Sr Principal Project Engineer

Company Overview

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS) is a global leader in the design, engineering and production of munitions, energetics, weapons, armaments, and missile subsystems around the world. OTS empowers the U.S. military and its allies with an extensive range of overarching product segments applied across all levels of strategic and tactical operations, providing a cutting-edge advantage to our warfighters. Our Ethos of Honesty, Trust, Transparency, and Alignment, are the guiding principles that form the foundation of everything we do. Integrity is paramount, innovation fuels our passion, customer satisfaction is at the core of our mission, and collaboration is key to our success - fostering a culture of teamwork and mutual respect among employees, partners, and stakeholders. Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits that include career development and recognition programs. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

Job Summary

We are looking for a Sr Principal Project Engineer for our Precision Guidance Technologies programs. In this role, you will provide technical and programmatic leadership to a multidisciplinary team responsible for successfully executing our contracted and internally funded programs. You will drive system architecture and apply innovative technical solutions through a high level of engineering skills including mechanical and electrical designs as well as structural, thermal and performance analysis. In addition, you will lead both internal and customer Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to plan, coordinate and execute program defined scope.

Impact of the Role

General Profile

• Recognized as an expert within the company and requires in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline and broad knowledge of other job disciplines within the organization function
• Solves unique problems that have a broad impact on the business
• Contributes to the development of organization functional strategy
• Progression to this level is typically restricted on the basis of business requirements
• Consistent exercise of discretion & judgment

Essential Functions

• Performs engineering design evaluations and works to complete projects within budget and scheduling restraints.
• Reviews industry policies and procedures to ensure data accuracy, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Reviews reports of production, malfunction, and maintenance to determine or address problems.
• Provides technical support for the engineering process.
• Designs, implements, and communicates, an operational plan for completing the project. Monitors progress and performance against the project plan.
• Takes action to resolve operational problems and minimize delays.
• Identifies, develops, and gathers resources necessary to complete the project.
• Prepares engineering designs and work specifications.
• Develops project schedules, budgets, and forecasts.
• Selects materials, equipment, project staff, and external contractors.

Additional Responsibilities

Experience working on Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) systems including IMUs, GPS, Power Systems, Guidance Computers and Control Systems. Experience in planning and executing successful projects for complex aerospace products.   

Required Qualifications

• Required education and experience: Associate's Degree and 10-12 years' experience
• Discipline/Major: Engineering degree required
• Critical professional related technical skills; computer skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred education and experience: Bachelor's Degree Mechanical, Aeronautical or Electrical Engineering 
• Knowledge, skills & abilities: Oral and written communication skills. Analytical thinking. Design review. Project engineering. Resource planning. Technical project management. Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) software. Project management software.Experience in developing subsystem Statements of Work. Experience in developing detailed project plans, schedules and leading IPTs.  

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended periods of time.
• Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential.

Travel Requirements

No or very little travel likely.