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Embedded Software Engineer Senior/Specialist/Principal

General Dynamics Electric Boat
New London, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Aug 2025

About the role

Overview

Ship Control develops in-house electronic systems and integrates vendor/government supplied equipment to support the VA/CLB Ship Control System (SCS), VA/CLB Monitoring Systems, and the VA/CLB Portable Ship Control Systems (PSCS). 

 

The selected candidate will be part of a high-performing, detail-oriented, multidisciplinary team designing, building, and maintaining the ship control systems for the safe operation of US submarines.  We seek highly motivated candidates across multiple engineering disciplines including systems engineering, electronics hardware engineering and software engineering.  Candidates will either support simulation system development or software test to support verification and validation of complex integrated electronics systems. 

 

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

  • Software development and peer reviews
  • Test plan development, unit test, code coverage testing
  • Software/ hardware integration and formal verification
  • Support ongoing system and component development, with a strong focus on establishing, understanding, and meeting requirements
  • Systems analysis and modeling
  • Test plan development, test execution, and analysis

Qualifications

Required:  

  • Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering
  • 5+ years of professional engineering experience 
  • Ability to obtain or maintain a DoD Secret level clearance

Preferred:

  • Diagnostics and troubleshooting of electronics systems
  • Computer software development (Ada, C, C++, Java, etc.)
  • Real-time embedded system development
  • Distributed control systems
  • Control systems analysis and modeling
  • MATLab & Simulink
  • Engineering and requirements management tools (DOORS, etc.)

Skills

  • Detail oriented and a reliable producer of quality work products
  • Able to support multiple concurrent tasks
  • Exceptional communicator, in both verbal and written contexts
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in interdisciplinary teams
  • Possesses the ability to master the complex technical elements of submarine systems and components
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate with multiple engineering disciplines and outside organizations, including contractors and Navy customer
  • Diagnostics and troubleshooting of electronic and embedded systems

Physical Qualifications

Climbing, Kneeling, Light Lifting, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Stooping

Environmental Attributes

Cold, Dry, Dusty, Hot, Inside, Noise, Outside, Wet

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Company

General Dynamics Electric Boat

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