Technical Fellow Engineer Senior Principal III - EO/IR Architect

Job Description

This position is for a very experienced engineer or scientist to provide engineering leadership for remote sensing payload development programs and new business pursuits in support of Civil, Military, and National Space programs. The Payload Architect ensures continuity and balance between the scientific or warfighter mission needs, the acquisition community, and the BAE Systems, Inc. technical solution. This position will report to the Payload Engineering - Payload Architects department manager. The responsibilities of this position include architecture definition, detailed design, analysis, modeling, and performance verification of systems and payloads in their mission context.

The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit (SCU) 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:

• Lead Remote Sensing architecture development, system designs, peer reviews, and/or audits.
• Provide leadership in Payload Architecture and other disciplines by exhibiting behaviors aligned with the tenants of BAE Systems' leadership model. These behaviors would include providing a unifying vision, understanding the diverse needs of others to meet business challenges and acting with humility and a collaborative spirit.
• Technical development, understanding, analysis and assessment of concepts and designs for remote sensing payloads; including performance predictions and risk assessments.
• Advise and perform remote sensing concept analysis, modeling, or simulation for assessment of radiometric, image quality, detection, background discrimination, line of sight control, target tracking, and target identification performance for terrestrial and space missions.
• Understand remote sensing concept's impact and/or benefit on ground and/or space concept of operations (CONOPs) and collections as well as ground and bus architecture and/or design.
• Lead assessment and communication to customers of Remote Sensing Payload's solution ability to meet mission needs.
• Identify strategic architectures, capabilities and technologies for space payloads and contribute to new IRAD/technology development concepts and roadmaps.
• Support Strategic Business Unit (SBU) marketing and proposal development by providing Remote Sensing concepts and architecture solutions to customer missions and provide winning discriminators for BAE Systems, Inc.
• Provide Engineering and SBU insight into industry capability and industry and/or government technology development to guide technology roadmap, engineering resource planning, program capture and proposal development.
• Lead program's technical maturation with a focus on early identification of issues and their mitigation, to include leadership and/or participation in the following:
  • Architectural Review Board (ARB)
  • Independent Review Team (IRT)
  • Anomaly Review Team (ART, MRB, FRB)
  • Milestone Gate Reviews (SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR, HSR, PSR, etc.)
  • Ad hoc program health and risk assessments
  • All program phases from initial conceptualization to operational support
  • Application of best practices and lessons learned
• Support new and ongoing program resource planning (people, equipment, and infrastructure).
• Foster knowledge database for common architectural approaches, design reuse, shared efficiencies, product development/reuse/evolution, incorporation of lessons learned, design to cost, and supplier continuity.
• Provide technical team leadership in accordance with BAE System, Inc.'s leadership model. These behaviors would include providing a unifying vision, understanding the diverse needs of others to meet business challenges and acting with humility and a collaborative spirit.
• Guide and mentor engineering staff from all levels to maintain and grow internal technical development skillsets.
• 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 in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

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 company campuses and other possible non-company 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.

Short-Term Incentive: Subject to business performance and recommendations of management, this role may be eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 12 or more years related experience.
• Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
• A current, active Top Secret security clearance is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI.
• Extensive successful space-based EO/IR program experience, preferably spanning multiple customer organizations.
• Expertise in at least one fundamental engineering discipline (opto-mechanical, electrical, detector science, thermal, software, systems engineering, geospatial information science, etc.) and substantial knowledge of all the others.
• Understanding of Remote Sensing solution's attributes and requirements that impact Payload's cost/schedule, development, operation, and performance.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills including the ability to communicate using nominal systems and architecture languages and diagrams.
• Knowledge of, and experience in a program's gated lifecycle and system engineering cycle with a strong experience in program's risk assessment and mitigation by planning embedded tasks, participation and/or leadership in milestone audits/reviews, and participation and/or Leadership in anomaly/failure reviews.
• New business development experience, including successful customer interaction; briefing and whitepaper development; direct discussions or briefings; and exceptional proposal writing.
• Extensive knowledge of missions and customers across core technologies areas. Knowledge/experience working with critical customer base, established successful relationships with key personnel within customer communities.
• The ability to estimate program component, box, and subsystem level cost and schedule in support of new proposals, basis of estimate (BOE) development, program make/buy decisions and improvement of engineering estimating tools and/or capabilities.
• Knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to support definition and design of architectures, systems, and remote sensing payload is desired, as well as the use of DOD and/or Industry standard architecture languages, formats, and frameworks.

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Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $153377 - $260743

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

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; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for government and commercial customers. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

Multiple positions may be available on this opening.