Job Description

This role is for a combined Technical Leadership and Engineering Manager Role.

Our Systems Engineering group is a high-performance technical organization comprised of Electronic Attack (EA) Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) with backgrounds spanning the Engineering Disciplines. The focus of our group is to provide customers a wide range of services and products as the Center of Excellence for EA solutions

We welcome all those who have big ideas, crave innovation, and want to develop, build and work on the world's most advanced electromagnetic spectrum operations systems - detecting, locating and countering threats for joint and international aircrew. We develop highly sophisticated digital Electronic Warfare (EW) systems and we are looking for motivated and positive minded engineers highly skilled in Electronic Attack to join cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams.

Roles and Responsibilities (Technical):
Key EW program objectives are to improve/enhance air vehicle survivability, through the abilities to detect, deny, deceive, degrade and/or disrupt adversaries Integrated Air Defenses. This position will involve developing new EA capabilities for application in EW systems and performing systems engineering functions such as developing and managing systems level requirements, developing operational systems concepts, performing system architecture trade studies, originating design concepts or performing systems level integration and test for highly complex systems, and preparing and/or delivering basic customer and technical presentations.

• Track program execution through metrics and technical reviews
• Provide support to program proposal cost estimates by developing or reviewing Basis of Estimates that including quantified risks and opportunities
• Participate in independent design reviews, architecture review boards and other technical reviews
• Develop Roadmaps

Roles and Responsibilities (Functional Manager):
You will manage a small group of staff and hold a technical advisor role on our Tech Advisory Panel. In this role you will promote and help realize the Electronic Attack Capability Group objectives as you lead and build a High-Performance Systems Engineering team.

• Recruit, retain, train, recognize, develop and assign team members as appropriate to meet business area needs
• Develop individual and group goals and objectives
• Communicate flow-down
• Collect and provide performance feedback
• Mentor careers by development of career and training plans
• Ensure group members adhere to BAE Systems' cultural principals, policies and vision
• Hold position in the EA capability groups Technical Advisory Board

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

Required Skills and Education

• Active DoD Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science and 8 years of work experience.
• Some experience with offensive (stand-off/escort) and/or defensive (self-protection) EA systems.
• Basic EW system design knowledge as it relates to the detection and countering of radar and missile system engagements.
• Understand EA/ESM systems' architectures.
• Experience with systems engineering activities across the development cycle (analysis/decomposition/derivation/allocation of requirements, system modeling & simulation, system design & development, system integration & test).

Preferred Skills and Education

• M.S. in either Systems, Software, or Electrical Engineering.
• Functional Management experience (e.g.., performance management, staffing).
• Active DoD Top Secret security clearance.
• Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience.
• Additional skills within the Electronic Attack (EA)/Electronic Warfare Support (ES) portions of Electronic Warfare (EW) to include:
  
  • Understand radar signal processing techniques.
  • Understand radar operation and employment.
  • Understand digital signal processing concepts including FFT and DRFM.

Benefits Information

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Intern Benefits: Temporary employees generally are not eligible for BAE Systems benefits, but can elect to participate in the 401(k) savings plan. Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week are eligible for medical benefits, the employee assistance program, and business travel accident insurance.

Please note: Some benefits may be different for union employees that are governed by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) or for positions covered by a wage law called the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).