# Principal Systems Engineer (Contractor)

General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We are looking to engage Principal Systems Engineers (Contractors) to work within the TacCIS domain. The role will be responsible for providing System Engineering System Engineering expertise. Ideal candidates will come from a defence background, with experience in delivering Electronic IT or Communications systems to the user. The role offers an opportunity to provide System Engineering effort on a variety of MoD development and delivery programmes, and Internal Research and Development. The work will cover a variety of activities including: Requirements Elicitation and Development Interface Definition Design Analysis, including Functional and Phys

- **Id**: 3752926
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/general-dynamics-principal-systems-engineer-contractor>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Crumlin, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T15:18:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T22:31:32Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3023
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Naval Systems, Armored Vehicles, C4ISR, Aircraft Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 5754
- **Name**: General Dynamics
- **Domain**: gd.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/general-dynamics-missions-system-international>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.6
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 40
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Technologies

- **SysML** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T15:57:29Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker); Route: Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 40
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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