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Test Engineer

General Dynamics
Groton, CT Full Time
POSTED ON 11/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/27/2026

Job Details

Overview

This position in a growing, high profile department is looking for enthusiastic individuals to guide project teams to identify, assess, and mitigate inordinate risks to ensure successful execution of complex tasks. To achieve these goals, the right candidate needs to be a team player with strong critical thinking and interpersonal communication skills as well as a relentless questioning attitude.

This position is primarily located at the Groton facility and may require occasional travel to Quonset Point. This position will engage in both Nuclear and Non-Nuclear construction activities, and will require flexibility in work schedule to include infrequent off shift and weekends to support ship's key events and test programs.

Responsibilities of this position include:
  • Ability to gain knowledge on all facets of the submarine construction processes via research and personal interactions and apply critical thinking to identify areas of risk.
  • Facilitate risk mitigation meetings for all levels of personnel on a large variety of projects on all Submarine and Facilities programs.
  • Providing engineering review for implementing formal risk assessments and mitigation methods.
  • Ensuring engineering engagement in construction related Learning Sessions.
  • Providing oversight and direction for engineering surveillances of construction and testing evolutions.
  • Coordinating Senior Management Review Teams for complex tasks.

Electric Boat offers Flexible Work Arrangements that allows some work to be performed remotely and at home. This varies from position to position based on the amount of classified material the department interacts with, as well as a few other variables. Please ask for more details on how it applies to this opening during discussions with the department.

Qualifications

Required
  • High School Diploma.
  • 3 years' of submarine program experience (engineering, operations, NAVY).
  • A working knowledge of project management principals as they relate to risk and risk mitigation

Preferred
  • A Bachelor of Science or higher in an engineering related discipline.
  • Nuclear Propulsion Plant experience beneficial.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
  • Experience interacting with shipyard planning, operations, quality, and test organizations.
  • 5 years in a shipyard environment.
  • Ability to navigate EB business systems (TeamCenter, Electronic Desktop, Artemis, etc.).
  • Direct knowledge of shipyard construction, overhaul and repair work, and/or testing programs.
  • Demonstrated ability to work with multi-discipline teams.

Skills

  • Working level knowledge of Microsoft Office Products.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to independently communicate with all levels of management and customer representatives.
  • Ability to read/interpret Piping and Instrumentation drawings.
  • Ability to read/interpret engineering/mechanical drawings.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Physical Qualifications

Climbing, Color Vision, Crawling, Kneeling, Light Lifting, Pulling, Reaching, Stooping, Twisting

Environmental Attributes

Cold, Dry, Dusty, Hot, Inside, Noise, Oily, Outside, Wet
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