Hardware Section Leader (People Manager and Technical Contributor)

Roles And Responsibilities (Section/People Manager)

• Manage a team of engineers that will report to you.
• Report directly to the director of Systems engineering, where he/she will be your guide and mentor.
• Help to shape the future of hardware engineering to optimize performance.
• Recruit, retain, train, recognize and develop hardware engineers to achieve their highest potential in alignment with the business needs.
• Assign team members as appropriate to programs, IRADs and proposals.
• Develop individual and group goals and objectives.
• Communicate flow-down company, business area and discipline information.
• Mentor careers by development of career and training plans.
• Ensure team members adhere to BAE Systems' cultural principals, policies, and vision.
• Ensure the established Hardware Development Process is implemented successfully.
• Work with other Discipline Section Leads to determine program staffing needs and “right person/right job”

Roles And Responsibilities (Technical Contributor)

• As an individual contributor, you will be assigned to work on one or more programs applying your hardware engineering skills to the entire product lifecycle of a program.
• Examples of roles that you could have are product capture and proposals, product design, conducting and leading design reviews, hardware verification or integration, trade studies, and/or product build support in our factories.
• Your products are primarily Electronic Warfare systems that enable our warfighters to execute their missions safely.
• This part of the role, will enable you to engage in developing our EW solutions.
• There will be opportunities to use your existing skills and develop new ones as we work to extend your career path in alignment with your goals and the company needs.
• Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full-time onsite.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Active DoD Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as Engineering and 8 years of work experience.
• Experience with hardware engineering development of DoD systems.
• Strong skill in people management and team collaboration within systems engineering and across the disciplines.
• Able to demonstrate timely decision making.
• Able to lead a team to adapt to changes effectively.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• M.S. in Engineering.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance.

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.

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.