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Job Description: BAE Systems is seeking Engineering Manager to support our work as a prime contractor on a high-profile U.S. Navy weapon system. The ideal candidate will be someone who can lead a team of five to seven engineers toward meeting a set of objectives, demonstrate the behaviors to effectively communicate, coordinate, collaborate, and work in a visible and proactive manner across organizational boundaries to deliver positive results. This role is fit for someone who can be a highly engaging, team-oriented, problem solving, and self-starting individual able to respond rapidly to a dynamic programmatic environment.
As the Test Development Engineering Manager for the System Test program area, your responsibilities span engineering management, personnel management, and customer relationship management including:
Engineering Management • Manage execution of engineering capabilities (people, process, tools) and work products (deliverables) in the areas of systems test policy and process definition. • Ensure the timely development of system test products to support issuance of contract deliverables. • Support System Test activities across the engineering lifecycle, for a complex systems-of-systems, including the mapping of requirements to system attributes and interfaces. • Identify System Test assessment characteristics that can be gathered from component level development testing activities for use in system level integration assessments. • Support the test team in the execution of compatibility and interoperability assessments to ensure the entire system will have the form, fit, and function to execute the intended mission(s). • Support Test leadership in the development of presentations and materials to support technical meetings and program reviews. • Attending meetings, as necessary, to support tasks above. Some meetings may occur offsite, requiring local travel to Washington, DC or subsystem development/testing facilities. • Applying Modeling-based Systems Engineering tools to develop digital engineering products Personnel Management • Functional management over a five-to-seven-person team to include performance and development objective setting, conduct of semi-annual performance reviews, personnel development and training, annual salary planning, and hiring/onboarding of new personnel. • Assemble, lead, and manage high-performance teams focused on delivering engineering products and developing innovative solutions to complex mission and business challenges.
Customer Relationship Management • Establish and maintain exceptional relationships with GS-14/15 level US Navy customers/clients to solve technical problems and implement solutions of high complexity. #LI-VW1 #LI-Hybrid
About BAE Systems and the U.S. Navy’s (USN’s) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Strategic Systems Programs (SSP)
Our organization has supported the USN’s PAE SSP continually since the command’s inception in the 1950s. PAE SSP developed the first sea-based, underwater-launched Strategic Weapons System (SWS), a defense system that is critical to our national security. PAE SSP has maintained and upgraded the sea-based SWS for more than six decades, and we have been there every step of the way: it is the ultimate stealthy weapons system, and is one leg of the U.S. nuclear triad. Containing over 70% of our nation’s nuclear arsenal, its importance to maintaining world peace cannot be overstated. Development of the Columbia-class submarine—the most advanced nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed submarine ever designed—and the D5LE2 system are underway, and rollout will begin within the next decade. The USN projects this system to be operational through 2084, meaning the program will have a total life span of more than 120 years. This is a truly unique program, and the BAE Systems employees who support it understand that they’re part of an important legacy.
As a decades-long sole-source partner on multiple contracts on behalf of our customer, our program has remarkable stability and is concurrently experiencing significant growth. These factors combine to provide ample opportunity for professional growth and development for capable and talented individuals on our team.
BAE Systems, Inc. is a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, which provides some of the world's most advanced, technology-led defense, aerospace, and security solutions. As one of the top ten defense contractors, we employ a skilled workforce of around 100,000 people in more than 40 countries. We develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems to protect national security and keep people safe.
Required Skills and Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/System Engineering or other related science degree and eight years of relevant experience or twelve years of SSBN SWS experience in lieu of a degree • 8 years’ experience supporting systems engineering on large DoD weapon system programs • Experience in Test and Evaluation methodologies including test planning, execution, and reporting • Experience in System/Subsystem level testing • Experience in research and data analysis • Experience in engineering design, fabrication, interface definition, and requirements verification / system testing • Experience with leading projects involving multiple team members • Experience with presenting project status to management and/or the customer • Experience in organizing and hosting meetings involving multiple stakeholders • Must possess strong organizational, time management, and project management skills • Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills • Proficiency with PC and MS Office suite including MS Project • Willingness and ability to travel
About BAE Systems Intelligence & Security: BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.
Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.
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.
Preferred Skills and Education: • Experience in managing a team of Engineers • 10 years’ experience supporting systems engineering on large DoD weapon system programs • Experience with the Navy SSP or TRIDENT programs • Experience with Navy Submarines (e.g. Missile Technician (MT) or Navigation Electronics Technician (NAV ET)) • ASEP or CSEP certification • Experience with DoD weapons system • Experience in research and data analysis • Experience preparing for and leading design reviews or customer meetings
Benefits Information: 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.
Intern Benefits: Temporary employees generally are not eligible for BAE Systems benefits, but can elect to participate in the 401(k) savings plan. Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week are eligible for medical benefits, the employee assistance program, and business travel accident insurance.
Please note: Some benefits may be different for union employees that are governed by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) or for positions covered by a wage law called the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).