Senior Principal Systems Engineer

1 week ago


Broomfield, Colorado, United States BAE Systems USA Full time
Job Description

BAE Systems USA is seeking a highly skilled Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our Space & Mission Systems group, you will be responsible for developing and executing mission-level CONOPS for the defense, intelligence, and civil aerospace sectors.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute Mission-level CONOPS for the defense, intelligence, and civil aerospace sectors.
  • Communicate to customers and other stakeholders at all levels of the TCPED chain.
  • Support business development, IRADs, and program execution for Space, Air, and Ground Segment efforts.
  • Perform system engineering and modeling & simulation for a variety of tactical and surveillance missions leveraging Model Based Systems Engineering.
  • Provide engineering support across multiple and diverse new business pursuits by developing concepts to meet customer space mission needs.
  • Objectively define, execute, and report on trade studies that provide data for decision making to our customers.
  • Develop metrics to evaluate concepts that represent mission utility for the customer.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capability Units, and the Company.
  • Interact appropriately with others to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
  • Prepare and give presentations to peers/management/customers.
  • Provide technical direction to junior engineers through the development lifecycle.
  • Lead technical proposal development.
  • Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capability Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
  • Perform other duties as necessary.

Requirements:

  • BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 8 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.
  • A current, active Top Secret security clearance is required.
  • Knowledge of operations at Segment, SV, bus, payload, and ground level.
  • Experience of operations at different life cycle phases (Launch, Checkout & Initialization, Normal Operations, Maintenance, Anomaly Resolution, End of Life Decommissioning).
  • MBSE experience – familiarity of MBSE and Digital Systems to create activity diagrams, functional models, modes and states to define the CONOPS.
  • System level thinking – desire to see the big picture and how behavioral aspects of the collection segment enable mission objectives.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Broad exposure to the TCPED cycle.
  • Experience working in and with controlled, classified security environments.

What We Offer:

  • Full-time salary range: $ [insert range]
  • Employee benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, health savings accounts, a 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, and life and accident insurance.
  • Employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance.
  • Leave programs, including 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.
  • Company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards.

About BAE Systems USA:

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.



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