Job Description
Job Overview:
Job Description
This role involves a combination of collaborative/in-person and independent work, it will take the form of a hybrid work format, with time split between working onsite and remotely.
Looking for an exciting career that utilizes your boundless creativity, technical innovation, and leadership skills? “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®” is our mission, and we’re looking for engineers who share our passion in developing first-of-its-kind technologies and equipment to protect our warfighters on all fronts. From our southern NH campus of facilities, our Electronic Systems Hardware Engineering organization welcomes an energetic and motivated senior-level engineering lead to help drive our multi-discipline project teams and our record of product excellence.
Have a background in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering developing hardware solutions for customers? Willing to learn and collaborate with an expansive team of world class professionals? Fantastic! With a flexible work environment including a 9/80 work schedule and competitive benefits, come join us today and see the opportunities in store for you!
Within our growing Hardware Engineering community, you’ll have opportunity to work the technology focused programs within our Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions (CEMA) business focusing in our Integrated Survivability Solutions (ISS) product line. Here, we turn ideas into products ranging from electro-optics to state of the art laser technology solutions that protect our nation’s airborne and land based platforms. As a Hardware Lead, you’ll have opportunity to own the engineering technical, cost, and schedule aspects of our projects with the freedom to lead and shape teams consisting of talented electrical, mechanical, optical, as well as firmware engineers and designers. You’ll actively partner with a wider team of dedicated program engineers and business leads to develop and deliver truly amazing hardware solutions designed to survive the harshest of environmental conditions. Embracing a “design it right the first time” philosophy, we focus on factors including affordability, manufacturing, quality, and reliability in order to exceed our customer expectations every day.
So apply today and join us for an engineering career full of technical challenges, diversity, and satisfaction and see for yourself why our employees proudly average more than 12 years of service!“
Due to the importance, this position offers a Sign-On Bonus. (Note: Current BAE Systems employees are ineligible for sign-on bonuses.)
"Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires US citizenship”
About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
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.
Required Skills and Education
As a Hardware Engineering Lead, you will provide project level leadership to ensure successful execution of program plans and accomplishment of engineering department goals. You’ll guide teams performing research, development, and consulting assignments of a professional technical nature where extensive and diversified knowledge of hardware engineering principles and practices are necessary to successfully accomplish objectives.
Required Job Skills, Responsibilities, & Experience includes:
BSEE or BSME with 10+ years and commensurate experience leading engineering teams
Possesses solid technical leadership practices for multi-disciplinary engineering teams engaged in the design and development of state-of-the-art electro-mechanical products
Team sizes may range from small to large (5, 10, to 20+)
Team disciplines include Mechanical (ME), Electrical (EE), Optical (OE), Design Drafting (DD)
Proven experience in developing, implementing, and monitoring project schedules, budgets, and productivity metrics to ensure efficient team performance. Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS) project execution and practices.
Experience implementing an established Hardware Engineering design processes to achieve product quality and consistency
Possesses sound interpersonal communication skills involving interfacing with company personnel, customers, and suppliers
Experience supporting new business capture and proposal teams with development of hardware engineering cost/schedule estimates
Capable of exercising independent discretion and judgment in the performance of engineering duties
Capable of utilizing computer skills to prepare appropriate reports, documents, and presentations for internal/external distribution
Ability to develop and implement design solutions, processes, and systems within budget and schedule requirements
Experience with design and develop of products and services using state-of-the-art engineering technologies, principles, theories and concepts
Preferred Skills and Education
Preferred job skills, qualifications, & experience includes:
- Current DoD Security Clearance
- Certification for Earned Value Management System (EVMS) project management techniques
- Design of Electro-optic technologies
- Experience with RF technologies
- Designing to cost (DTUPC) constraints
- Designing for manufacturability
