Senior Hardware Engineering Lead

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Nashua, NH
Hybrid
150K-256K Annually
Aerospace • Hardware • Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Defense
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The Role
Job Description
Looking for an exciting career that utilizes your boundless creativity, technical innovation, and leadership skills? This Hardware leadership role gives you the critical ownership of engineering technical, cost, schedule, and execution. This is your opportunity to lead, to shape, and to provide your enthusiasm and expertise to a multi-disciplined team focused on "We Protect Those Who Protect Us®".
We look for candidates who shares our passion in developing first-of-its-kind technologies and equipment to protect our warfighters on all fronts.
With a flexible work environment including a 9/80 work schedule and competitive benefits, come join us today and see the opportunities in store for you!
From our southern NH campus of facilities, Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions is seeking a talented, motivated Senior Hardware Lead who wants to join an organization where teamwork is highly valued. You will be joining an Agile engineering team at a dynamic company that values technical excellence. At BAE Systems, we value our cultural principles by providing a heathy work environment in order to design, develop and produce world's most advanced electronics. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow.
The selected candidate will apply their leadership skills in program execution design in order to develop and support our "Design it Right" initiative for a variety of complex defense products and technologies. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to acquire product knowledge, use and advance their management skills on innovative technology while performing their assigned responsibilities in program execution on projects in a Hybrid work format.
The duties assigned to this senior engineering position will include the following:
  • Leading multi-discipline, state-of-the-art hardware teams of 20+ people through the hardware engineering design and development
  • Employing your expertise, decision skills, and independent judgment in technical areas
  • Leading Design Review activities to achieve program success
  • Communicating essential information and coordinating with engineering disciplines, Procurement, Operations, and Program Management
  • Developing program schedules, earned value criteria, and productivity metrics for efficient performance
  • Ensuring the established Hardware Development Process is implemented successfully
  • Supporting important program capture and proposal teams with hardware baselines that include development and cost/scheduling estimating
  • Working with Discipline Section Leads to determine program staffing needs and "right person/right job"

On top of numerous diverse and challenging career opportunities, BAE offers flexible schedules (including every other Friday off), competitive compensation, and an excellent benefit package that includes tuition reimbursement for advanced degrees.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
  • BSEE or BSME with 8+ years and commensurate experience leading engineering teams
  • Possesses solid technical leadership practices for multi-disciplinary engineering teams engaged in the design and development of state-of-the-art electro-mechanical products
    * Team disciplines include Mechanical (ME), Electrical (EE), Firmware (EE), Design Drafting (DD)
  • Proven experience in developing, implementing, and monitoring project schedules, budgets, and productivity metrics to ensure efficient team performance
  • Proven experience implementing 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
  • 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 and lead others to closure
  • Experience with design and development of products and services using state-of-the-art engineering technologies, principles, theories and concepts
  • Eligible to obtain a DOD Security Clearance

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
  • Certification for Earned Value Management System (EVMS) project management techniques
  • Experience designing to cost (DTUPC) constraints
  • Experience designing for manufacturability
  • Experience developing compact embedded systems for harsh environments
  • Familiarity with AS9145 compliant processes
  • Experience with Electronic Warfare systems, radar systems
  • Active Secret Clearance

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $150370 - $255630
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.

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