Sr Technical Manager - Systems Engineering at Mission Systems – Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
About This Position
ID: 2026-71226
US-PA-Canonsburg
Required Clearance: Secret, obtainable within reasonable time based on requirements
Posted Date: 3/2/2026
Category: Engineering-Systems
Employment Type: Full Time
Hiring Company: General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
Basic Qualifications
Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or a related Science, Technology or Mathematics field. Also requires 10+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 8 years of job-related experience.
CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:: Department of Defense Secret security clearance is preferred at time of 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.
Responsibilities for this Position
As a Sr Technical Manager - Systems Engineering for the Torpedo Systems Group, you will be responsible for leading a team responsible for requirements analysis, requirements definition, requirements management, functional analysis, performance analysis, system architecture and design, performing detail trade studies, and validation and interface definition studies of system, subsystem or system elements. This role is approximately 25% functional management/team leadership and approximately 75% direct charge program.
You and your team will work with the Technical Leadership to make critical decisions on architecture, design, and technology choices and work with cross functional teams to ensure that customer requirements are correctly analyzed, system requirements are developed and allocated to lower levels (subsystem, elements and components). Your team will collaborate across functions to resolve issues and recommend solutions to ensure that the system meets requirements with the performance needed for deployment.
Preferred skills or experiences for a successful candidate:
- Experience in the design, development and testing of complex embedded hardware systems
- Comfortable working knowledge with the chief products across disciplines (electrical schematics, mechanical drawings and software architecture plans)
- Support for formal systems acceptance testing activities.
- Demonstrated experience with Agile development processes and practices in a DoD setting.
- Experience with modeling and simulation and/or digital engineering concepts, tools, and processes (MBSE / DE / SysML / UML ).
- Leadership of complex projects and mentoring and development teams and individuals.
- Demonstrated strong strategic and architectural vision.
- Excellent problem-solving and system-thinking abilities.
- Demonstrated leadership skills on complex programs with multi-disciplinary engineering teams pushing technological boundaries.
- Understanding of Open Architecture (eg, UMS/UCI) or other Architecture Standards.
- Experience with Cyber Security, Information Assurance, and RMF.
- Support for failure investigation activities and failure review board (FRB) meetings.
What sets you apart:
- Technical and management credibility; demonstrated through past experiences.
- Experience in preparation of cost and schedule estimates for design tasks.
- Demonstrated technical excellence in engineering solutions to DoD customer requirements.
- Demonstrated success building and developing high-performing teams.
- Ability to lead and manage a geographically separated team.
- Strong presentation and communications skills.
- Exquisite brokering skills, regularly achieving consensus among stakeholders.
- 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
- Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, 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 100% ON-SITE in Canonsburg, PA
- To learn more about Canonsburg and what this idyllic location has to offer....please visit: https://gdmissionsystems.com/about-us/major-locations/charleroi-canonsburg
Salary Note
This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.
Combined Salary Range
USD $195,000.00 - USD $205,000.00 /Yr.
Company Overview
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
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