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Principal Digital Electrical Engineer

BAE Systems

Nashua, NHFull-time$118–201K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$118–201K/yr
Location
Nashua, NH
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

The Principal Digital Electrical Engineer supports engineering development, integration, testing, and transition to production for complex electronic modules. The role leads first-unit and design-verification testing, and works with engineering, operations, quality, customers, suppliers, technicians, and manufacturing personnel. The position also includes digital circuit design, troubleshooting, defect resolution, and mentoring junior engineers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

High-Speed Digital DesignComplex Electronic SystemsElectrical Engineering PrinciplesIndustrial Temperature DesignAircraft Circuit Card DesignSchematic CaptureCircuit SimulationLayout and RoutingPost-Routing SimulationLeadershipTeamworkProblem SolvingJudgmentAnalytical SkillsTechnical PresentationTechnical WritingVerbal Communication

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree6 Years Work ExperienceDOD Security Clearance EligibilityActive Secret ClearanceActive DOD Security Clearance

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

At BAE Systems, we deliver a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. If you are an individual that enjoys a cohesive team environment and is interested in a variety of challenges across a variety of products, then we are interested in hearing from you!

This role will be supporting engineering development, integration, test and transition to production efforts on complex electronic modules. Candidate will provide electrical engineering support to a dynamic engineering development team, leading first unit test, design verification test, integration and transition to production tasks on complex digital circuit cards and modules.

The successful candidate must possess strong technical aptitude, communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally within the hardware organization and with other engineering disciplines/functions. Must be able to exercise discretion and independent judgment in technical areas.

This position may include the following activities:

  • Design of complex digital circuits

  • Agile hardware development, risk-reduction prototyping, and requirements-driven design and verification

  • Knowledge of engineering development processes for aero/defense industry, including designing and testing to MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-461

  • State-of-the-art electrical engineering design/analysis/sim tools

  • Familiarity with design, analysis and manufacturing standards associated with complex multilayer rigid and rigid-flex CCAs

  • Strong hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, equipment, and processes

  • Working experience with Interface standards including military/avionics communication buses (i.e. RS-485, Mil-Std-1553B, Ethernet)

  • Lead/Mentor a team of junior engineers

  • Support test and troubleshooting of systems, modules and sub-assemblies of digital modules, working directly with program engineering personnel as required

  • Interface with Engineering, Operations, Quality and other supporting functions to drive defect resolution to root cause

  • Generate and implement improvements in product and test design and methodologies to reduce cost, increase yield, and improve throughput

  • Generate and review the technical content of test procedures, drawings, engineering specifications, reports, Engineering Change Orders, and other documentation

  • Interface with governmental customers and suppliers as required

  • Provide training and support to technicians and manufacturing personnel as required

  • Support Root Cause and Corrective Action activities

  • Mentor peers and more junior engineers in areas of expertise

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Typically a Bachelor's Degree and 6 years work experience

  • High speed digital design of circuit card assemblies

  • Experience with the design, build, integration and/or test of complex electronic systems.

  • Able to research and apply electrical engineering principles and theories to solve electrical engineering problems.

  • Eligible for DOD Security Clearance

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Active Secret Clearance HIGHLY PREFERRED

  • Industrial temperature or better (automotive)

  • Aircraft circuit card design

  • CAD based schematic capture and simulation

  • Able to direct layout and routing rules

  • Post routing simulation

  • Active DOD Security Clearance

  • Demonstrated design success - meet difficult design requirements

  • Experience with the design, build, integration and/or test of complex electronic systems.

  • Able to research and apply electrical engineering principles and theories to solve electrical engineering problems.

  • Motivated self-starter with leadership skills and ability to effectively work in a team environment - Team Leader

  • Excellent problem solving skills, judgment, and analytical capability.

  • Ability to close on discrete tasking in a timely manner and lead others to closure - Own the Design

  • Experience presenting technical information to program teams and/or customers.

  • Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $118095 - $200762

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.

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How this job compares

Set against the 10,173 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$118–201K/yr
  • New Hampshire median$115–185K/yr57 salary ranges
  • US median$108–170K/yr6,503 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $159K, is 4% above the New Hampshire median midpoint ($154K) — in the middle half of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in New Hampshire.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 66 open Electrical Engineer jobs in New Hampshire and 10,173 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New Hampshire
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (8,503 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,933 of the 10,173 open Electrical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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