SE Digital Engineering & AI Adoption Lead (Hybrid)

About the role

See what you’re missing. Our employees work on the world’s most advanced electronics – from detecting threats for F-35 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we’re innovating for the future. And you can, too. Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first – exemplified by our mission: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®.” Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems. In Precision Strike & Sensing Solutions, we design and manufacture state-of-the-art systems and technology that enable our customers to execute their precision strike missions. What’s it like to engineer technologies that give U.S. and allied forces the accuracy, survivability, and mission confidence they depend on? At BAE Systems, it means contributing to Precision Strike & Sensing Solutions—designing advanced seeker systems, secure anti‑jam GPS receivers, and mission displays that deliver precision effects in the toughest environments. In this Systems Engineer job, you’ll work across air, ground, maritime, and weapon platforms to develop and integrate navigation solutions, missile seekers, and precision‑guided capabilities, applying disciplined systems‑engineering practices through requirements analysis, architecture development, modeling, trade studies, and verification. You’ll collaborate daily with cross‑functional teams to create resilient, high‑performance systems that operate reliably even in contested signal environments, making a direct impact on national defense while advancing your engineering career in a mission‑driven, innovative, and supportive culture. We are seeking a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to coordinate and directly support adoption of systems engineering discipline strategy as part of a Digital Engineering & AI strategy council. In this role, you will jointly set direction for how systems engineering practices evolve—defining priorities, standards, and adoption outcomes that strengthen engineering rigor, transparency, and decision quality across programs. You will collaborate with program and engineering leadership across product portfolios to ensure strategies are actionable and executed in day-to-day engineering work.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a core member of the Digital Engineering & AI council, contributing to roadmap development, cross-program and portfolio priorities, and adoption status tracking for the broader organization.
• Translate strategy into practical guidance, templates, and measures; capture lessons learned and feed improvements back into the roadmap to enable consistent adoption across multiple programs.
• Execute