Job Description

Job Description

What’s it like working for an innovative company that takes on some of the world’s most important challenges? Rewarding. Our reputation is built on delivering quality products that meet our customer's standards and help protect U.S. service members. We rely on our team of engineers to help make it possible. BAE Systems is seeking a Test Engineer for our site in Sterling Heights, MI.

In this role you will support product development, integration and testing to verify requirements on tracked and wheeled military vehicle platforms in a prototype shop floor and field environment. This position will work a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off and travel 10-25% to support field tests.

As a Test Engineer, you will:

• Analyze test requirements, decompose them, and develop test plans
• Execute tests and generate test reports
• Conduct vehicle (system) level testing, including software/hardware verification testing in a lab environment
• Analyze data and troubleshoot issues on vehicles
• Design and set up test environments, including fixtures, control systems, monitoring tools, and instrumentation
• Perform component-level testing, including vibration, shock, thermal, hydraulic, airflow, electrical, limit/ultimate loading, and cyclic tests
• Perform vehicle-level developmental performance testing, including instrumented automotive, structural, powertrain, suspension, thermal, electrical, and hydraulic tests

Typical Education and Experience

Typically a Bachelor's Degree and 2 years work experience or equivalent experience

Required Skills and Education

• Typically a bachelor's degree in engineering. We may consider additional experience in lieu of a degree. Core engineering background in Mechanical or Mechatronics preferred.
• Ability to operate as well as perform in-vehicle testing and troubleshooting of combat vehicles
• Initiative and leadership.
• Mechanical aptitude with hands-on abilities and strong troubleshooting skills.
• Must work well independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to provide clear direction and guidance and/or execute on given direction from others.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance.

Preferred Skills and Education

• Experience with CAN Bus and/or MIL-STD-1553 Bus, and familiarity with monitoring and analysis tools.
• Experience with correlating data from disparate sources—such as software logs, electrical signals, and mechanical telemetry—to identify the origin of a system-level anomaly or issue.
• System or component level integration and testing experience including instrumentation and data acquisition setup, and data analysis.
• Advanced data processing, analysis, and presentation (MATLAB, VBA, etc).
• Ability to travel for up to a month at a time.
• Veterans with applicable training/experience are highly encouraged to apply. #LI-Onsite #LI-JR1

About BAE Systems, Inc.

BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.

Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.