Senior Space Systems Engineer

About the Team

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 over 12,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in the industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work, we value trust, honesty, alignment, and transparency. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded.

About the Role

As a Senior Advanced Systems Engineer, you will analyze, design, develop, and test GDMS systems to ensure the seamless integration of software, hardware, reliability, maintainability, and safety within the total engineering effort. This role is critical for advancing our space-based systems, which typically include digital signal processing algorithms implemented in both hardware and software.

In this position, you will formulate operational concepts and perform mission, functional, cost-benefit, and risk analyses. You will be responsible for developing signal processing architectures and overall system architectures, utilizing techniques from Detection & Estimation Theory, Random Processes Analysis, and Communications and Information Theory. You will work alongside award-winning teams on research-oriented projects that provide practical solutions for our nation's security.

Hiring Process & Application

Due to the nature of the work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. A Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance is required at the time of hire.

Workplace & Culture

This position is fully on-site at our San Jose, CA location. We offer flexible schedules, including an optional 9/80 schedule where employees can enjoy every other Friday off. We encourage you to apply if you are a creative thinker motivated to apply technical standards to develop solutions, a collaborative team player capable of providing technical leadership, and someone with strong presentation and communication skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer

General Dynamics Mission Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants regardless of background, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.