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BAE Systems, Inc. · 2 days ago

Adaptive Communication & Sensing Chief Engineer

Merrimack, NH

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$147K/yr - $249K/yr

10+ years exp

BAE Systems, Inc. is a leading defense, aerospace, and security company that develops advanced electronics for various applications. They are seeking a self-motivated engineering leader as a Chief Engineer to ensure the viability and effectiveness of systems and services being developed, while also serving as the primary technical interface to leadership and customers.

Defense & Space

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Leads (system) architecture design and optimization activities, trades and analyses

Ensures system design and implementation meet technical requirements and customer/mission needs within allocated engineering cost & schedule

Ensures system design is realizable, maintainable, supportable and testable

Drives technical risk and opportunity definition, identification, and mitigation/realization

Understand requirements, missions, use cases, and constraints

Technical risks and issues including impact assessment, mitigation, minimization and closure plans

Qualification

Systems EngineeringTechnical LeadershipSoftware Defined RadiosModel Based System EngineeringCustomer Relationship ManagementCommunication SkillsTeam Leadership

Required

Active DoD Top Secret/SCI Clearance and eligible to acquire additional SAP/SAR clearance

Bachelor's degree in engineering (or equivalent experience in a relevant field) with a minimum of 15 years of related, proven experience successfully leading system engineering activities; or a Master of Science in Engineering or related field and minimum of 10 years of related experience

Prior experience leading a medium to large size team of System Engineers

Experience performing systems engineering activities across the development cycle (analysis/decomposition/derivation/allocation of requirements, system modeling & simulation, system design & development, system integration & test)

Familiarity with Software Defined Radios (SDR) and communications applications

Working experience with technical performance measurements and cost account management

Strong written and verbal communication skills including experience interfacing with upper management; customer facing

Preferred

Bid and proposal experience on major life cycle programs

M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related engineering discipline and 11 years of experience or Ph.D. with 9 years of experience

Experience with customer/stakeholder communication, management, relationship building, and customer satisfaction

Experience with Model Based System Engineering or other mature System/Software design processes

Familiarity or experience with Agile Systems Engineering

Chief Engineer experience with RF Payloads, integration, and qualification