Mgr II- Program Eng

BAE Systems • Wayne, NJ

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

BAE Systems is seeking a Program Engineering Manager (PEM) to support various programs within our Adaptive Communications & Sensing (AC&S) Tactical Data Link (TDL) product line at our Wayne, NJ facility. This role is part of our September 2026 Defense Electronics Engineering Hiring Event. The PEM will demonstrate proven execution of full-scale programs through excellent risk assessment, outstanding leadership, and strong decision-making with solid analysis skills. This position provides technical responsibility and leadership to cross-functional teams throughout the design, development, fielding, and support of systems. The PEM represents the technical team to project managers, functions, and executive leadership, and is responsible for developing the overall technical solution for a product or system. The PEM acts as the decision authority between the Chief Engineer and the engineering team, influencing design, development, test, and verification. Additionally, the PEM is responsible for identifying and communicating technical risks and opportunities between the design team, Chief Engineer, and program management team. The PEM will lead the engineering effort for the entire program, ensuring the solution meets customer programmatic and technical requirements within the allocated engineering cost and schedule. This position requires collaboration and interfacing with Engineering, Operations, Business Development, Contracts, Subcontracts, Finance, and Procurement functions, as well as internal and external customers, to ensure the portfolio’s financial, schedule, and technical objectives are met and customer satisfaction is achieved. This role will be a hybrid work format, requiring mostly in-person, on-site work with the potential for some remote work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Engineering, or Math and 12+ years engineering development/production work experience or Master’s Degree with 8+ years of engineering development/production experience.
• Experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) in an Earned Value Management System (EVMS), program scheduling, task codes, program metrics, and staffing determination.
• Project engineering management including organizational design, planning, estimating, design management, and product verification.
• Experience leading diverse multi-disciplinary teams in the solution of complex technical problems.
• Demonstrated leadership skills (soft skills, strategic thinking, business acumen, building teams, building customer relationships, leading the entire engineering team).
• Monitoring the project to ensure work scope, schedule, and budget are well defined, maintained, and met.
• Capable of leading a team in defining, generating, and reviewing project requirements and documentation.
• Performing or guiding technical studies to refine project requirements.
• Providing the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and the program team for staffing needs.
• Strong planning and organizational skills with the ability to diagnose, resolve complex problems and to develop improved methods to increase program efficiency.
• Proven written and oral communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Strong team building skills that enable collaboration and coordination within and across teams, functions, and other business units.
• Strong presentation and organizational skills.
• Strong communication skills with ability to influence and shape the behavior and performance of teams executing complex requirements.
• Demonstrates business acumen and presence at the leadership level.
• 5+ years’ experience as a Program Engineering Manager (PEM), Program Manager (PM), or Technical Project Manager.
• Knowledge of defense contract types.
• Experience in all the phases of the program life cycle.
• Requires qualified candidates to hold an active Secret security clearance.
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret / SCI level of clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience in developing product roadmaps.
• Experience in proposal development activities and capturing new business.
• Experience in structured problem solving with demonstrated ability to systematically determine root cause.
• Domain Knowledge, UHF/VHF/HF communication solutions experience, including NSA certification.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Program Manager, Chief Engineer and functional staff to develop and deliver products and systems that meet our customers’ needs.
• Partner and collaborate across all the disciplines, functions, and business areas to effectively support engineering across the enterprise.
• Meet cost, schedule and technical performance for projects through their life cycle.
• Ensure preparation and approval of competitive engineering bids that are executable, meet established price-to-win targets, and grow the business.
• Serve as overall customer (internal / external) engineering point of contact for the project.
• Identify and support the development of critical skills and resources.
• Develop and maintain measures related to engineering performance.
• Ensure proper application of process based on the size and complexity of the project.
• Establish goals, performance standards, budgets and staffing plans.
• Improve processes and skills that accelerate program execution and improve quality.
• Lead and develop others.
• Accountability for all aspects of program initiation, planning and execution (cost, schedule, technical performance, quality, customer engagement, etc.) and ensuring program commitments are met.
• Responsibility and accountability to the Business for program execution, profitability, timeliness, and overall success.
• Make decisions that are cost effective to the company and ensures assigned projects meet financial commitments for orders, sales, profit and cash flow.
• Creation of new business strategies and the development of strategic and financial plans.
• Working with various contract types.
• Earned Value Management.
• Communication with clear, concise messaging to teams, internal leadership and customers.

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

What This Job Offers

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