Seaborne Platform Systems - Design Systems Engineer at General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc
McLeansville, NC
$90,833–$100,767from the description
Jul 23, 2026
McLeansville, NC
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within a cross-functional team doing concept development and systems engineering for U.S. Navy submarine mechanical systems, with an emphasis on new and emerging platform capabilities. Day-to-day work spans requirements management, hydraulic/electrical/mechanical interface definition, test planning and execution, and vendor coordination. A DoD Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship are required from the start.
Junior level · 2+ years · Greensboro-High Point, NC · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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Why we read it this way (8)
This is a Systems Engineering role in the defense/aerospace domain (submarine mechanical systems), not a conventional IT/software occupation. No SOC code in the allowed list maps cleanly to 'Systems Engineer' in the defense engineering sense; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is the closest available code but is an imperfect fit — the confidence in the occupation is Low as a result.
The minimum experience gate is 2 years with a Bachelor's degree, or 6 months with a Master's degree — the lower bound (2 years, Bachelor's) drives the Junior seniority classification.
All named skills appear exclusively under the 'preferred skills or experiences' and 'What sets you apart' sections, making them preferred rather than hard gates. The posting contains no required technical skill list beyond the degree and clearance.
The role is hybrid/flex from the Greensboro, NC area (McLeansville, NC facility); it is not fully remote.
An active DoD Secret clearance is explicitly required at time of hire — this is a hard gate.
The posting mentions AI as a desirable mindset ('Identifies opportunities to apply AI') but names no specific AI tool or platform, so it was not captured as a skill.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems engineering, requirements management, test planning.
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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