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Systems Engineering Functional Lead

BAE Systems

Totowa, NJFull-time$129–219K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$129–219K/yr
Location
Totowa, NJ
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Systems Engineering Functional Lead is a dual player-coach role, combining management of a systems engineering team with technical contributions to electronic warfare programs. The lead manages and develops engineers while contributing to system development, requirements, integration, testing, and customer-facing work. The position is performed full-time onsite and supports the development of electronic warfare systems for U.S. Department of Defense and international customers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Technical Team Leadership, requiredPeople Management, requiredTeam Collaboration, requiredRoot Cause Analysis, requiredDecision-Making, requiredChange Adaptation, requiredElectronic Warfare Integration and Testing, nice to haveElectronic Warfare System Design, nice to haveProduct Development, nice to haveSystems Engineering, nice to haveCustomer Relations, nice to haveTechnical and Cost Artifact Development, nice to haveTrade Studies, nice to haveConcept of Operations Development, nice to haveCost Account Management, nice to haveAgile Processes, nice to have

Qualifications

Active DoD Secret Clearance, requiredBachelor's in Technical Field, required6 Years Work Experience, requiredMaster's in Systems, Software, or Electrical Engineering, nice to haveFunctional Management Leadership Experience, nice to haveDoD Systems Engineering Experience, nice to haveCustomer Interface Experience, nice to have

Benefits

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

Full job description

Job Description

Ready to make a difference? Our employees design, integrate, and test the world s next generation communication and electronic warfare systems for the United States DoD and international customers. You will be among the brightest minds, working on the aerospace and defense industry s most difficult problems. This role is for a combined Technical Leadership and Engineering Lead Role.

We welcome all those who have big ideas, crave innovation, and want to develop, build and work on the world s most advanced electromagnetic spectrum operations systems detecting, locating and countering threats for joint and international aircrew. We develop highly sophisticated digital Electronic Warfare (EW) systems, and we are looking for motivated and positive minded engineers highly skilled in Electronic Attack to join cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams. We put our customers first exemplified by our mission: We Protect Those Who Protect Us. Come build your career with us.

This is a dual role where you will perform in the player-coach model, where some of your time is allocated to being a team manager of engineers and part of your time as an individual contributor. This balance enables you to work on programs as a technical contributor/leader and manage systems engineering team.

Roles and Responsibilities (Engineering Lead):

  • As a functional Lead you will lead a team of engineers (8-10). You will report directly to the Systems Engineering Section Manager, where he/she will be your guide and mentor.

  • As a member of the systems engineering staff, you will help to shape future systems engineers to optimize their performance

  • Recruit, retain, train, recognize and develop systems engineers to achieve their highest potential in alignment with the business needs

  • Assign team members as appropriate to programs, IRADs and proposals

  • Develop individual and group goals and objectives

  • Collect and provide performance feedback

  • Communicate flow-down company, business area and discipline information

  • Mentor and develop career and training plans

  • Ensure group members adhere to BAE Systems' cultural principals, policies and vision

Roles and Responsibilities (Technical Contributor):

As a technical contributor your focus will be on delivering innovative Electronic Warfare (EW) solutions. Individual technical contributions on a related range of Programs will include system development, requirements development, integration & test, and test planning and execution in a field deployment environment. You will be assigned to work on one or more programs applying your systems engineering skills. Example of roles that you could have are product capture and proposals, product design, requirements derivation and allocation, conducting and leading design reviews, creating development plans, design models, performance models, system integration, verification and test, tool development, trade studies, testing at customer and USG test facilities, product build support in our factories. Responsibilities may include:

  • Leading a medium or large team of Systems Engineers on EW related programs

  • Managing all system engineering content and work products

  • Understanding and implementing the product development process

  • Schedule and cost account responsibilities for systems team

  • Execution of systems planning and requirements development

  • Creation and review of systems requirements to include software, component, subsystem, and operational concepts

  • Allocation of requirements to engineering disciplines

  • Creating system test plans, procedures and reports

  • Leading product design, development, integration, and verification

  • Will have outside contact with customers, other contractors and government officials.

  • Manage and participate in trade studies, peer reviews, and customer meetings

  • Preparing and delivering technical presentations internally and with customers.

  • Monitor and report metrics such as System Technical Performance Measures

  • Supports proposal development activities, including proposal text development, cost and schedule estimating, and presentation activities.

  • Our products are primarily Electronic Warfare systems that enable our warfighters to execute their missions safely.

  • This part of the role will enable you to engage in developing our EW solutions. There will be opportunities to use your existing skills and develop new ones as we work to extend your career path in alignment with your goals and the company needs.

  • 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 onsite. This means work will be conducted on-site at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Active DoD Secret security clearance.

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science and 6 years of work experience.

  • Technical team leadership

  • Strong skills in people management and team collaboration within systems engineering and across disciplines

  • Able to evaluate root cause and make timely decisions

  • Able to lead a team to adapt to changes effectively

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • M.S. in either Systems, Software, or Electrical Engineering

  • Integration & test experience in EW Systems

  • Functional management leadership experience (e.g., performance management, staffing)

  • EW system design experience and product development across engineering lifecycle (e.g., requirements analysis, architecture design/development, integration, verification, sell-off, security accreditation, and maintenance)

  • Experience with Systems Engineering development of DoD systems

  • Experience interfacing with internal and external customers

  • Experience developing/reviewing technical and cost artifacts for new business activities

  • Experience supporting trade studies, concept of operation development, Cost Account Management, engineering initiatives and agile process application

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $128831 - $219012

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 3,228 open Systems Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$129–219K/yr
  • New Jersey median$128–210K/yr40 salary ranges
  • US median$129–205K/yr2,406 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $174K, is close to the New Jersey median midpoint ($175K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineering salary ranges in New Jersey.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 49 open Systems Engineering jobs in New Jersey and 3,228 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New Jersey
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Systems Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (2,518 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,048 of the 3,228 open Systems Engineering jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 14, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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