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Chief Engineer Section Lead

BAE Systems
  • 🇺🇸 United States
  • On-site
  • Manager or above
  • 1 day ago
  • 173,023 – 294,137
  • ECS
  • System Design
  • Pension
1 day ago
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Job Description

What’s it like working for a company whose missions 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 the lead and manager for the Chief Engineering section, the successful candidate will provide technical and functional leadership for a group of approximately 40 program chief engineers, and will also serve as chief engineer on a project or project family.

Chief Engineer Section Lead Primary Responsibilities: 
 
  • Lead and manage the ECS Systems Engineering Chief Engineer section. Key responsibilities include:
  • Leader of change to promote constant improvement of procees, tools, methods and organization.
  • Select, train, assess, develop, retain and deploy the Chief Engineers required to achieve Business Area and program goals and business objectives. This includes developing and maintaining a chief engineer pipeline that supports the business plan.
  • Develop individual and group goals and objectives
  • Ensure group members adhere to BAE Systems' cultural principals, policies, and vision
  • Participate in independent design reviews, architecture review boards and other program technical reviews
 
Program Chief Engineer Primary Responsibilities:
The CE is 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
 
 

Required Skills and Education

  • Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience in a relevant field) with a minimum work experience of 12+ Years with BS, 10+ Years with MS, or 8+ Year with PhD
  • Minimum 5 years of experience leading development of EW and/or Radar and Missile Systems
  • Technical leader for significant size team (chief engineer, PEM, FM, or equivalent)
  • Active Secret US Government security clearance

Preferred Skills and Education

  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related engineering discipline and 13 years of experience or Ph.D. with 11 years of experience.
  • 10 years of experience as a chief engineer or equivalent leading development of RF EW 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

About BAE Systems, Inc.

BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.

Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

Benefits Information

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.

Intern Benefits: Temporary employees generally are not eligible for BAE Systems benefits, but can elect to participate in the 401(k) savings plan. Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week are eligible for medical benefits, the employee assistance program, and business travel accident insurance.

Please note: Some benefits may be different for union employees that are governed by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) or for positions covered by a wage law called the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).
  • Sector: Electronic Systems
  • Job Category: Engineering & Technology
  • Salary Min Point: 173023
  • Salary Max Point: 294137
  • Referral Bonus: 8000
  • Full Time / Part Time: Full-Time
  • Career Level: Experienced
  • Travel Percentage: 10%
  • Shift: 1st Shift
  • U.S. Person Required: Yes
  • Clearance Level – Must be able to obtain for position: Top Secret/SCI
  • Clearance Level – Must currently possess: Secret
  • Country: United States
  • U.S. Citizenship Required: Yes

Chief Engineer Section Lead · BAE Systems

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