Military weapons systems and ammunition manufacturer across ground, air, and naval platforms
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems manufactures weapons platforms and munitions for U.S. military and allied forces. The tech stack—SolidWorks, Ansys, CNC, PLC, LabVIEW, Oracle BI—reflects a hardware-centric, manufacturing-heavy organization running CAD/simulation and industrial control workflows. Hiring intensity centers on engineering and production roles, with active focus on robotic and autonomous interface development alongside legacy process control and quality compliance initiatives (ISO 9001, regulatory).
Notable leadership hires: Maintenance Tech Lead, Program Director, Protection service chief, Finance Director, Business Development Director
GDOTS operates 26 manufacturing facilities across the United States and Canada with 6,000 employees, producing an integrated portfolio of crew-served weapons (machine guns, grenade launchers), munitions across all calibers, lightweight tactical vehicles, naval shipboard systems, and airborne weapons including high-speed Gatling guns. The organization sells directly to the U.S. Department of Defense and allied governments. Active projects reveal simultaneous investment in automation (robotic platforms, autonomous interfaces, testing equipment) and traditional process discipline (kaizen, root cause analysis, cost control), addressing persistent pain points around supply chain optimization, defect reduction, and production cost management.
GDOTS relies on SolidWorks and Ansys for design and simulation, CNC and PLC systems for manufacturing control, LabVIEW for instrumentation, Salesforce and Oracle BI for business operations, and AWS X-Ray for cloud diagnostics.
Active projects include robotic platform development, solid rocket motor component design, autonomous interface development and integration, testing equipment design, process control improvements, and RFP/RFQ development.
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