Job DescriptionBAE Systems is seeking a Hardware Engineering Manager within our Electronic Combat Solutions business area to lead a team of electrical engineers. We are interested in candidates with leadership, technical, and project management experience, who have had a role in new development and/or established programs. Experience with leading multi-disciplined engineering teams through one or more phases of the hardware product lifecycle is important, as the individual will be in a position to influence program execution and mentor senior engineers.
Responsibilities will include:
- Leading and managing a team of approximately 10 electrical engineers
- Hiring and staffing hardware engineers in support of program needs
- Personnel performance and development
- Hardware engineering program execution and scope management
- Agile product development and decision making
- Application of hardware and engineering processes on programs
- Staying technically relevant through the execution of individual programs
Primary tasks will include:
- Collaborate with engineering talent leads to develop staffing strategies to meet the business needs
- Staff current and projected hardware engineering needs for business area programs
- Develop a talent pipeline which aligns with current and future business needs
- Identify and grow capabilities in critical skill areas identified for the business
- Work closely with project engineering managers and hardware managers to ensure successful hardware execution on programs
- Monitor hardware execution of programs through performance metrics
- Oversee and ensure adherence to hardware process through lifecycle phases including: design development, verification, integration, and production support
- Drive scope management through understanding of technical baselines, proposal positions, and execution plans
- Serve as design review chair or assessor for development programs to ensure reviews meet hardware guidelines, and to ensure appropriate rigor in design efforts
- Support proposal efforts for hardware engineering to capture new business
- Review hardware bids and proposals ensuring appropriate assumptions, risk and opportunities
- Provide employees with performance assessments for mid-year reviews, end-of-year reviews, and throughout the year
- Develop employees on team
- Support key initiatives in business area or in discipline to meet yearly objectives and continuous improvement goals
- Provide communication of hardware engineering performance to business and discipline senior leadership
- Communicate with team members through regular staff meetings and other means
BAE Systems offers competitive pay, benefits, and important work-life balance initiatives including every other Friday off, flextime, and hybrid work environments. BAE Systems also believes in a culture of recognition for the extraordinary contributions of our skilled employees. Our engineers are the lifeblood of our company and we are more than 5,000 strong. With our robust offering of educational and career development opportunities, your chances to grow are limitless.
Required Skills and Education- Eligible to obtain a DOD Secret Security Clearance
- Electrical engineering degree
- BSE with 12+ years experience or MSE and 10+ years experience
- Ability to drive activities to closure
- Experience leading engineering teams
- Experience with the design, build, integration and/or test of complex electronic systems
- Motivated self-starter with leadership skills and ability to effectively work in a team environment
- Excellent problem solving skills, judgment, and analytical capability
- Experience presenting technical information to program teams and/or customers
- Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
Preferred Skills and Education- Active DOD Security Clearance.
- Strong understanding of Product Lifecycle management processes
- Demonstrated success managing all hardware engineering aspects of requirements definition, design, integration, test and delivery of complex Electronic Warfare systems
- Prior Project Engineer / Control Account Manager (CAM) experience, including managing earned value metrics, such as Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI).
- Proficiency using MS Office and MS Project
- Demonstrated ability to work across disciplines, driving schedules while maintaining costs
