complex mission problems. Required skills include advanced systems engineering principles, project leadership, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and modeling tools. The role requires a candidate capable of balancing mission effectiveness against cost and schedule while navigating the technical complexities of underwater acoustic communication environments and multi-mission profile designs.

What you'll do

  • Serve as the primary technical interface to the customer regarding solution vision, technical approach, and progress.
  • Lead end-to-end development of the technical solution, including architecture, baseline, and implementation strategy.
  • Translate customer mission needs and requirements into an integrated technical solution and pursuit strategy.
  • Manage the overall engineering effort including work breakdown, staffing, estimates, schedules, and infrastructure.
  • Identify and mitigate technical gaps, integration risks, cost issues, and schedule constraints.
  • Analyze technical alternatives to develop high-TRL, low-cost solutions using proven hardware and designs.
  • Direct the development of proposal artifacts such as technical volumes, statements of work, and compliance matrices.
  • Perform technical analyses of undersea transmission technologies and COTS products to determine feasibility.

What we're looking for

  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • A Top Secret security clearance with SCI is required at time of hire.
  • Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or a related field and 8 years of experience, or a Master's degree and 6 years of experience.
  • Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles across the system development life cycle.
  • Strong project leadership skills including technical planning, cost/risk analysis, and familiarity with EVMS concepts.
  • Experience with undersea acoustic transmission, long-range acoustic source or projector technologies, and systems integration (preferred).
  • Strong proposal and capture acumen to shape technical approaches and lead technical proposal content.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

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