Staff Consultant

Job Description
US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
Located in the beautiful Westminster and Boulder, Colorado area, we are seeking a Staff Consultant - Electrical System Engineer to design electrical subsystems for challenging space, air, and ground applications. We are looking for a technical leader with expertise in electrical subsystem technologies who can craft electrical solutions for a wide variety of remote sensing and controls related applications. You will create electrical subsystems of the future.
The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers' missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution.
What You'll Do:

• Provide technical leadership for multidisciplinary system teams (optical, mechanical, focal plane, thermal, RF, software) including suppliers; to create, influence and define discriminating electronics solutions to complex customer needs.
• Provide subject matter expertise in space-based electronics systems for spacecraft, payload, and components.
• Provide leadership and direction by exhibiting behaviors aligned with the tenants of Company's Inspire, Connect and Achieve (ICA) leadership model.
• These behaviors would include providing a unifying vision, understanding the diverse needs of others to meet the business challenges and acting with humility and a collaborative spirit.
• Compose objective and quantifiable trade studies incorporating heritage system designs as well as new technologies and supplier capabilities to guide critical architectural decisions affecting the performance of other systems and subsystems.
• Electrical system-level modeling and simulation, analysis, trades, risk assessment, requirements derivation, allocation, and flow down.
• Maintain end-to-end electrical compatibility, functional allocations, and margins across entire system.
• Lead resolution of electrical hardware anomalies at the system level and determine root cause and corrective action.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks early in the design phase.
• Present analysis, findings, and design to peers, internal management, and customers throughout program phases (Proposal, IBR, SRR, PDR, CDR, IV&V).
• Mentor junior engineers in mission understanding, electrical subsystem technologies and concepts.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site three or more days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or clean room, outdoors or remote research environment.
• May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
• May access other facilities in various weather conditions.
• This is a part-time position hours per week.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 16 or more years related experience.
• Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
• Excellent problem solving, decision making (related to cost, schedule, technical and risk), and closure skills (dedication to close open items/issues) to ensure mission success.
• Demonstrated behaviors of a systems thinker; selects and applies appropriate systems thinking skills to solve very complex problems and implement constructive change.
• Experience creating and delivering space-based electronics systems and subsystems.
• Experience with electrical design integration, cable & harness design, and/or command & telemetry database development.
• Experience through the entire system lifecycle from concept, design, production, integration, test, launch, to operation support.
• Aerospace recognized subject matter expert in one of the following: mechanism, image processing, high speed communication or power delivery systems.
• Solid presentation skills and ability to communicate complex concepts to widely varying audiences.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Analytical experience with TOR-level design standards including WCA and Part Stress is preferred.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $ $218000
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for the U.S. Intelligence, Department of Defense and scientific communities. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.