Hardware Engineering Lead - EO/IR Products

Job Description
BAE Systems is seeking a senior technical leader to join our team in Austin, Texas!

"We Protect Those Who Protect Us®" is our mission, and we're looking for engineering leaders who share our passion in developing a full range of first-of-its-kind technologies and equipment to protect air, land, and naval warfighters on all fronts. At our Austin, Texas site, the Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions team provides next-generation threat detection and countermeasure solutions that provide unparalleled electronic warfare capabilities to enhance mission survivability.

If you are an individual who thrives in Agile hardware development environments, then we are interested in hearing from you! This exciting role spans the full product lifecycle - business capture, development, production, testing, sustaining - for a variety of complex defense products and technologies. Here, we turn ideas into products ranging from electro-optics to state of the art laser technology solutions that protect our nation's airborne and land based platforms.

As a Hardware Engineering Lead, you'll have opportunity to own the engineering technical, cost, and schedule aspects of our projects with the freedom to lead and shape teams consisting of talented electrical, mechanical, optical, as well as firmware engineers and designers. You'll guide teams performing research, development, and consulting assignments of a professional technical nature where extensive and diversified knowledge of hardware engineering principles and practices are necessary to successfully accomplish objectives.

You'll actively partner with a wider team of dedicated program engineers and business leads to develop and deliver truly amazing hardware solutions designed to survive the harshest of environmental conditions. Embracing a "design it right the first time" philosophy, we focus on factors including affordability, manufacturing, quality, and reliability in order to exceed our customer expectations every day.

So apply today and join us for an engineering career full of technical challenges, diversity, and satisfaction and see for yourself why our employees proudly average more than 12 years of service! "

Typical duties assigned to this position:

• Lead multi-discipline, state-of-the-art hardware teams of 20+ people through the hardware engineering design and development
• Employ your expertise, decision skills, and independent judgment in technical areas
• Lead Design Review activities to achieve program success
• Communicate essential information and coordinate with engineering disciplines, Procurement, Operations, and Program Management
• Develop program schedules, earned value criteria, and productivity metrics for efficient performance
• Ensure the established Hardware Development Process is implemented successfully
• Support important program capture and proposal teams with hardware baselines that include development and cost/scheduling estimating
• Work with Discipline Section Leads to determine program staffing needs and "right person/right job"

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• BSEE or BSME with 8+ years and commensurate experience leading engineering teams
• Possess solid technical leadership practices for multi-site, multi-disciplinary engineering teams engaged in the design and development of state-of-the-art electro-optical products
• Proven experience formulating a vision and implementing action plans to achieve goals
• Proven experience in developing, implementing, and monitoring project schedules, budgets, and productivity metrics to ensure efficient team performance. Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS) project execution and practices.
• Experience implementing an established Hardware Engineering design processes to achieve product quality and consistency
• Possesses sound interpersonal communication skills involving interfacing with company personnel, customers, and suppliers
• Experience supporting new business capture and proposal teams with development of hardware engineering cost/schedule estimates
• Capable of exercising independent discretion and judgment in the performance of engineering duties
• Capable of utilizing computer skills to prepare appropriate reports, documents, and presentations for internal/external distribution
• Ability to develop and implement design solutions, processes, and systems within budget and schedule requirements
• Experience with design and develop of products and services using state-of-the-art engineering technologies, principles, theories and concepts

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Master's Degree in Engineering and 8+ years of relevant experience
• Current DoD Security Clearance
• Certification for Earned Value Management System (EVMS) project management techniques
• The use of commercially available schedule tools and application of those tools within EVMS is a plus.
• Design of Electro-optic, EO/IR, and/or laser technologies
• Designing to cost (DTUPC) constraints
• Designing for manufacturability

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $132962 - $226035

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 Electronic 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. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems' game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere - from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact - for our customers and the communities we serve.

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.