Chief Engineer

Job Description
BAE Systems is seeking an experienced and energetic Chief Engineer (CE), also referred to as Sr. Staff Systems Engineer or Technical Director, to help lead our established and rapidly expanding engineering team in the CEMA Business Area. The individual in many cases also performs System Architect, Systems Technical Manager, and System Coordinator/Leader roles defined by INCOSE. In this role you will be the ‘hands on’ technical lead of a 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. CEMA is a growing business area with several advanced technology development programs as well as high-rate production programs with a common mission to protect the warfighter. Apply now to join a dedicated team designing and building innovative products that will continue to lead the industry in Electronic Warfare (EW) and EO/IR Solutions.

As a Chief Engineer on a project, you will be 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 utilizes and the technical interface to Program, Engineering, Functional and Executive leadership.

Job Responsibilities

• 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, Program Management Office, and executive leadership
• Understand requirements, missions, use cases, and constraints
• Technical risks and issues including impact assessment, mitigation, minimization and closure plans

Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full-time onsite. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field or combination of education and professional experience
• 12+ years of progressive experience in the design, development, and integration of complex hardware‑/software‑based systems (e.g., RF, embedded, communications, or control systems).