General Dynamics

USW-DSS Deputy Program Manager, Engineering (DPME)

General Dynamics$135K — $150K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Engineering or related field, or Master's with relevant experience.
  • 5 years experience for Bachelor's or 3 years for Master's candidates.
  • Must possess a Department of Defense Secret security clearance at hiring.
  • U.S. citizenship is required due to classified work.
  • Experience coordinating across multi-disciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate engineering activities across multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Direct daily priorities and collaborate with technical leads and program managers.
  • Lead engineering change control processes and documentation.
  • Drive coordination to ensure program continuity between locations.
  • Leverage AI tools to enhance engineering workflows and program efficiency.
  • Maintain the engineering schedule, address and report variances.
  • Serve as principal engineering interface for technical reviews and customer engagements.

Benefits

  • Support for professional development and training.
  • Opportunities for engagement in high-impact government projects.
  • Collaborative team environment with cross-site coordination.
  • Involvement in innovative AI integration within technical workflows.
  • Opportunities for continuous improvement through feedback mechanisms.
Full Job Description
Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

 

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position Responsibilities Technical Coordination
  • Coordinate engineering activities across multi-disciplinary functional teams including systems engineering, integration, and test.
  • Direct day-to-day work priorities across assigned engineering functions, working in close coordination with the technical lead and program manager.
  • Lead engineering change control processes, ensuring technical changes are evaluated, documented, and communicated across the team and to external stakeholders.
  • Maintain visibility into technical risks and ensure mitigations are tracked, assigned, and executed.
  • Drive cross-site coordination between Port Orchard and Manassas to ensure program continuity and a unified team approach.
  • Identifies and pursues opportunities to leverage AI tools to improve engineering workflows, development processes, and program efficiency; supports the program’s effort to integrate AI capabilities into production deliverables.
Program Execution
  • Maintain the engineering schedule and track commitments across development, integration, test, and delivery milestones.
  • Monitor budget performance for engineering activities as needed and surface variances to the Program Manager.
  • Develop and maintain engineering plans, including release plans, integration schedules, and deployment coordination across multiple baselines including hosted infrastructure ashore, non-hosted, laptop, afloat, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) environments.
  • Ensure all project deliverables — including documentation — are developed with high quality and delivered on schedule.
  • Identify and resolve execution issues.
  • Identify, develop, analyze, and report engineering project performance measures.
  • Support configuration and change management processes across the program lifecycle.
  • Based on the small team size, performing other technical tasks as needed.
  • Conduct lessons learned reviews after each major delivery to drive continuous improvement and ensure action completion.
  • Serve as Deputy Program Manager for the Program Manager on engineering matters as needed.
Stakeholder Engagement
  • Serve as the primary engineering interface with the government systems engineering team and ISEA organization for technical reviews, IPTs, and day-to-day project and deliverable coordination.
  • Represent engineering commitments, schedule status, and technical plans at internal and external program reviews and customer engagements.
  • Coordinate with subcontractors, supply chain management, and external stakeholders on technical priorities, interface requirements, and delivery expectations.
  • Author and review engineering plans, schedules, and correspondence in support of government technical interactions.

 

Required Qualifications
  • Experience coordinating work across multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
  • Familiarity with systems integration processes and multi-system interface management.
  • Experience participating in or supporting formal technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, test readiness reviews, deployment reviews).
  • Demonstrated ability to maintain schedules and manage technical change in a complex program environment.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable engaging directly with GDMS leadership and customers.

 

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in a DoD or Navy program environment, ideally in Navy undersea warfare, ASW C2, or related Navy networked systems programs.
  • Familiarity with Navy ISEA or SYSCOM systems engineering processes.
  • Background in networking, infrastructure, or software systems integration in classified environments.
  • Experience supporting Foreign Military Sales (FMS) or multi-national program baselines.
  • Experience managing engineering schedules and technical change control in a multi-site program.
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance.

 

Salary NoteThis estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled. Combined Salary RangeUSD $135,396.00 - USD $150,205.00 /Yr.

About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is involved in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat vehicles and systems, armaments, and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and mission-critical information systems and technologies. General Dynamics has four main business segments. Aerospace designs, develops, manufacturers and services a comprehensive offering of advanced business-jet aircraft. Combat Systems specializes in producing, supporting and sustaining land and expeditionary combat systems for the U.S. military and its allies. Marine Systems designs, builds and supports submarines and a variety of surface ships for the U.S. Navy and commercial customers. The Information Systems and Technology group offers a breadth and depth of technology and service capabilities that support a wide range of government and commercial needs, including systems integration expertise; hardware and software products; and engineering, management and support services.

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Size
103,100 employees
Market Cap
$67.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1952
5 Year Trend
+4.7%
Revenue
$37.9 billion
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