Guidance Systems Engineer
General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc · Pittsfield, MA
$90,833–$100,767from the description
Jul 19, 2026
Pittsfield, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role focused on guidance, navigation, and control within a defense-oriented Guidance Systems team. Day-to-day work spans analysis, design, implementation, and testing for system development, alongside support for inertial guidance research in a lab environment covering PNT tools, test equipment, and related infrastructure. Suits early-career engineers with a background in GN&C, MATLAB, and embedded systems.
Junior level · 2+ years · Pittsfield, MA · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $83,170 (middle half $55,177–$107,329). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This role sits at the intersection of systems/guidance engineering and software — it involves analysis, design, implementation, and test of guidance navigation & control systems, plus embedded programming and lab work. No single SOC code fits cleanly; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the best available catch-all, with 15-1252 (Software Developers) as a plausible alternative given the embedded programming emphasis.
MATLAB is explicitly called out in the 'Additional Responsibilities' block with firm language ('must demonstrate … experience with MATLAB'), making it a hard gate. All other named technologies appear under a 'preferred candidate' / 'familiarity with' section and are marked preferred.
The minimum experience requirement is 2 years with a Bachelor's degree, or 6 months with a Master's degree; 2 years is used as the overall years minimum (the lower bound for the more common path).
A DoD Secret clearance is listed as 'obtainable' rather than currently held, so it is a gate on eligibility (must be able to obtain), not on current possession. US citizenship is explicitly required.
The position is described as flex or fully on-site in Pittsfield, MA — not fully remote.
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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