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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.
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As an Embedded Software Architect for Airborne Systems, you will partner with business, program, customer, and technology leaders to define practical technical paths that enable the delivery of customer commitments. You will be responsible for establishing and guiding embedded software architectures, technology roadmaps, and model-based design approaches to develop capable, sustainable solutions across the product lifecycle. Your daily work involves translating mission needs into executable technical strategies while managing trade-offs and influencing decisions among stakeholders. The role requires expertise in developing architectures for real-time, safety-critical, or high-reliability systems. You will utilize model-based design, model-based systems engineering, and model-driven development practices to improve execution, traceability, and verification. Key competencies include strategic leadership, technical coaching, and the ability to identify opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement within the domain of mission-critical airborne technologies.
Define practical technical paths to meet customer commitments and program requirements.
Establish and guide embedded software architectures for mission-critical products.
Develop technology roadmaps and assess emerging technologies to guide investment decisions.
Lead model-based design, systems engineering, and model-driven development practices.
Translate complex mission needs into executable technical strategies for hardware and software teams.
Provide architecture guidance, coaching, and standards to engineers and technical leads.
Resolve ambiguous technical challenges by creating actionable, technically sound plans.
Identify opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation.
What we're looking for
U.S. citizenship is required.
Ability to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance.
Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or a related STEM field, plus 8 years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree, plus 6 years of experience.
Experience developing embedded software architecture and technical roadmaps for complex, mission-critical products (preferred).
Experience leading model-based design, systems engineering, or model-driven development practices (preferred).
Ability to translate mission needs into executable technical strategies through partnership with customers and business leaders (preferred).
Demonstrated success with real-time, safety-critical, or high-reliability systems (preferred).
Exceptional communication skills to explain technical tradeoffs and influence decisions across stakeholders (preferred).