D430 Strategic Weapons Systems Engineering

4 weeks ago

Groton Connecticut, United States General Dynamics Electric Boat Full time
Overview:
D430 Strategic Weapons Systems Engineering

 

Strategic Weapons Systems (SWS) Engineering, Department 430, develops in-house embedded systems and integrates government furnished equipment to support the Strategic Weapons Systems of the Columbia Class and other submarine classes.

 

Department 430 offers a flexible work arrangement that allows some work to be performed remotely and at home.  This varies from position to position based on a few variables.  Please ask for more details on how it applies to this opening during discussions with the department.

 

Entry level opportunities exist within the following department teams:

 

STRATEGIC WEAPONS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

This diverse group, comprised of degreed engineers of varied backgrounds and years of Navy experience, performs system and component engineering for the Strategic Weapons Systems (SWS) and Strategic Weapons Support Systems (SWSS) for COLUMBIA/Dreadnought submarine classes.  The team moves products from the concept phase, through requirement definition, design, build, test, integration and the full life cycle. 

 

This highly effective team is responsible for:

Ensuring government furnished information (GFI) and Coordinated requirements are successfully integrated into the submarine design

Integrating government furnished equipment (GFE) and systems into the boat

Developing systems and components to support the strategic weapon

Designing and qualifying contractor furnished equipment to meet both government furnished requirements and ship specifications

 

System Engineering responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Develop concept of operations for new equipment and systems

Derive system level requirements and capture them in DOORS

Allocate system requirements to components and ensure proper traceability

Review test documentation to ensure all system level requirements have been verified

Collaborate with design team to develop cabling diagrams, wiring tables, component disclosures and cable routing products representative of our systems and component designs

Manager vendors to requirements, schedules and budgets

Support arrangement reviews to confirm proper integration of coordination and GFI requirements

Develop algorithm requirements

Review life cycle documentation to ensure procedures accurately reflect system functionality

Review Coordination and GFI to ensure common system interfaces are defined

Review kit documentation and certify material in accordance with kit schedules

Manage product schedules and budgets

Qualify components in accordance with ship specifications

Communicate with internal and external stakeholders and customers

Support test facilities and troubleshoot as necessary

  

 

STRATEGIC WEAPONS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

SWS Engineering Electronic Systems team is responsible for the following:

Design, development, qualification, integration, and in fleet support of the electrical control system elements (components) required to control the environment of the ballistic missile tubes on the COLUMBIA, DREADNOUGHT, and OHIO Class submarines.

SWS Engineering Electronic Systems are responsible for the following components:

Sensors

Human machine interfaces

Embedded systems (PLC architecture)

Controllers

Application software

SWS Engineering Electronic Systems responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Developing and maintaining requirements for components

Review test procedures to verify component level requirements

Developing software for components

Witness and troubleshoot environmental testing

Troubleshooting EB and vendor built components

Project Management

Component development

Obsolescence management

Vendor management

Support components at off site facilities

Integration of components into the system

 

 

STRATEGIC WEAPONS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SIMULATION & TEST

The Simulation and Test group has three primary focuses

Development of custom simulators, which model the behavior of ship systems

Development of custom test equipment, used in construction grooming

Requirements verification of SWS components for both US and UK Submarine components

 

Simulation and Test responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Developing and maintaining requirements for simulators

Developing and conducting test procedures to verify system and component level requirements

Developing software for custom simulators

Participate in environmental testing

Troubleshooting bugs determined

Development of custom simulators, which model the behavior of ship systems

Development of custom test equipment, used in construction grooming

Requirements verification of SWS components for both US and UK Submarine components

Qualifications:
Required:

A Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. Electrical Engineering is preferred, however other technical engineering degrees will be considered

Internal candidates must be from organizations outside of Operations (Casciano/Gabriel)

 

Preferred:

Formal test or troubleshooting experience

DOORS experience

Skills:
Skills:

Strong communication skills, written and verbal

Highly organized and attention to detail

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