
Engineer Senior - Mechanical (RF Focused)
Boulder, COFull-time$97–165K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Senior Mechanical Engineer will lead hardware development for RF and electronic components and execute mechanical design from concept through detail design. The work includes antenna and RF electronic systems, ground support equipment, and custom test equipment, along with analysis, cost and schedule planning, and technical oversight. The position is on-site five days per week in the primary work location and may include production sustaining engineering and support for new business activities.
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Job Description
The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and solid execution.
What You ll Do:
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Lead hardware development team RF and electronic components to meet cost, schedule, and technical requirements.
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Execute mechanical design and requirement allocation, interface definition, performance analysis, and risk mitigation from concept through detail design of any of the following:
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Antenna and RF Electronic systems.
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Ground Support Equipment.
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Custom Test Equipment.
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CAD modeling, documentation, design analysis, and supervision of other engineers, designers, and drafters.
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Generate accurate cost/schedule estimates and manage performance to plan.
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Provide inputs for detailed development schedules and manage team activities to meet hardware delivery milestones.
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Interact with other functional disciplines in an integrated program team (IPT) environment.
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Generate technical documents and presentations for program design reviews.
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Provide technical oversight of major subcontracts.
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Production sustaining engineering may be required.
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Support new business activities such as:
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Basis of Estimate (BOE) generation (Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) and Sustaining labor estimates).
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Technical concept generation.
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Generation of BOMs and associate material cost estimates.
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Risk & Opportunity management.
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Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
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Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
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Perform other duties as necessary.
On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions:
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Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
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May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
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May access other facilities in various weather conditions.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
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BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 4 or more years related experience.
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Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master s Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
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Experience in the mechanical design of Antennas and RF Electronic systems.
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Experience using CAD software.
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Experience using Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing.
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Creativity in mechanical engineering design.
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Design analysis capability.
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Ability to plan and execute engineering risk reduction testing as well as qualification testing.
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Ability to develop cost estimates, schedules and develop/report earned value.
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A security clearance or access with Polygraph is not required to be eligible for this position. However, the applicant must be willing and eligible for submission, depending on program requirements, after an offer is accepted and must be able to maintain the applicable clearance/access.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
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BS in Mechanical Engineering.
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SolidWorks experience is preferred.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $97008 - $164914
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.
Engineer Senior - Mechanical (RF Focused)
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How this job compares
Set against the 7,739 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$97–165K/yr
- Colorado median$107–160K/yr248 salary ranges
- US median$106–160K/yr4,667 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $131K, is 3% below the Colorado median midpoint ($136K) — in the middle half of Mechanical Engineer salary ranges in Colorado.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 301 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in Colorado and 7,739 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Colorado
- Lockheed Martin37 open
- BAE Systems (this employer)15 open
- GBA14 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (6,437 postings).
- Education
- 5,283 of the 7,739 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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