Senior Principal Electrical Engineer (Sign On Available)
About The Position
BAE Systems is seeking a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to join its team in southern New Hampshire. The role supports the Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions team, which develops threat-detection and countermeasure solutions for electronic warfare and mission survivability. The position spans the product lifecycle, including business capture, development, production, testing, and sustainment. The engineer collaborates with electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and test engineers, as well as product managers and other stakeholders. The role focuses on ensuring electronic products meet performance, quality, and reliability goals through design, analysis, and testing, with an emphasis on Agile hardware development, risk-reduction prototyping, and requirements-driven design and verification.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
- At least 8 years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting high-reliability embedded systems, or at least 6 years with an M.S. in Electrical Engineering.
- Demonstrated understanding of electrical principles and test methodologies, including the ability to work with advanced test equipment and cutting-edge technology.
- Strong laboratory experience.
- Eligible to obtain a Department of Defense security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Competence in digital, analog, and mixed-signal electronics fundamentals and interface and communication standards.
- Knowledge and experience with FPGA design; memory interfaces such as DDR and QSPI; data-transfer protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, JESD 204, I2C, JTAG, and MIL-STD-1553; and DC-to-DC power-supply design.
- Experience with electrical engineering tools for design, schematic capture, and analysis.
- Experience using Cadence tools for printed board assembly (PBA) and printed circuit board (PCB) design.
- Familiarity with design, analysis, and manufacturing standards for complex multilayer rigid and rigid-flex CCAs.
- Knowledge of aero/defense engineering development processes, including design and testing to MIL-STD-704 and MIL-STD-461.
- Agile hardware development experience.
- Exceptional ingenuity, creativity, and resourcefulness.
- Control account management experience.
- Experience with LRIP/FRP, especially electronics manufacturing and test methodologies.
- Familiarity with AS9145-compliant processes.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Active Department of Defense security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Design and troubleshoot high-speed digital, analog, mixed-signal, and power circuit card assemblies (CCAs) for military electronics and avionics equipment.
- Lead electrical engineering design, development, integration and test, and production for complex military systems.
- Participate in requirements development, perform technical trade studies, and evaluate technology insertions and upgrades.
- Develop electronic hardware architectures using embedded processors, microcontrollers, and VHDL-based FPGAs/SoCs.
- Develop and execute test plans, integrate test solutions, and provide detailed reports on test results.
- Mentor junior engineering talent and transfer knowledge.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health savings accounts
- 401(k) savings plan
- Disability coverage
- Life and accident insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Legal plan
- Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Paid military leave
- Paid bereavement leave
- Applicable federal and state sick leave
- Company recognition program with monetary or non-monetary awards
- Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
