Summer Intern - Vehicle Protection Systems Engineer - General Dynamics Land Systems US

About the Role

The General Dynamics Land Systems Summer 2025 Internship Program provides an opportunity for students looking to start or continue the transition from academia into industry. Our three-month internship assignments provide compensation based on area of study and class standing, and have the students embedded in key functional areas of our business, getting real-world experience and mentorship from seasoned professionals.     

The function of this position is to help execute the delivery of Vehicle Protection System products to Ground Combat Platforms, covering requirements, architecture, technology assessment, integration, and test. This is an engineering position to broadly execute guidance from platform Chief Engineer, Systems Engineering Manager, and functional management.

Company Information 

General Dynamics is a successful Fortune 100, global aerospace and defense company, with over 90,000 employees world-wide. General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has a strong foundation of delivering core engineering and manufacturing capabilities to our clients for military vehicles. Our team is focused on continuous process and productivity improvements that reduce product costs, while increasing troop safety and effectiveness.  Land Systems continues to work with the US Armed Forces and its Allies to ensure these vehicles remain survivable, relevant, flexible, affordable and capable of addressing a dynamic threat environment.

What We Offer

Whether you are starting your career or an experienced professional, we offer a Total Rewards package that is impactful and built for you.

• Healthcare including medical, dental, vision.
• Competitive base pay.
• 401k Match (6%).
• 9-80 Work Schedule (This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off).
• On-going learning opportunities within a diverse, inclusive and rewarding work environment.
• Onsite Cafeteria, remodeled with new equipment Fitness Center, and Outdoor fitness track.

Responsibilities to Anticipate for this Role

• Support senior engineers in the exercise of authority and responsibility for Vehicle Protection System products and tasks to help integrate cross-functional technical scope within schedule and other constraints.
• Help project team to ensure a balanced, integrated, and compliant Vehicle Protection System design across the vehicle system.
• Support in the planning, execution, and coordination development tasks during the design phase and physical and functional integration and test activities during the implementation phase.
• Support in the development and management of System requirements and interface allocations including Performance and space, weight, power, cost, reliability and maintainability, and enforce across the design team; develop system specification requirements compliance documentation.
  
• Support in the coordination of requirements, architectures and system designs and any changes, conditions, inputs and final resolution for requirements, trades, and alternatives.
  
• Support in the development, support and conduct of trade studies/structured decisions for system and subsystem design including system-level impacts to include balance of space, weight, power, cost, reliability, and performance across a Vehicle Protection System vehicle suites.
  
• Support the development of verification plans and manage their execution including Vehicle Protection System test and production and field site shakedown and verification.
• Participate in design and integration troubleshooting and problem report/test incident resolution for production, development, test, or modification projects.
• Evaluate new Vehicle Protection System technologies for potential use on GDLS products.
  
• Participate in design and drawing peer reviews.

Qualifications Sought

• Must be pursuing a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline from an accredited 4 year university or college
  
• Candidate must have attained Sophomore status based on university/college's class standing requirements at the start of the internship
  
• Preferred - GPA of 3.0 or higher
  
• Candidate must be at least 18 years old
  
• Must be a U.S. Person (i.e. a lawful permanent resident of the U.S.)
  
• Must successfully pass standard pre-employment screens and must provide an original transcript from their school before their first day of employment
  
• The Intern must be able to complete a minimum of a 3-month assignment and work full time for the duration.