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BAE Systems, Inc. · 3 days ago

Principal Test Engineer

Nashua, NH

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$116K/yr - $197K/yr

4+ years exp

BAE Systems, Inc. is a leading defense, aerospace, and security company, seeking a Principal Test Engineer to join their Electronic Combat Solutions team. The role involves designing and developing test solutions, collaborating across multiple engineering disciplines, and contributing to the development of Next Generation Electronic Warfare Systems Products and Solutions.

Defense & Space

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

Responsibilities

Develop test solutions and write test software that is mission critical

Work across multiple disciplines and collaborate with Systems, Hardware, Software, and Test Engineers

Assume a full or partial lead role as circumstances dictate

Provide accurate technical status to program management or direction to individual contributors

Interface with other engineering disciplines as necessary

Qualification

Test development experienceHardwareSoftware IntegrationObject-oriented programmingNI Test Software ToolsRF Measurement techniquesSW version controlLeadership skillsCommunication skillsInitiativeTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field

4+ years of professional test development and integration experience

Hardware and Software Integration experience

Possess good communication skills including interpersonal communication and team communication

Proficiency in Object-oriented programming (C/C++/C# etc.)

Preferred

Active Secret clearance or ability to obtain one

The ideal candidate would be familiar or experienced in: NI Test Software Tools

TestStand

LabWindows/CVI Software

Instrument Communication

Network analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Microwave/RF measurements

VSWR

Gain

Compression

Phase noise

S-Parameters

etc

Experience with the entire product life cycle development or parts of it: Requirements review, test plan creation, coding, integration of test SW with test stands, and sell-off to customers

Experience with RF test development for production, employing RF Test instrumentation (Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Signal Generators, PNA-X etc.)

Experience with RF Measurement techniques and ability to diagnose and resolve to root cause measurement anomalies

Takes initiative and has a closure-oriented nature

Experience with SW version control and bug tracking tools

Experience in supporting factory production test stands, debug, problem isolation, and resolution

Experience with National Instruments FlexRIO (LabVIEW FPGA/VHDL/Verilog a plus)

JTAG/Boundary project development in an ATE solution

Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence)

Git and Tortoise Git

Strong leadership skills

Experience in leading engineers on multiple projects/tasks

Experience with HW debug & troubleshooting