BAE Systems, Inc. · 6 days ago
Engineer Senior Principal II – RF Payload Architect
Broomfield, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$150K/yr - $254K/yr
10+ years expBAE Systems, Inc. is an international defense, aerospace, and security company focused on delivering innovative solutions for air, land, and naval forces. They are seeking an experienced engineer to provide leadership for remote sensing payload development programs, ensuring alignment between mission needs and technical solutions.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Support and/or lead Remote Sensing architecture development, system designs, peer reviews, and/or audits
Technical development, understanding, analysis and assessment of concepts and designs for remote sensing payloads; including performance predictions and risk assessments
Remote sensing concept analysis, modeling, or simulation for assessment of performance and impact and/or benefit on ground and/or space concept of operations (CONOPs) and collections as well as ground and bus architecture and/or design
Assessment and communication to customers of Remote Sensing Payload’s solution ability to meet mission needs
Assessment of impact and/or ability to integrate Remote Sensing Payload solution into customer’s existing or planned infrastructure
Identify strategic architectures, capabilities and technologies for space payloads and contribute to new IRAD/technology development concepts and roadmaps
Support Strategic Business Unit (SBU) marketing and proposal development by providing Remote Sensing concepts and architecture solutions to customer missions and provide winning discriminators for BAE Systems, Inc
Provide Engineering and SBU insight into industry capability and industry and/or government technology development to guide technology roadmap, engineering resource planning, program capture and proposal development
Support and/or lead program(s) execution with a focus on early identification of issues and their mitigation, to include leadership and/or participation in the following:
Development through assembly, integration and test
Technical Performance Assessment
Independent Review Team (IRT) and Anomaly Review Team (ART)
Milestone Gate Reviews - Documentation, briefings, and participation
Functional and Physical Configuration Audits (FCA/PCA)
Assessment for Ready to Ship Review
Program Health and Risk Assessment
Application of best practices and lessons learned
Support new and ongoing program resource planning (people, equipment, and infrastructure)
Foster knowledge database for common architectural approaches, design reuse, shared efficiencies, product development/reuse/evolution, incorporation of lessons learned, design to cost, and supplier continuity
Provide leadership and functional/career direction by exhibiting behaviors aligned with the tenants of BAE System, Inc.’s leadership model. These behaviors would include providing a unifying vision, understanding the needs of others to meet business challenges and acting with humility and a collaborative spirit
Guide and mentor engineering staff from all levels to maintain and grow internal technical development skillsets
Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule
Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment
Perform other duties as necessary
Qualification
Required
BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 10 or more years related experience
Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education
A future TS/SCI security clearance is required
Thorough understanding of RF payloads to include sub-systems (aperture, front-end, software define radios, processing, basic exploitation, etc.) and phenomenologies (radiometry, imaging, sounding, altimetry, scatterometry, radio occultation, SAR, etc.); knowledge should include Remote Sensing solution's concept and requirements that impact Payload's cost/schedule, development, operation, and performance
Knowledge and demonstrated experience in defining payload Remote Sensing solutions for systems and architectures as well as assessing, developing and documenting their requirements (specifications, interfaces, CONOPs, environment, constraints, functions, information, etc.); architecture should include assessment of focused and distributed remote sensing architectures
A solid capability to communicate using nominal systems and architecture languages and diagrams is required
Knowledge of, and experience in a program's gated lifecycle and system engineering cycle with a solid experience in program's risk assessment and mitigation by planning embedded tasks, participation and/or leadership in milestone audits/reviews, and participation and/or Leadership in anomaly/failure reviews
New business development experience, including successful customer interaction; briefing and whitepaper development; direct discussions or briefings; and exceptional proposal writing
Knowledge of, and the ability to estimate program component, box, and subsystem level cost and schedule with a goal to support new proposals, basis of estimate (BOE) development, program make/buy decisions, and improve engineering estimating tools and/or capabilities
Preferred
Knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to support definition and design of architectures, systems, and remote sensing payload is desired, as well as the use of DOD and/or Industry standard architecture languages, formats, and frameworks
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Health savings accounts
A 401(k) savings plan
Disability coverage
Life and accident insurance
Employee assistance program
Legal plan
Discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Paid parental leave
Military leave
Bereavement leave
Federal and state sick leave
Company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards
Company
BAE Systems, Inc.
Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do. BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S.
10001+ employees
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Tom Arseneault
President & Chief Executive Officer, BAE Systems, Inc.
Don Widener, PhD
Chief Technology Officer, Intelligence Solutions
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