Systems Engineer
General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc · Bloomington, MN
$105,230–$110,984from the description
Jul 9, 2026
Bloomington, MN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role focused on developing and testing embedded systems, products, and services for land and air defense applications. The position sits within a cross-functional team and involves requirements management, system modeling, and guiding the systems development life cycle. Suited to early-career engineers with a relevant technical degree and at least two years of experience who hold or can obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
Junior level · 2+ years · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (8)
The role is titled simply 'Systems Engineer' with no level modifier; advertised seniority is treated as Unspecified. However, the minimum experience gate is only 2+ years (or a Master's degree), placing the actual requirement squarely at Junior/entry level.
Systems engineering concepts and principles are listed as a required qualification framed as a core discipline for the role, so they are treated as a hard gate. Requirements management tools and system modeling tools appear only under the 'What sets you apart' differentiator section, so they are treated as preferred.
Agile is explicitly called 'preferred' in the Basic Qualifications section.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is a defense/embedded systems engineer whose day-to-day work spans requirements analysis and system design (15-1211), but could also be read as a broader engineering occupation. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is noted as a plausible runner-up given the embedded/defense systems context.
A DoD Secret clearance is hard-required at time of hire. US citizenship is also required due to facility access requirements.
The posting is fully on-site at the Bloomington, MN facility.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering, requirements management, system modeling.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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