Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Weapons Fuzing at General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc
Ft. Wayne, IN
$165,916–$175,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
Ft. Wayne, IN
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior fuze systems engineering role focused on the full lifecycle of electronic safe-and-arm devices and firing chains for defense munitions. Day-to-day work involves architecting fuze subsystems, designing environmental sensing and S&A mechanisms, specifying qualification tests, and decomposing system-level requirements — all within classified defense programs. Suited to a deeply experienced fuze engineer with a background spanning MIL-STD compliance, high-reliability electronics, and multi-service munitions programs.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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Why we read it this way (9)
This role is a highly specialized fuze/ordnance systems engineer — it does not map cleanly to any standard BLS computer/mathematical occupation. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the closest available code; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is noted as a runner-up given the systems engineering and requirements decomposition emphasis, but neither is a precise fit for defense ordnance engineering.
The degree requirement is a Bachelor's in Systems Engineering or a related STEM field; a Master's degree reduces the experience floor from 10 to 8 years. The minimum (Bachelor's + 10 years) is captured.
The posting states the role is 'fully onsite or hybrid/flex with opportunity to be fully remote/telework for candidates with strong experience and background' — remote is marked true to reflect that full remote is explicitly offered, though it is conditional on candidate background.
All skills under 'Required Skills and Expertise' are marked required regardless of the proficiency level labels (Expert, Advanced, Intermediate) — those labels describe depth, not optionality.
All skills under 'Highly Desired Differentiators' are marked preferred.
MIL-STD-1316 and MIL-STD-1911 are listed as interchangeable compliance standards within the same requirement and are combined into one skill with an alternative.
JOTP is referenced alongside MIL-STD-331 and MIL-STD-810 as a qualification test standard; it is a less commonly named standalone tool and is subsumed within the environmental testing skill rather than emitted separately.
Ignored 11 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): ESAD/ESAF architecture & design, Environmental sensing design, High reliability electronics design, Firing chain design (CDU/EFI), HERO margin analysis, Self-destruct/self-neutralize mechanism design, Fuze system-level requirements decomposition, RVTM management, Proximity fuze / active sensing design, MOSA / open architecture design, Digital twin / physics-based simulation.
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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