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We provide premium systems and services to the Department of Defense, government agencies, and commercial clients across areas including acoustic sensors, signal processing, combat systems, torpedoes, cybersecurity, knowledge management, and electronic warfare. If you want the chance to lead, it's time to bring your talent to General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS)!\nAs a Sr Test Engineer within our Software Quality Assurance (SQA) organization, you will execute independent testing throughout the full software development lifecycle. 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