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# Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Weapons Fuzing

- **Company:** General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Fort Wayne, IN, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $165,916.0 - $175,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, MIL-STD-810 Environmental Testing
- **Published:** July 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87797497/1

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree, plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience., Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required 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., * ESAD/ESAF Architecture & Design (Expert): Led design of fielded ESAD/ESAF; can independently architect ESD, S&A, and firing chain; Experience designing systems compliant to MIL-STD-1316 or MIL-STD-1911

 * Environmental Sensing design (Expert): Designed sensing systems that sense environment conditions such as release, setback, spin, and all-up-round environments
 * Environmental testing of fuze systems (Expert): Designed qualification tests for fuzing systems iaw JOTP, MIL-STD-331, and MIL-STD-810; performed environmental qualification; performed failure and root cause analysis on failures
 * Safe and Arm (S&A) mechanism design (Expert): Designed electrical or electromechanical S&A devices
 * High reliability electronics (Advanced): Experience designing high reliability electronics systems for safety critical or mission critical systems
 * Firing chain design (CDU / EFI) (Advanced): Designed capacitor discharge units; selected/qualified EFI. Experience performing or overseeing HERO margin analysis
 * Self-destruct / self-neutralize design (Advanced): Designed self-destruct/neutralization mechanisms to reduce UxO
 * Fuze system-level requirements decomposition (Advanced): Traces system requirements to ESD, S&A, firing circuit, and software; manages RVTM
 * Target detection & classification (Intermediate): Working knowledge of magnetic influence, seismic, acoustic, or pressure-based target sensing systems
 * Built-in test (BIT) design for fuze systems (Advanced): Designed continuous and power-on BIT for S&A, battery, and sensor health; fault lockout logic; experience with BIT coverage analysis, * AFSRB board presenter: Has personally presented to the AFSRB - extremely rare; commands immediate credibility within the Air Force fuze community



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