Chief Engineer

About Us

Join a team at the forefront of providing solutions and/ or product for our national defense who live the slogan of "We protect those who protect us ®"! We are seeking a highly motivated and results-oriented Chief Engineer to support our Weapon Data Link products within our Adaptive Communications & Sensing (AC&S) product line. Based in Wayne, NJ, you will play a pivotal role in delivering innovative solutions that empower our customers and safeguard our nation.

Role Overview

As a Chief Engineer on a project or product family, 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 system architect, the primary owner of the technical solution, and the technical interface to Program, Engineering, Functional and Executive leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Solution Definition, Viability and Adequacy:

• Leads (system) architecture to drive architectures for Weapon Data Link product
• 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, and closure plans

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams in the development and execution of complex engineering programs.
• Strong team building skills that enable collaboration and coordination within and across teams, functions, and other business units.
• Proven ability to identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Required Skills and Education

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related technical field or combination of education and professional experience
• 10+ years of progressive experience in the design, development, and integration of complex hardware-/software-based systems (e.g., RF, embedded or communications).
• Demonstrated success leading technical teams and overseeing full-life-cycle development and test activities.
• Ability to develop system architectures from concept through implementation.
• Proven experience capturing, documenting, and translating requirements for RF-or related systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting technical information to varied audiences, including senior leadership and external customers.
• Ability to obtain a US Government security clearance

Preferred Skills and Education

• Experience in an engineering leadership role (e.g., Systems Lead, Chief Engineer) responsible for complex electronic or Comms or RF-centric programs.
• Hands-on experience with MBSE tools (e.g., DOORS, MagicDraw, or similar) for requirements management and architecture modeling.

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
• life and accident insurance
• employee assistance program
• legal plan
• discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance
• paid time off
• paid holidays
• paid parental leave
• military leave
• bereavement leave
• any applicable federal and state sick leave
• 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).