Sr Advanced Safety Systems Engineer

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

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: 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.

ROLE AND POSITION OBJECTIVES:

As a Senior Advanced Safety Systems Engineer for the Torpedo Systems Group, you will be responsible for the identification, classification, and mitigation of safety hazards as part of the overall Systems Engineering (SE) process. This includes requirements analysis, requirements definition, requirements management, functional analysis, performance analysis, and test (verification), validation and interface definition studies of system, subsystem or system elements with little or no supervision. Additionally your focus will be on personnel safety of those operating the system. You will work with Program Management, technical leadership and the customer to make critical decisions on architecture, design, and technology choices as it pertains to safety significant solutioning. We encourage you to apply if you have any of these preferred skills or experiences: 

• Demonstrated strong strategic and architectural vision.
• Proven background designing and maintaining systems with safety significant requirements.
• Excellent problem-solving and system-thinking abilities.
• Demonstrated leadership skills on complex programs with multi-disciplinary engineering teams, push technological boundaries, lead complex projects, and mentor teams.
• Demonstrated technical excellence in systems engineering.  You are viewed as a technical lead on safety across the Torpedo business.
• Demonstrated use and understanding of systems engineering strategies, principles, and measures.
• Ability to present test strategies, plans, and results to internal and external customers and negotiate direction.

The Senior Advanced Safety Systems Engineer role will also include the following adjunct responsibilities:

• Support the set-up, configuration, and documentation of hardware and software systems under test, including loading software onto multiple devices.
• Support design, development, and implementation of cost-effective procedures for testing and troubleshooting of components, sub-assemblies, assemblies, and systems.
• Support development of test plans, test procedures, requirements traceability, test reports, test flow, and test case design and implementation
• Document testing issues and failures and perform analysis of test results.
• Support formal systems acceptance testing activities.

What sets you apart:  

• Experience in the adoption of system safety practices as defined by MIL-STD-882E, JSSSEH, AOP-52, JOTP-51, MIL-HDBK-2155, T9070-AL-DPC-020/077-2 standards and handbooks.
• Technical credibility; demonstrated through past experiences.
• Experience in preparation of cost and schedule estimates for design tasks.
• Demonstrated system, hardware, and software integration experience.
• Demonstrated technical excellence in engineering solutions to DoD customer requirements.
• Strong presentation and communications skills with experience in the art of negotiation and the ability to meet challenging customer requirements with win-win solutions.
• Exquisite brokering skills, regularly achieving consensus among stakeholders both internal and external.
• Collaborating effectively with others; along with building teams that excel through GDMS values.

Our Commitment to You:

• 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
• See more at gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits

Workplace Options:
This position is fully on-site. While on-site, you will be a part of the Canonsburg PA facility

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans