Test Engineer

Job Description
Thank you for your interest in BAE Systems! This opening is for candidates who are interested in interviewing at our September 2026 Defense Electronics Engineering Hiring Event. This position will be located at either our Totowa or Wayne New Jersey location. If your background and skill set match our hiring needs, we will reach out with next steps. If selected for an interview, specific opportunities based on your interests and skill set will be discussed with the hiring team. For candidates not local to the Totowa/Wayne NJ area, virtual interviews will be accommodated.

Are you an experienced Electrical, Software or Test Design Engineer looking for the next step to grow your career? Do you want to design and develop test solutions and write test software that is mission critical and be a part of a greater cause? Then, help us protect those that protect us by developing the Next Generation Electronic Warfare, Communication and Navigation Systems Products and Solutions. We need your talent, motivation, and vision to join our New Jersey based team. BAE Systems has recently been awarded new programs and is currently undergoing an exciting period of growth that requires rapid development and delivery of critical capabilities to our warfighters.

BAE Systems is searching for test engineers with experience in developing automated test software solutions. The ideal candidate must be a motivated self-starter, able to complete assignments with little oversight while being available as a subject matter expert and technical lead to their team. They must be able to assume a full or partial lead role as circumstances dictate and be able to quickly and dynamically switch focus to accommodate the daily activities of an engineering team supporting a production environment. This individual should be comfortable providing accurate technical status to program management or direction to individual contributors as part of their job function, as well as interfacing with other engineering disciplines as necessary.

The ideal candidate would be experienced in:

• Automated test equipment development and integration
  • Developing test software according to best coding standards using proprietary NI Test Stand libraries and executives as part of a development community of practice.
  • Developing test hardware according to BAE and industry standards
• Test solution development life cycle which consists of requirements review, test plan creation, design reviews, coding, integration of test SW with test stands, and sell-off to customers.
• Test solution software and hardware integration, debug & troubleshooting.
• Experience developing automated test solutions for electronic assemblies in a production factory environment