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Position Title: Firecontrol and Vetronics Senior Engineer (10+ years of Experience)

Location: Sterling Heights, MI, United States

Category: Engineering

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: United States

State: MI

City: Sterling Heights

Remote Work Options: On-Site

Security Clearance Required: Secret

Career Level: Senior

Requisition ID: 15792495

Date Posted: Mar 14, 2025

Description: About the Role:

The Firepower and Vetronics Lead for a GDLS product portfolio is responsible for ensuring overall technical design integrity, compliance, and robustness of a balanced system design. The Firepower and Vetronics Lead is accountable to program and engineering leadership and the Chief Engineer. The Firepower and Vetronics Lead have responsibility of technical scope and provide technical direction to the supporting functional organizations. The Firepower and Vetronics Lead will also support the Systems Engineering Manager, Chief Engineer, and Project Engineers. Additionally, they oversee related performance activities and drives key engineering decisions to meet project schedule and cost goals.

Company Information:

General Dynamics is a successful Fortune 100, global aerospace and defense company, with over 90,000 employees world-wide. General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has a strong foundation of delivering core engineering and manufacturing capabilities to our clients for military vehicles. Our team is focused on continuous process and productivity improvements that reduce product costs, while increasing troop safety and effectiveness. Land Systems continues to work with the US Armed Forces and its Allies to ensure these vehicles remain survivable, relevant, flexible, affordable and capable of addressing a dynamic threat environment.

What We Offer:

Starting your career or you are an experience professional, we offer a Total Rewards package that is Impactful and built for you.

• Healthcare including medical, dental, vision, HSA and Flex Spending
• Competitive base pay and incentive pay that rewards individual and team performance, and comprehensive benefits.
• 401k Match (6%)
• Educational Assistance
• 9-80 Work Schedule (This position's standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off)
• Onsite cafeteria, remodeled fitness center, and outdoor fitness track

Responsibilities to Anticipate/Expect:

• Subsystem/domain technical authority; ensures product is developed in accordance with GDLS and customer engineering standards to achieve program requirements
• Responsible to provide direction and guidance to applicable stakeholders to deliver technical products and deliverables to support project milestones
• Ensure subsystem team products meet technical, cost, quality, and performance requirements
• Manage Tracked Firecontrol team to deliver on technical scope within project constraints, and ensures customer expectations are met
• Responsible for review and approval of related products / CDRLs / Milestone review content
• Lead Tracked Firecontrol designs and test activities and makes trade/technical decisions in coordination with Chief Engineer
• Responsible for related subcontractor performance and coordination for engineering tasks
• Lead engineer for GDLS Leadership and Customers on Tracked Firecontrol scope execution
• Coordinate with functional departments on related technical resource needs
• Support negotiations of technical requirements, scope and deliverables
• Identify potential risks and mitigation strategies
• Responsible for interface definition and arbitration, physical/functional management and technical management of the product baseline
• Responsibility for ensuring the overall product technical design integrity, design compliance with all requirements, and that the product will function as an integrated subsystem within its intended environment

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Systems or Mechanical Engineering preferred. Other technical degrees will be considered with relevant experience. Advanced master's degree in any engineering discipline preferred.
• Minimum of 10-15 years relevant experience in the engineering/defense industries
• Proven experience in technical interface with customers; especially significant experience with US Government programs
• This position will require eligibility to obtain a US security clearance. (Non-US Citizens may not be eligible)
• Excellent communication skills: written, verbal, and presentation
• Organizational capabilities to direct and lead others in a team-based environment
• Analytical skills and ability to direct and consult on technical analyses
• Experience in design, development and integration of ground combat vehicles
• Works well in team and individually
• Must be able to work occasional evening and/or weekend overtime
• Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and control account management experience is preferred
• Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) knowledge is required
• Must be willing to travel (domestic and/or foreign) as needed
• Proficiency in Windows XP, Lotus Notes, and Microsoft Office with adequate computer skills to manage the development of presentations and other methods of media display

GDLS considers factors such as, scope/responsibilities of the position, candidate experience and education/training background, in addition to local market comparable and business considerations when extending an offer.

