Job Description We are seeking a motivated and skilled Senior Systems Engineer to join our team of innovative engineers developing high-quality engineering solutions for our customers. As a systems engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the products we develop meet our customers’ needs throughout the product lifecycle. You will advise multi-disciplinary integrated project teams, focusing on requirements development and validation, system integration, and design capture. Beyond the project teams, you will be involved in feasibility studies for future projects, support for past projects, and development of team processes.
If you are a motivated and experienced systems engineer who is passionate about delivering high-quality solutions that serve mission-critical roles, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers’ missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution.
What You’ll Do:
- Conceive and develop solutions to engineering problems through the application of professionally and industry-wide accepted engineering techniques, practices, and procedures.
- Perform systems engineering tasks throughout the lifecycle of programs or R&D projects.
- Ensure that engineering work conforms to high technical and company standards and meets or exceeds all contract requirements.
- Ensure the accuracy of designs and products. Compile and evaluate design information and associated data to determine adequacy and completeness of the product, and to evaluate the engineering effectiveness of the results compared to requirements and specifications. May be responsible for tracking performance against costs, budgets, and schedules.
- Provide analyses in the form of released documents for the same systems.
- Manage system interfaces.
- Support program gates such as the design reviews and readiness reviews.
- Aid in the design and development of test system software and hardware for a variety of applications including subsystem command and data handling, low level hardware control, automation, custom interfaces, and communication systems.
- Advise program leadership on MBSE implementation options.
- Lead small SE teams in the implementation and execution of MBSE practices.
- Utilize MBSE for development of system architectures, concept of operations, and architecture to requirements traceability.
- Provide expertise in electrical design, mechanical design, software architecture or manufacturing by helping establish best practices in system design.
- Participate in requirements definition, analysis and decomposition, support system level architecture definition and software design.
- Participate in department activities to improve methods and processes.
- Work under formal development methodologies.
- Develop and utilize technical trade studies to define resilient architectures. This includes but is not limited to assessing mission impact of external threats and associated mitigation strategies from cyber-attacks, reverse engineering, and tampering.
- Understand customer approaches and sensitivities.
- Mentor other engineers.
- Prepare and give presentations to peers, management, and customers.
- Analyze, evaluate, and recommend innovative solutions/applications and/or software design approaches required for meeting contract specifications for new or modified products and systems.
- Compile and prepare necessary data and engineering items to support technical meetings and product delivery documentation requirements.
- Organize, analyze, write, and present technical marketing and proposal information for program managers and customers.
- Promote development of a strong team by participation in key aspects of the project.
- Maintain and update required records and reports.
- Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units, and the Company. Interact appropriately with others to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
- Perform other duties as required.
On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between BAE campuses and other possible non-BAE locations may be required.
Working Conditions:
- Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors, or remote research environment.
- May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
- May access other facilities in various weather conditions.
