Eng Sr Prin - Test

BAE Systems•Totowa, NJ

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

This opening is for candidates who are interested in interviewing at our September 2026 Electronic Warfare Engineering Hiring Event. This position will be located at our Totowa, New Jersey location. If your background and skill set match our hiring needs, we will reach out with next steps. If selected for an interview, specific opportunities based on your interests and skill set will be discussed with the hiring team. For candidates not local to the Totowa, NJ area, virtual interviews will be accommodated. Are you an experienced Electrical, Software or Test Design Engineer looking for the next step to grow your career? Do you want to design and develop test solutions and write test software that is mission critical and be a part of a greater cause? Then, help us protect those that protect us by developing the Next Generation Electronic Warfare Systems Products and Solutions. We need your talent, motivation, and vision to join our New Jersey based team. BAE Systems has recently been awarded new programs and is currently undergoing an exciting period of growth that requires rapid development and delivery of critical capabilities to our warfighters. BAE Systems is searching for test engineers with experience in developing automated test software solutions. The ideal candidate must be a motivated self-starter, able to complete assignments with little oversight while being available as a subject matter expert and technical lead to their team. They must be able to assume a full or partial lead role as circumstances dictate and be able to quickly and dynamically switch focus to accommodate the daily activities of an engineering team supporting a production environment. This individual should be comfortable providing accurate technical status to program management or direction to individual contributors as part of their job function, as well as interfacing with other engineering disciplines as necessary. The ideal candidate would be experienced in: Automated test equipment development and integration Developing test software according to best coding standards using proprietary NI Test Stand libraries and executives as part of a development community of practice. Developing test hardware according to BAE and industry standards Test solution development life cycle which consists of requirements review, test plan creation, design reviews, coding, integration of test SW with test stands, and sell-off to customers. Test solution software and hardware integration, debug & troubleshooting. Experience developing automated test solutions for electronic assemblies in a production factory environment. Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires US citizenship status. This role will involve a combination of collaborative/in-person and independent work and will take the form of a hybrid work format, with time split between working onsite and remotely.

Requirements

US citizenship status
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or related field, and 8+ years related work experience or equivalent experience
Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
Proficient in developing and integrating automation test measurement software for a production environment
Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience or Master’s Degree with 6+ year of experience
Proficient in National Instruments Test Stand
Familiarity with RF test measurement methodology and development with experience automating at least one of the following: S-Parameter measurements, Spectral Measurements, Power Measurements, RF Stimulus
Familiarity implementing digital communication protocols with experience automating at least one of the following: MLVDS, RS232/485/422, PCI/PCIe, JTAG, SPI, I2C
Familiarity with C, C++, C#, VB, Python
Keysight Network Analyzers (PNA-X) and Signal/Spectrum Analyzers (MXA, PSA, CXA)
PXI based instrumentation
Experience with National Instruments FlexRIO (LabVIEW FPGA/VHDL/Verilog a plus)
JTAG/Boundary project development in an ATE solution
Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence)
Git and Tortoise Git
Earned Value and Project Management
UNIX, Linux, VxWorks, BASH, VMWare
CREO, Cadence, AutoCAD
Technical or team leadership
Good communication skills including interpersonal communication and team communication
Takes initiative and has a closure-oriented nature
Experience with SW version control and bug tracking tools

Nice To Haves

LabVIEW FPGA/VHDL/Verilog

Responsibilities

Design and develop test solutions
Write test software that is mission critical
Develop automated test software solutions
Complete assignments with little oversight
Be available as a subject matter expert and technical lead to their team
Assume a full or partial lead role as circumstances dictate
Quickly and dynamically switch focus to accommodate the daily activities of an engineering team supporting a production environment
Provide accurate technical status to program management or direction to individual contributors
Interface with other engineering disciplines as necessary
Develop automated test equipment and integrate it
Develop test software according to best coding standards using proprietary NI Test Stand libraries and executives
Develop test hardware according to BAE and industry standards
Manage the test solution development life cycle which consists of requirements review, test plan creation, design reviews, coding, integration of test SW with test stands, and sell-off to customers
Integrate, debug & troubleshoot test solution software and hardware
Develop automated test solutions for electronic assemblies in a production factory environment

Benefits

health, dental, and vision insurance
health savings accounts
a 401(k) savings plan
disability coverage
life and accident insurance
employee assistance program
legal plan
discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance
paid time off
paid holidays
paid parental leave
military leave
bereavement leave
any applicable federal and state sick leave
company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards