Electrical and Mechanical Lead Hardware Development Engineer - EO/IR products (Hybrid / Sign-on Bonus)
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove duplicated lines, application instructions.
We need to parse the job description and extract sections.
Let's read the job description:
- Opening: "Job Description This role involves a combination of collaborative/in-person and independent work, it will take the form of a hybrid work format, with time split between working onsite and remotely." This is about work format/hybrid schedule. Could be Schedule? Actually schedule is about work schedule (9/80). So we have hybrid work format and 9/80 schedule later. So we can include a Schedule section with hybrid and 9/80.
- Then: "Looking for an exciting career that utilizes your boundless creativity, technical innovation, and leadership skills? “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®” is our mission, and we’re looking for engineers who share our passion in developing first-of-its-kind technologies and equipment to protect our warfighters on all fronts. From our southern NH campus of facilities, our Electronic Systems Hardware Engineering organization welcomes an energetic and motivated senior-level engineering lead to help drive our multi-discipline project teams and our record of product excellence. Have a background in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering developing hardware solutions for customers? Willing to learn and collaborate with an expansive team of world class professionals? Fantastic! 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!"
This is more about About the role / company mission.
- Then: "Within our growing Hardware Engineering community, you’ll have opportunity to work the technology focused programs within our Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions (CEMA) business focusing in our Integrated Survivability Solutions (ISS) product line. 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 Electrical and Mechanical Lead Hardware Development Engineer for EO/IR products, 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 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!" This is more about responsibilities and role details.
- Then: "Due to the importance, this position offers a Sign-On Bonus. (Note: Current BAE Systems employees are ineligible for sign-on bonuses.) "Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires US citizenship”"
This is about eligibility: US citizenship required, sign-on bonus.
- Then: "Required Education, Experience, & Skills As a Hardware Engineering Lead, you will provide project level leadership to ensure successful execution of program plans and accomplishment of engineering department goals. 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. Required Job Skills, Responsibilities, & Experience Includes BSEE or BSME with 10+ years and commensurate experience leading engineering teamsPossesses solid technical leadership practices for multi-disciplinary engineering teams engaged in the design and development of state-of-the-art electro-mechanical productsTeam sizes may range from small to large (5, 10, to 20+)Team disciplines include Mechanical (ME), Electrical (EE), Optical (OE), Design Drafting (DD)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 consistencyPossesses sound interpersonal communication skills involving interfacing with company personnel, customers, and suppliersExperience supporting new business capture and proposal teams with development of hardware engineering cost/schedule estimatesCapable of exercising independent discretion and judgment in the performance of engineering dutiesCapable of utilizing computer skills to prepare appropriate reports, documents, and presentations for internal/external distributionAbility to develop and implement design solutions, processes, and systems within budget and schedule requirementsExperience with design and develop of products and services using state-of-the-art engineering technologies, principles, theories and concepts"
This is required skills/experience.
- Then: "Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills Preferred job skills, qualifications, & experience includes: Current DoD Security ClearanceCertification for Earned Value Management System (EVMS) project management techniquesDesign of Electro-optic technologiesExperience with RF technologiesDesigning to cost (DTUPC) constraintsDesigning for manufacturability"
- Then: "Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $136620 - $232210 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."
- Then: "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."
- Then: "About BAE Systems Electronic Systems 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."
- Then: "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." This is boilerplate about posting duration; we should remove as it's not substantive? It's maybe considered metadata; but it's not about job. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This posting duration is not exactly those but could be considered boilerplate. I'd remove it.
Now we need to decide sections.
Potential sections:
- About the role (or About the company) – we have mission description, hybrid work, 9/80 schedule, etc. Could be "About the role" or "About the company". The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose among those.
We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content.
We have:
- Schedule: hybrid work format, 9/80 work schedule. So we can have a Schedule section.
- Pay: salary range given. So Pay section.
- Benefits: detailed benefits. So Benefits section.
- Responsibilities: we have description of role: leading teams, owning technical/cost/schedule, partnering, etc. So Responsibilities.
- Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: we have required education/experience/skills, plus preferred. Could combine into Requirements and Qualifications? The instruction lists Requirements, Qualifications, Skills as possible headings. We need to decide which to use. We have both required and preferred. Could make a Requirements section for required, and a Qualifications section for preferred? Or combine into Skills? Better to follow typical: Requirements (required), Qualifications (preferred), Skills (maybe overlapping). But we have a lot of skill details in required. Could put required under Requirements, preferred under Qualifications, and maybe Skills not needed separately. However we must not create thin sections with filler. We have substantive content for both required and preferred, so we can have two sections: Requirements and Qualifications.
But we also have a separate "Skills" heading possible. However we already have skill details in required and preferred; we could omit Skills section to avoid duplication.
Thus sections: About the role (or About the company), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. Not needed.
We must not include headings with filler like "commensurate with experience". We must avoid that phrase if it appears as heading; but we won't use it as heading.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can rephrase? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. That suggests we should not omit details, but we can rephrase? It says "do NOT invent or summarize away detail". Summarizing away detail would be removing details. So we need to keep details, but we can still rewrite in our own words as long as we keep the detail? Safer to copy the sentences verbatim or close. However we need to format into HTML with
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We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Already removed.
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describing mission and hybrid work. Let's extract details. About the role / company: - Mission: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®” - Looking for engineers who share passion in developing first-of-its-kind technologies and equipment to protect warfighters. - Located at southern NH campus, Electronic Systems Hardware Engineering organization. - Seeking energetic and motivated senior-level engineering lead to help drive multi-discipline project teams and record of product excellence. - Background in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering developing hardware solutions for customers. - Willing to learn and collaborate with expansive team
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Qualifications: list of preferred.
Benefits: list of benefits.
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