BAE Systems

Dir I- Technical

BAE Systems$145K — $175K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field with 10+ years experience; 8+ years with MS; or 6+ years with PhD
  • Active US Government security clearance, eligible for TS
  • Proven experience in leading the development of Electronic Warfare or related systems
  • Demonstrated capacity as a technical leader for significant size teams
  • Experience with model-based systems engineering methodologies

Responsibilities

  • Lead system architecture design and optimization activities
  • Ensure system design meets technical requirements within budget and schedule
  • Drive definition and mitigation of technical risks and opportunities
  • Serve as the primary technical interface to customers and executive leadership
  • Prepare and deliver technical presentations to stakeholders

Benefits

  • Opportunity for impactful leadership in high-stakes projects
  • Collaborative environment requiring intensive onsite engagement
  • Access to cutting-edge technologies and industry innovations
  • Ability to influence project direction and customer satisfaction
  • Involvement in high-visibility programs with government and defense sectors
Full Job Description
Job Description

We are looking for a self-motivated engineering leader to join our Electronic Combat Solutions business area as a Chief Engineer. As a Chief Engineer on a project or product family, you will be the technical conscience of the program, ensuring the system(s), product(s), and service(s) being developed and delivered are viable, fit for purpose, and will satisfy customer needs, product/system requirements, and the mission and/or application. The CE is the primary owner of the technical solution and the technical interface to Program, Engineering, Functional and Executive leadership.

In this Chief Engineer position you will make impacts in the following ways;
  • Technical Solution Definition, Viability and Adequacy:
    • 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
  • Technical interface to Customer, PMO and executive leadership:
    • Extensive outside contact with customers, other contractors, and government officials
    • Prepare and deliver customer and technical presentations
    • Understand requirements, missions, use cases, and constraints
    • Technical risks and issues including impact assessment, mitigation, minimization and closure plans


Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this role, it will be performed full-time on site. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time.

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

  • Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience in a relevant field) with a minimum work experience of:
  • 10+ Years with BS
  • 8+ Years with MS
  • 6+ Year with PHD
  • Possess an Active US Government security clearance (with ability to possess TS)
  • Experience leading development of Electronic Warfare, RADAR, Communications, and/or Missile systems
  • Technical leader for significant size team (Chief Engineer, Project Engineering Manager, or equivalent


Preferred Skills and Education

  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related engineering discipline and 10+ years of experience
  • 5+ years of experience as a Chief Engineer or equivalent leading development of Electronic Warfare systems
  • Formal Root Cause and Corrective Action training or equivalent experience
  • Model based systems engineering experience with tools such as MagicDraw
  • Active United States security clearance, Top Secret, SCI Eligible
  • Experience with Electronic Warfare systems and RADAR systems

About BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company. It is among the world's largest defense contractors, with over 85,000 employees and operations in over 40 countries. BAE Systems is involved in the design, development, and manufacture of a wide range of products and services, including military aircraft, naval ships, and land vehicles. The company also provides a range of cybersecurity and intelligence services. BAE Systems has a long history, dating back to the 19th century, and has been involved in many major defense projects. Visit baesystems.com for more information.
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90,500 employees
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Founded
1997
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