Lead Hardware Engineer
Merrimack, NHFull-time$133–226K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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BAE Systems seeks a technical leader to support a small team of electrical, computer, and mechanical engineers working on a multi-rack system with high-performance servers, Ethernet switches, and other equipment. The role leads hardware development and demonstrations, manages program schedules and cost as a Cost Account Manager, develops technology roadmaps, and communicates hardware status to the program team and customer.
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Job Description
BAE Systems is seeking a technical leader to support a small team of electrical, computer and mechanical engineers for a multi-rack system using COTs high performance servers, Ethernet switches and other equipment.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead and Manage small Engineering Team: Guide a team of engineers to design, develop, and demonstrate innovative technical solutions, ensuring high-quality technical demonstrations and product delivery that meet customer needs.
Responsible for developing HW schedules for the program and managing cost as a Cost Account Manager (CAM).
Develop Technology Roadmaps: Collaborate on the development of technology roadmaps to support the customers requirements over the life of the program. There will be several systems deployed OCONUS and CONUS that will need to be maintained for the customer.
Communicate Program Status: Communicate program HW status to program team and customer when required.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Proven track record of managing hardware solutions
Experience with 19" rack based systems using primarily COTs high performance equipment
Able to obtain a TS and SCI clearance
Experience in Agile HW development
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Experience with multi-rack electronic systems
Active TS Clearance within the last two years.
The use of commercially available schedule tools and application of those tools within EVMS is a plus.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $132962 - $226035
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.
Lead Hardware Engineer
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,059 open Hardware Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$133–226K/yr
- New Hampshire median$133–226K/yr27 salary ranges
- US median$146–245K/yr771 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $179K, is close to the New Hampshire median midpoint ($179K) — in the middle half of Hardware Engineering salary ranges in New Hampshire.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 29 open Hardware Engineering jobs in New Hampshire and 1,059 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Hampshire
- BAE Systems (this employer)23 open
- Oracle4 open
- Experience
- Hardware Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 10 years (671 postings).
- Education
- 348 of the 1,059 open Hardware Engineering jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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