Job DescriptionBAE Systems is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager within our Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance Systems (C4ISRS) business area at our Greenlawn, NY location. In C4ISR Systems, you'll help develop systems that sense, control, exploit and disseminate actionable information to warfighters supporting a variety of missions. This leadership role is ideal for a self-motivated individual looking for an exciting opportunity to help create these products along with a solid path for career growth.
You will be an active member of the Systems Engineering leadership team, ensuring the staffing and technical needs of the business are met. You will use your technical skills and experience to ensure our system design and implementation, meet and exceed our customer expectations. Technical responsibilities include system architecture development/review, design reviews, strategic initiative implementation, bid and proposal development, next generation solution planning and other areas of engagement that align with your skills and career aspirations.
Primary tasks will include:
- Supervising a group of up to 15 system engineers with a people first mentality through open communication and flow down, career development and training, constructive employee feedback, and providing a safe and inclusive work environment.
- Managing the System Engineering execution in one of our major product lines, working closely with our project technical leads and engineering managers to ensure overall success of our programs.
- Managing system program performance metrics and clearly communicating program status to internal and external customers as well as senior leadership.
- Staffing current and projected system engineering needs, providing oversight of program execution relative to system content, and ensuring system engineering processes are being adhered to throughout the product life cycle.
- Acquiring and growing staff with the skills and capabilities to meet the demands of projects through hiring, staff development/training, rotation assignments, mentoring, and personal growth opportunities.
- Building effective system teams, monitoring employee performance, providing career development and rotation assignment opportunities, mentoring software leads, and performing merit and promotion planning.
- Supporting proposal efforts to capture new business and reviewing and approving system engineering estimates.
BAE Systems offers competitive pay, benefits, and important work-life balance initiatives including every other Friday Off, Flextime, and Telecommuting. BAE 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're 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- Must have the ability to obtain a Secret clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or other Scientific with strong systems engineering content
- 10+years of applicable systems engineering experience, including all phases of a product life cycle
- Demonstrated technical leadership, management skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Product development project management experience including scheduling, budgeting, and cost account management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Experience presenting technical and programmatic information to program teams and customers
Preferred Skills and Education- Currently hold an active Secret clearance
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering
- Experienced / trained in Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) preferably Cameo/SysML
- Proven use and understanding of system engineering concepts
- Experience across the entire product development process
- Including Architecture, requirements, test procedure development, system integration and requirement verification and validation
- Experience developing test procedures and troubleshooting in a digital and Radio Frequency (RF) electronics lab environment, and potentially at customer domestic and international sites.
- Cost Account Manager (CAM) training or experience
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy
