Job DescriptionBAE Systems is seeking a Hardware Engineering Section Manager within our Electronic Combat Solutions business area to lead a team of electrical engineers and serve as the TACAIR product line discipline lead for hardware engineering. We are interested in candidates with leadership, technical, and project management experience, who have had a role in new development and/or production 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 20 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
- Driving key initiatives for the discipline and business in order to improve HW execution and modernization
Primary tasks will include:
- Serve as the product line facing manager to TACAIR
- Collaborate with the ECS HW leadership team to develop staffing strategies to meet the business growth needs
- Staff current and projected hardware engineering needs for business area programs while ensuring right person right job assignments
- Maintain and grow the HW lead talent pipeline which aligns with current and future program 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 on programs through performance metrics, execution reviews, and meeting with HW leads routinely
- Oversee, ensure adherence, support tailoring and support implementation of the hardware process throughout the lifecycle phases
- 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, risk is managed appropriately, and to ensure appropriate rigor in design efforts
- Support proposal efforts for hardware engineering to capture new business
- Review and approve 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 and support talent development efforts
- 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 for DOD 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
