Mgr I- Eng

BAE Systems • Rockville, MD

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

BAE Systems is seeking an Engineering Manager to support our work as a prime contractor on a high-profile U.S. Navy weapon system. The ideal candidate will be someone who can lead a team of five to seven engineers toward meeting a set of objectives, demonstrate the behaviors to effectively communicate, coordinate, collaborate, and work in a visible and proactive manner across organizational boundaries to deliver positive results. This role is fit for someone who can be a highly engaging, team-oriented, problem solving, and self-starting individual able to respond rapidly to a dynamic programmatic environment. As the Test Development Engineering Manager for the System Test program area, your responsibilities span engineering management, personnel management, and customer relationship management. The role involves managing the execution of engineering capabilities and work products in systems test policy and process definition, ensuring timely development of system test products, and supporting system test activities across the engineering lifecycle for a complex systems-of-systems. This includes mapping requirements to system attributes and interfaces, identifying assessment characteristics from component level testing, and supporting compatibility and interoperability assessments. The manager will also support Test leadership in developing presentations for technical meetings and program reviews, attending meetings (potentially offsite requiring local travel), and applying Modeling-based Systems Engineering tools. Additionally, the role includes functional management over a five-to-seven-person team, covering performance and development objective setting, semi-annual performance reviews, personnel development and training, salary planning, and hiring. The manager will assemble, lead, and manage high-performance teams and establish and maintain exceptional relationships with US Navy customers to solve technical problems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/System Engineering or other related science degree and eight years of relevant experience or twelve years of SSBN SWS experience in lieu of a degree
• 8 years’ experience supporting systems engineering on large DoD weapon system programs
• Experience in Test and Evaluation methodologies including test planning, execution, and reporting
• Experience in System/Subsystem level testing
• Experience in research and data analysis
• Experience in engineering design, fabrication, interface definition, and requirements verification / system testing
• Experience with leading projects involving multiple team members
• Experience with presenting project status to management and/or the customer
• Experience in organizing and hosting meetings involving multiple stakeholders
• Must possess strong organizational, time management, and project management skills
• Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with PC and MS Office suite including MS Project
• Willingness and ability to travel
• Experience in managing a team of Engineers
• 10 years’ experience supporting systems engineering on large DoD weapon system programs

Nice To Haves

• Experience with the Navy SSP or TRIDENT programs
• Experience with Navy Submarines (e.g. Missile Technician (MT) or Navigation Electronics Technician (NAV ET))
• ASEP or CSEP certification
• Experience with DoD weapons system

Responsibilities

• Manage execution of engineering capabilities (people, process, tools) and work products (deliverables) in the areas of systems test policy and process definition.
• Ensure the timely development of system test products to support issuance of contract deliverables.
• Support System Test activities across the engineering lifecycle, for a complex systems-of-systems, including the mapping of requirements to system attributes and interfaces.
• Identify System Test assessment characteristics that can be gathered from component level development testing activities for use in system level integration assessments.
• Support the test team in the execution of compatibility and interoperability assessments to ensure the entire system will have the form, fit, and function to execute the intended mission(s).
• Support Test leadership in the development of presentations and materials to support technical meetings and program reviews.
• Attending meetings, as necessary, to support tasks above. Some meetings may occur offsite, requiring local travel to Washington, DC or subsystem development/testing facilities.
• Applying Modeling-based Systems Engineering tools to develop digital engineering products
• Functional management over a five-to-seven-person team to include performance and development objective setting, conduct of semi-annual performance reviews, personnel development and training, annual salary planning, and hiring/onboarding of new personnel.
• Assemble, lead, and manage high-performance teams focused on delivering engineering products and developing innovative solutions to complex mission and business challenges.
• Establish and maintain exceptional relationships with GS-14/15 level US Navy customers/clients to solve technical problems and implement solutions of high complexity.

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
• medical benefits (for temporary employees working 20+ hours per week)
• business travel accident insurance (for temporary employees working 20+ hours per week)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager