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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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The Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Weapons and Energetics joins the Advanced Electronics Systems team to provide technical ownership of warhead, energetic payload, and munitions hardware. This role involves defining payload architecture, decomposing system requirements into interfaces, and managing complex interfaces between energetic payloads, initiation systems, and mechanical structures. You will lead verification, qualification, and live-fire test activities while applying system-safety and hazard-analysis practices for safety-critical hardware. Key responsibilities include supplier technical oversight, configuration control, and mentoring engineers in disciplined practices. You will utilize modeling and simulation tools including Design of Experiments, Digital Twins, Ansys Tool chain, MATLAB, Hydrocode, and CTH. The work focuses on balancing mission effects, safety, and manufacturability to transition energetic hardware from development into qualified, repeatable production for defense applications.
What does a Systems Engineer earn in Massachusetts?
Median $119100 from 55 postings across 3 companies.
Own the technical lifecycle of warhead, energetic payload, or munitions hardware from design through production readiness.
Define payload architecture and decompose system requirements into interfaces, verification evidence, and risk-reduction plans.
Manage complex interfaces between energetic payloads, initiation systems, mechanical structures, and delivery platforms.
Lead verification, qualification, environmental, and live-fire test activities while driving corrective actions based on results.
Apply system-safety, hazard-analysis, and safety-evidence practices for all safety-critical hardware components.
Provide technical oversight for suppliers, including configuration control, traceability, and technical-data reviews.
Utilize modeling and simulation tools like MATLAB and Hydrocode to support physics-based analysis and design decisions.
Lead technical reviews and mentor engineers in disciplined engineering practices to communicate risks and evidence clearly.
What we're looking for
U.S. citizenship is required.
Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering plus 10 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree in Engineering plus 8 years of relevant experience.
Demonstrated technical ownership of warhead, energetic payload, munitions, or comparable high-consequence hardware through design, qualification, and production readiness.
Experience defining payload architecture and decomposing system requirements into interfaces, verification evidence, technical trade studies, and risk-reduction plans.
Experience managing interfaces among energetic payloads, initiation or fuzing systems, mechanical structures, and weapon or delivery platforms.
Experience planning and leading verification, qualification, environmental, and live-fire test activities, including interpreting results and driving corrective action.
Experience applying system-safety, hazard-analysis, and safety-evidence practices for energetic or safety-critical hardware.
Remote (Ft. Wayne, IN)54 days ago
$174,203–$183,730
Systems Engineering
Modeling and Simulation
MATLAB
Ansys
CTH
Hydrocode
Design of Experiments
Digital Twins
Configuration Control
Traceability
hazard-analysis
system-safety
technical-data review
Physics-based Analysis
Systems Engineering
Requirements Analysis
System Design
Software Architecture
Integration and Testing
Data Analysis
Simulation
AI
Interface Definition Studies
Trade Studies
Data Collection Systems