Chief Engineer

Job Description

What is it like working for a company whose mission is We Protect Those Who Protect Us , that develops the world s most advanced airborne Electronic Warfare equipment? Rewarding. As part of our Electronic Combat Solutions Systems Engineering team, you ll join a diverse group of driven professionals who architect, design, develop, build, integrate, test, and support products and systems that enable our service men and women to execute their missions and return home safely.

We are looking for a self-motivated engineering leader to join our Systems Engineering Management team in the 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. Key responsibilities include:

• 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:

• Understand requirements, missions, use cases, and constraints

• Technical risks and issues including impact assessment, mitigation, minimization and closure plans

This position will require you to be onsite in either Totowa or Wayne New Jersey. 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.

See what you re missing. Electronic Combat Solutions has technology, engineering and program teams that educate and mentor colleagues to deliver leading Electronic Warfare capabilities. We welcome all those who have big ideas, crave innovation, want to drive fielding velocity and have the passion to bring the warfighter home safe. With a 9/80 schedule, and every other Friday off, our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first exemplified by our mission: We Protect Those Who Protect Us. Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• 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 Experience with EW and/or Radar and Missile Systems

• Technical leader for significant size team (Chief Engineer, Project Engineering Manager, or equivalent)

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• 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

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Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $153377 - $260743

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

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.

Chief Engineer

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