Senior Principal Software Engineer
General Dynamics Mission Systems1 month ago
Annapolis Junction, MD, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$183k - $193k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the full software development lifecycle from prototype and R&D maturity through production-quality, maintainable, deliverable products.
- Provide technical leadership to software engineers and grow long-term subject matter experts.
- Develop C2, device management, or platform control software for custom and proprietary hardware.
- Design software interfaces to FPGA-based systems and bespoke embedded hardware.
- Build stateful systems using state machines, operational sequencing, configuration management, and fault handling.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and administer Kubernetes environments.
- Author Helm charts and use containerization technologies for application packaging and deployment.
- Drive software platform reuse across multiple programs or product lines.
- Coordinate across multidisciplinary hardware and software teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or a related STEM field plus 10 years of relevant experience, or a master's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience.
- Proven technical leadership of software engineers and demonstrated ownership of the software development lifecycle.
- Experience taking software from prototype or R&D maturity to production-quality products.
- Experience with software engineering best practices including testing, version control, design review, documentation, and technical debt management.
- Experience with embedded software development in a Linux environment and software interfaces to FPGA-based or bespoke embedded hardware.
- Experience with Kubernetes administration and operations, Helm charts, and containerization technologies.
- Preferred experience with optical, RF, or other communication-system modem hardware and hardware-software co-design workflows.
- Preferred experience establishing development environments, toolchains, and engineering infrastructure for small-to-mid-size teams.
- Familiarity with applying AI/ML tools to engineering workflows and developing MCP servers or integrating AI tooling.
- Ability to obtain a Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance within a reasonable time and meet classified-information access eligibility requirements.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
Benefits
- Flexible schedules, including an optional 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off.
- Fully on-site or hybrid/Flex work options at the Annapolis Junction, Maryland facility.
- 401(k) matching, flexible time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, and health and wellness programs.
- Employee resource and social groups plus ongoing learning and development opportunities.
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About General Dynamics Mission Systems
General Dynamics Mission Systems designs and manufactures secure communications, C4ISR, cyber defense, and maritime/underwater systems used across land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains. It sells integrated hardware and software to U.S. and allied defense and intelligence agencies under government contracts and long-term programs. The company is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, and operates as a business unit of General Dynamics.