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people across 65 countries worldwide and in all 50 U.S. states, more information is available at General Dynamics Land Systems, is a business unit of General Dynamics, and is an innovative leader of ground combat systems' equipment and software for our clients. Our performance-driven team partners with the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corp and other militaries across the Globe to ensure that next generation ground combat vehicles are ready to protect our fighting men and women in uniform. General Dynamics Lands Systems provides a competitive compensation package, site specific flexible work schedules, 401(k) with Company Match; Bonus Eligibility, Employee Development Opportunities, Tuition Reimbursement, On-site Amenities, and comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, General Dynamics Land Systems ("GDLS") provides all persons with equal opportunity and access to all aspects of employment process, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or membership in any group protected by federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws. GDLS also is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation to search or apply for an opportunity with GDLS, please call 586-825-4000 or send an e-mail to for assistance and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
About the Role:

The Firepower and Vetronics Lead for a GDLS product portfolio is responsible for ensuring overall technical design integrity, compliance, and robustness of a balanced system design. The Firepower and Vetronics Lead is accountable to program and engineering leadership and the Chief Engineer. The Firepower and Vetronics Lead have responsibility of technical scope and provide technical direction to the supporting functional organizations. The Firepower and Vetronics Lead will also support the Systems Engineering Manager, Chief Engineer, and Project Engineers. Additionally, they oversee related performance activities and drives key engineering decisions to meet project schedule and cost goals.

Company Information:

General Dynamics is a successful Fortune 100, global aerospace and defense company, with over 90,000 employees world-wide. General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has a strong foundation of delivering core engineering and manufacturing capabilities to our clients for military vehicles. Our team is focused on continuous process and productivity improvements that reduce product costs, while increasing troop safety and effectiveness. Land Systems continues to work with the US Armed Forces and its Allies to ensure these vehicles remain survivable, relevant, flexible, affordable and capable of addressing a dynamic threat environment.

What We Offer:

Starting your career or you are an experience professional, we offer a Total Rewards package that is Impactful and built for you.

• Healthcare including medical, dental, vision, HSA and Flex Spending
• Competitive base pay and incentive pay that rewards individual and team performance, and comprehensive benefits.
• 401k Match (6%)
• Educational Assistance
• 9-80 Work Schedule (This position's standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off)
• Onsite cafeteria, remodeled fitness center, and outdoor fitness track

Responsibilities to Anticipate/Expect:

• Subsystem/domain technical authority; ensures product is developed in accordance with GDLS and customer engineering standards to achieve program requirements
• Responsible to provide direction and guidance to applicable stakeholders to deliver technical products and deliverables to support project milestones
• Ensure subsystem team products meet technical, cost, quality, and performance requirements
• Manage Tracked Firecontrol team to deliver on technical scope within project constraints, and ensures customer expectations are met
• Responsible for review and approval of related products / CDRLs / Milestone review content
• Lead Tracked Firecontrol designs and test activities and makes trade/technical decisions in coordination with Chief Engineer
• Responsible for related subcontractor performance and coordination for engineering tasks
• Lead engineer for GDLS Leadership and Customers on Tracked Firecontrol scope execution
• Coordinate with functional departments on related technical resource needs
• Support negotiations of technical requirements, scope and deliverables
• Identify potential risks and mitigation strategies
• Responsible for interface definition and arbitration, physical/functional management and technical management of the product baseline
• Responsibility for ensuring the overall product technical design integrity, design compliance with all requirements, and that the product will function as an integrated subsystem within its intended environment

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Systems or Mechanical Engineering preferred. Other technical degrees will be considered with relevant experience. Advanced master's degree in any engineering discipline preferred.
• Minimum of 10-15 years relevant experience in the engineering/defense industries
• Proven experience in technical interface with customers; especially significant experience with US Government programs
• This position will require eligibility to obtain a US security clearance. (Non-US Citizens may not be eligible)
• Excellent communication skills: written, verbal, and presentation
• Organizational capabilities to direct and lead others in a team-based environment
• Analytical skills and ability to direct and consult on technical analyses
• Experience in design, development and integration of ground combat vehicles
• Works well in team and individually
• Must be able to work occasional evening and/or weekend overtime
• Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and control account management experience is preferred
• Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) knowledge is required
• Must be willing to travel (domestic and/or foreign) as needed
• Proficiency in Windows XP, Lotus Notes, and Microsoft Office with adequate computer skills to manage the development of presentations and other methods of media display

GDLS considers factors such as, scope/responsibilities of the position, candidate experience and education/training background, in addition to local market comparable and business considerations when extending an offer.

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people across 65 countries worldwide and in all 50 U.S. states, more information is available at General Dynamics Land Systems, is a business unit of General Dynamics, and is an innovative leader of ground combat systems' equipment and software for our clients. Our performance-driven team partners with the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corp and other militaries across the Globe to ensure that next generation ground combat vehicles are ready to protect our fighting men and women in uniform. General Dynamics Lands Systems provides a competitive compensation package, site specific flexible work schedules, 401(k) with Company Match; Bonus Eligibility, Employee Development Opportunities, Tuition Reimbursement, On-site Amenities, and comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, General Dynamics Land Systems ("GDLS") provides all persons with equal opportunity and access to all aspects of employment process, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or membership in any group protected by federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws. GDLS also is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation to search or apply for an opportunity with GDLS, please call 586-825-4000 or send an e-mail to for assistance and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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