Electronic Support Measures - Senior Principal Engineer I

BAE Systems•Manchester, NH

27d•$132,962 - $226,035•Onsite

About The Position

BAE Systems is seeking systems engineers to develop, build, and work on advanced electromagnetic spectrum operations systems. The role involves detecting, identifying, locating, and countering threats for joint forces and international aircrew. Successful candidates will join cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams developing and supporting next-generation Electronic Support Measures (ESM) systems. Responsibilities include developing new ESM capabilities, managing systems-level requirements, creating operational concepts, evaluating system designs and architectures, performing trade studies, developing and evaluating ESM techniques and algorithms, conducting threat analysis, building performance models, and defining systems-level integration and test for complex systems to ensure conformance with specifications and customer requirements. This position is full-time and will be performed 100% onsite at a BAE Systems facility. The Electronic Combat Solutions team focuses on delivering leading Electronic Warfare capabilities through education and mentorship, welcoming individuals with innovative ideas who are passionate about bringing warfighters home safely. The company offers a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off, providing a flexible work environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science
Minimum 8+ years of work experience with a BS degree
Minimum 6+ years of work experience with an MS degree
Minimum 4+ years of work experience with a PHD degree
Possess an Active US Government security clearance (with ability to possess TS)
Expertise in documenting and communicating - leading and working within a team on design, development, analysis, test, results, reports, and presentations.
Experience with Electronic Support Measures (ESM), Radar Warning Receivers (RWR), or SIGINT systems architectures.
Experience with Surface and Airborne Radar and Missile System employment, capabilities, and processing.
Demonstrated Leadership exhibiting Leadership Behaviors of: Strategic Vision, Creativity, Adaptability, Collaboration, Developing People, Integrity, Courage, and/or Inspiration.
Expertise in performing systems engineering activities across the development cycle (analysis/decomposition/derivation/allocation of requirements, system modeling & simulation, system design & development, system integration & test).
Expertise in developing viable concept solutions, identifying and tracking technical risks, and leading technical teams.
Expertise in planning, conducting or contributing to trade studies.
Expertise in FW and SW Algorithm development and analysis for detection, location, and identification of threats.
Expertise in Digital Signal Processing (DSP).
Expertise in Analog/digital receiver design, analysis, and integration.
Expertise in RF System Design, Development, and Integration

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s or Master’s of Science degree in electrical engineering or computer science/engineering
Experience with system resource management.
Experience with technical performance measurements and cost account management.
Experience with advanced antenna technologies and ability to model antenna impacts on received and transmitted signals.
Model based systems engineering experience with tools such as MagicDraw.

Responsibilities

Developing new ESM capabilities for application in EW systems
Developing and managing systems level requirements
Developing operational systems concepts to inform system design
Developing and evaluation of system designs and architectures
Performing system architecture trade studies
Developing and evaluation of ESM techniques and algorithms
Performing threat analysis
Developing performance models
Defining systems level integration and test for highly complex systems to verify and validate aspects of system designs to ensure conformance with functional specifications and customer requirements