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Engineering Hiring Focal (Hybrid)
BAE Systems
🇺🇸 United States
Hybrid
Manager or above
1 day ago
120,874 – 205,486
- FPGA
- Linux
- Pension
1 day ago
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Job Description
BAE Systems is experiencing significant growth within our NSS engineering team. We’re seeking a unique individual – a former engineering leader – to leverage their technical expertise and hiring acumen as a Temporary Hiring Coordinator. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to transition your leadership skills into a critical operational function, supporting our rapid expansion. With 30-50 engineering roles currently open and anticipated, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring we attract and select top talent. You'll be responsible for the front-end of the recruitment lifecycle, applying your deep understanding of engineering skills and experience to quickly identify promising candidates.
Responsibilities:
- Requisition Intake & Refinement: Partner with engineering leaders to refine job requisitions in Kenexa, ensuring they accurately reflect the required technical skills and experience. Offer insights on attracting the right candidates based on your past hiring experiences.
- Strategic Resume Review: Conduct in-depth resume reviews, going beyond keyword matching to assess a candidate's overall technical aptitude, problem-solving skills, and potential fit within our engineering teams. You will be a key gatekeeper for quality.
- Candidate Assessment: Develop initial screening questions (in collaboration with hiring managers) to quickly assess candidate qualifications and technical understanding during brief phone screens.
- Interview Coordination: Manage the complex interview scheduling process, coordinating calendars between candidates and multiple interviewers (often including senior engineers).
- Hiring Manager Collaboration: Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, providing insights on candidate quality and market trends.
- Reporting & Tracking: Generate weekly reports on key hiring metrics (e.g., time to fill, applications received, candidates screened, interview completion rates) to provide visibility to engineering leadership.
- Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to optimize our hiring process based on your experiences as a former engineering leader.
- Kenexa Management: Become proficient in Kenexa, managing job postings, candidate profiles, and data integrity.
Required Skills and Education
- Experience: 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams, with direct responsibility for hiring, performance management, and career development.
- Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of engineering principles, practices, and technologies relevant to our business (FPGA design, Embedded Linux, signal processing, etc.).
- Hiring Acumen: Demonstrated ability to assess technical talent and make sound hiring decisions.
- ATS Proficiency: Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) –Kenexa experience is a plus, but not required.
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to interact effectively with engineers at all levels.
- Proactive Attitude: A proactive and resourceful approach to problem-solving.
- Discretion: Ability to handle highly confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
Preferred Skills and Education
- Experience with various interview techniques and behavioral interviewing.
- Familiarity with recruiting best practices.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
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: 120874
- Salary Max Point: 205486
- Full Time / Part Time: Part-Time
- Career Level: Experienced
- Travel Percentage: 0%
- Shift: 1st Shift
- U.S. Person Required: Yes
- Clearance Level – Must be able to obtain for position: None
- Clearance Level – Must currently possess: None
- Country: United States
- U.S. Citizenship Required: Yes
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