Jobs at General Dynamics Mission Systems

Develops mechanical systems and designs for rugged military vehicle environments, supporting requirements definition, CAD, analysis, testing, qualification, production, and installation. Responsibilities include stress, dynamic, fatigue, vibration, and shock analysis; design verification; test fixture development; requirements management; 3D scanning; cable routing; and technical reporting. The role collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and program teams and requires travel to Canadian Department of National Defence locations.

Analyzes underwater acoustic data and post-mission results, designs operator interfaces and documentation, develops test scenarios, directs system testing, trains acoustic operators, and supports requirements, proposals, demonstrations, and customer engagements. The role focuses on airborne or naval anti-submarine warfare, submarine detection, acoustic processor qualification, system integration, and acceptance testing, with domestic and international travel required.

Designs acoustic-system interfaces and operator documentation, analyzes acoustic and post-mission data, directs operational testing, develops training and test scenarios, and supports system requirements, integration, formal testing, proposals, demonstrations, and customer engagement. The role focuses on underwater acoustics and anti-submarine warfare, including harbour and sea acceptance testing, acoustic system qualification, and international business-development travel.

Designs and supports hardware-focused systems engineering solutions for complex defense C4I programs. Responsibilities span requirements capture, interface definition, design analysis, subsystem and cabling specifications, standards application, integration and testing, technical documentation, supplier coordination, and in-service support. The role collaborates with safety, security, logistics, integration, customers, and multidisciplinary engineering teams across the full system lifecycle.

Leads complex international aircraft-system subcontracts across pre- and post-award phases. Responsibilities include supplier identification, RFP and SOW development, bid evaluation, negotiations, cost and schedule management, risk and change control, technical integration, quality and airworthiness oversight, corrective action planning, and subcontractor relationship management. Coordinates with engineering, supply chain, commercial, quality, configuration management, customers, and program leadership to ensure successful delivery and aircraft-level integration.

Lead the development, architecture, integration, testing, validation, and technical documentation of vehicle-mounted communications systems. Conduct trade studies, manage requirements and configuration, coordinate laboratory and prototype vehicle testing, ensure compliance with military and quality standards, and support inspections, retrofits, field modifications, and customer engagements. Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.

Leads quality assurance for aerospace and defense engineering and software projects. Responsibilities include developing QA plans, conducting audits, managing nonconformances and corrective actions, supporting configuration and design reviews, monitoring testing, leading investigations and continuous improvement, analyzing quality data, and reporting metrics. The role interfaces with government and customer quality authorities and ensures compliance with AS9100, ISO 9001, contractual, and airworthiness standards.

Supports project managers and cost account managers by maintaining project plans and schedules, monitoring costs, resources, risks, and progress, producing project reports, supporting reviews and action tracking, and identifying potential issues. The role requires strong organization, communication, IT, collaboration, and willingness to learn, with beneficial exposure to Microsoft Project, scheduling, risk management, and project reporting.

Leads infrastructure and cloud services across Canada and the UK, overseeing AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365, virtualization, storage, backup, identity, and enterprise compute. Manages reliability, security, disaster recovery, incident response, governance, automation, cloud modernization, budgets, vendors, and service metrics. Provides technical and people leadership, including recruitment, workforce planning, performance management, and talent development.

Designs and manages CI/CD pipelines, cloud-agnostic infrastructure, containerized applications, monitoring, logging, and automated deployments across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments. The role develops infrastructure-as-code, scripts, automated tests, security hardening, and system integrations while troubleshooting performance and reliability issues. It requires collaboration across stakeholders and experience with DevOps, Linux, networking, virtualization, and software development lifecycles.

Designs and manages CI/CD pipelines, cloud-agnostic infrastructure, containerized applications, monitoring, logging, and alerting across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments. Builds infrastructure as code with Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes; automates provisioning and configuration; troubleshoots performance and reliability issues; applies security hardening and compliance measures; writes deployment scripts and automated tests; and evaluates tools supporting DevOps transformation.

Provides security engineering expertise across complex defense and cyber projects. Responsibilities include developing security architectures, PKI solutions, security documentation, risk mitigations, assurance evidence, and secure configurations. The role supports accreditation, requirements traceability, security testing, engineering decisions, and customer security engagement while applying frameworks including ISO 27001, NIST, SANS, NATO, and UK Infosec standards.

Develops and assures project security deliverables, documentation, architectures, risk mitigations, and accreditation artefacts. The role integrates security into engineering decisions, maintains traceability to requirements, supports secure configuration and integration, and provides security test evidence. It collaborates with project managers, solution designers, customers, accreditors, and test teams across complex defence systems. Candidates should have defence-sector experience and knowledge of security frameworks, standards, compliance, system administration, networking, and security design throughout the project lifecycle.

Develop and validate secure system architectures for defense and security programs. Responsibilities include threat modeling, vulnerability and risk assessments, security testing, operating system and container security evaluation, cybersecurity control selection, SA&A documentation, audit support, and mentoring junior team members. The role requires collaboration with stakeholders and alignment with military and industry security standards.

Assemble, rework, inspect, and operate electronic and electromechanical equipment using detailed drawings, parts lists, and manufacturing instructions. Record quality and production data, complete work orders on schedule, meet productivity expectations, and communicate effectively with team members. The role requires precise, repetitive hands-on work, including possible microscope use, and is performed onsite for a six-month temporary term.

Develops product and systems security for complex, safety-critical airborne mission systems within the GCAP defence programme. Responsibilities include security requirements, threat modelling, vulnerability analysis, risk assessments, secure architectures, design reviews, mitigation planning, and security assurance evidence. The role collaborates with systems, software, hardware, safety, certification, customers, and partners to embed security throughout the engineering lifecycle and support accreditation of advanced avionics and mission-computing technology.

Leads product and systems security engineering for complex, safety-critical airborne mission systems within the GCAP defence programme. Responsibilities include owning security architecture, defining secure-by-design strategies and requirements, leading threat modelling and vulnerability analysis, assessing risks, supporting accreditation, reviewing security evidence, advising multidisciplinary engineering teams, engaging customers and assurance stakeholders, and coaching security engineers. The role requires technical authority in defence or other regulated, safety-critical environments.

Monitor and improve supplier quality performance across the supply chain. Conduct supplier audits, investigate nonconformances, drive corrective actions, approve quality documentation, and support supplier development and continuous improvement. The role provides quality engineering support, manages supplier repairs and records, supports counterfeit prevention, and collaborates with Procurement, Supply Chain, suppliers, and internal stakeholders in a regulated aerospace and defence environment.

Operates the company’s unmanned helicopter systems for research, development, testing, customer training, demonstrations, and post-production flights. Responsibilities include creating and executing flight plans, writing technical reports, maintaining flight operations procedures and safety processes, supporting regulatory compliance, and assisting engineering teams with system integration, troubleshooting, and validation. Requires Transport Canada advanced RPAS certification, a private pilot licence, RPAS flight experience, and MS Office 365 proficiency.

Supports the integration, verification, qualification, and testing of complex communication systems. Responsibilities include developing test procedures and cases, executing laboratory tests, analyzing results, documenting defects and reports, maintaining automated test scripts, supporting requirements traceability, and contributing to technical reviews and Agile/Scrum activities.