Jobs at BAE Systems, Inc.

Creates schematic symbols, PCB footprints, board outlines, schematic diagrams, intermediate PCB layouts, and fabrication outputs using Cadence tools. Supports library parts, geometries, 3D models, and customer issues; collaborates with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and process engineering teams. Uses ENOVIA, AutoCAD Mechanical, Creo, and related tools while ensuring designs meet BAE Systems, IPC, factory, fabrication, and assembly requirements.

Develop and verify FPGA design environments for electronic warfare systems using SystemVerilog/UVM and/or VHDL. Create constrained-random test plans, self-checking testbenches, reusable verification IP, and coverage-driven test cases. Analyze verification metrics, improve methodologies, execute tasks to schedule, and collaborate with engineers across multiple U.S. locations.

Manages a team of designers, drafters, and checkers supporting product definition from concept through production release. Oversees staffing, recruiting, employee development, performance management, and conflict resolution. Provides technical leadership in CAD, Creo, Windchill, GD&T, ASME standards, military drawings, 3D modeling, bills of materials, change management, and Model Based Definition. Coordinates staffing strategies and business initiatives while serving as the recognized leader of the design community.

Leads architecture, design, testing, verification, integration, and production transition for high-reliability digital circuit cards and modules. Responsibilities include FPGA and microprocessor circuit design, schematic and layout capture, signal integrity analysis, environmental testing, troubleshooting, documentation, defect resolution, customer and supplier coordination, and mentoring junior engineers.

Leads the design, development, integration, testing, and production support of opto-mechanical military systems for EO/IR products. Responsibilities include mechanical design and analysis, hardware engineering team leadership, packaging lasers, receivers, sensors, fiber optics, and gimbals, engineering documentation, multidisciplinary collaboration, and production support. The role requires CAD, FEA, GD&T, defense electronics experience, and eligibility for a Department of Defense security clearance.

Designs, tests, qualifies, and supports high-reliability DC/DC and AC/DC power electronics for military and commercial aerospace applications. Responsibilities include circuit architecture, component selection, schematic capture, PWB layout, simulation, verification testing, requirements compliance, troubleshooting, root-cause correction, EMI/EMC design, and lifecycle support. The role also advances power electronics technology through research and development and collaborates with systems, hardware, software, test, and operations teams.

Develop real-time embedded software for electronic defense systems, collaborating with systems, hardware, and test engineers across the software development lifecycle. Responsibilities include software development in Linux, C/C++ and Python programming, integration testing, Agile development, CI/CD, and potentially kernel, driver, containerization, and automated unit testing work. The role supports aircraft protection, radar warning, and electronic attack products.

Leads the common EO/IR threat-warning sensor product across development, qualification, production, and fielding. Owns product performance, roadmap, governance, cost, schedule, risks, customer commitments, and business success. Directs cross-functional teams spanning engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, finance, contracts, business development, and program management. Supports captures, proposals, investment strategies, production readiness, and executive reporting while balancing customer-specific needs with product commonality, scalability, and affordability.

Leads and develops Systems Engineering staff supporting flight, engine, mission, and propulsion control systems. Provides technical oversight, manages staffing and resource allocation, mentors engineers, establishes engineering processes, and ensures compliance with quality, reliability, and regulatory standards. Oversees requirements, architecture, integration, verification, design reviews, planning, and risk mitigation across aerospace projects.

Leads development of advanced aircraft engine controls systems, including customer requirements, technical solutions, product and technology roadmaps, proposals, safety-critical lifecycle development, competitive analysis, and technology maturation. Provides technical leadership, mentors engineering talent, balances resources across projects, and collaborates with customers and business leadership to advance FADEC capabilities.

Leads the design, development, integration, testing, and production support of optomechanical military systems. Provides technical leadership for hardware engineering teams developing EO/IR products involving lasers, receivers, fiber optics, sensors, and beam directors. Performs mechanical design and analysis, documentation, GD&T, and multidisciplinary collaboration while supporting DoD product development and manufacturing. Uses CAD and FEA tools and contributes to engineering presentations and processes.

Leads the design, development, integration, testing, and production support of opto-mechanical military systems. Works with EO/IR technologies including lasers, receivers, fiber optics, sensors, and beam directors. Provides technical leadership for hardware engineering teams, performs mechanical design and analysis, develops engineering documentation, and collaborates across multidisciplinary teams. Requires experience with DoD electronics, CAD/FEA tools, engineering processes, and eligibility for a Department of Defense security clearance.

Leads factory transition and business continuity projects, coordinating facilities, capital equipment, product transfers, operations, supply chain, engineering, quality, and program management. Develops project plans, budgets, schedules, risk assessments, and resource allocations while ensuring production continuity, safety, compliance, and quality. Communicates with senior leadership, customers, subcontractors, and cross-functional teams; resolves issues, drives cost reduction and process improvements, and develops transition-team capabilities.

Manages an electrical engineering team supporting production of complex electronic assemblies across multiple product lines. Responsibilities include staffing and resource allocation, mentoring engineers, resolving electrical product defects, improving yield and affordability through metrics, supporting new-product transitions to production, analyzing test data, troubleshooting electronic systems, and coordinating with operations, quality, program management, and customers across multiple locations.

Develop and demonstrate advanced EO/IR sensors, lasers, optical systems, algorithms, and prototypes for military and commercial applications. Responsibilities include modeling, simulation, laboratory and field testing, optical system analysis, proposal development, interdisciplinary collaboration, and direct interaction with government R&D customers. The role requires expertise in optical systems and modeling tools, US citizenship, and eligibility to obtain a security clearance.

Leads advanced FPGA and digital design from concept through delivery for mission-critical aerospace and defense systems. Architects and implements FPGA solutions using VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, and major FPGA platforms; performs synthesis, timing analysis, verification, simulation, and hardware-software integration. Supports proposals, technical reviews, lab and flight-test integration, documentation, configuration management, and design optimization. Provides technical leadership and mentorship while managing schedules, budgets, and cross-functional collaboration.

Design and develop embedded software for avionics, flight controls, engine controls, vehicle power systems, and other safety-critical applications. Responsibilities span requirements development, software design, implementation, integration, testing, and lifecycle planning. Engineers use embedded development environments and low-level programming for PowerPC and ARM processors, collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor colleagues, and may lead technical discussions with customers.

Design, develop, test, and optimize software for Software Defined Radio systems supporting electronic warfare capabilities. Implement signal-processing and jamming algorithms, integrate software with hardware, troubleshoot defects, participate in code reviews, create technical documentation, and collaborate with systems, hardware, and test engineers in an Agile environment.

Design, develop, test, and optimize high-performance software for Software Defined Radio systems supporting electronic warfare and RF signal processing. Implement modulation, demodulation, signal analysis, and jamming algorithms; integrate software with hardware; troubleshoot defects; participate in code reviews; and create technical documentation. Collaborate with systems, hardware, and test engineers in an Agile environment while improving development processes and tools.

Leads technical strategy for the ACES electronic warfare product line, partnering with business development and customers to develop technical solutions. Responsibilities include architecture trade studies, requirements development for RF systems, proposal technical volumes and white papers, customer presentations, and cross-disciplinary hardware, software, and firmware integration. The role requires substantial systems engineering leadership and experience with electronic warfare, radar, communications, missile systems, and RF transceiver development.