Systems Engineer, Early Career Levels

About the Role

BAE Systems, Inc. is hiring Systems Engineers for its FAST Labs™ team in Merrimack, New Hampshire. FAST Labs™ is an innovative research and development engine within the Electronic Systems Sector, focused on creating prototype, proof of concept, and low volume products.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecting, designing, and documenting early lifecycle, RF/EW/Cyber systems and associated capabilities through DE best practices.
• Working with multi-disciplinary, cross-functional teams to ensure successful system integration.
• Ownership of technical products key for system development success.
• Participation in product integration and verification.
• Developing test and verification strategies that help minimize program cost and technical risk.
• Defining test and verification methods, events, and constraints for all system requirements.
• Collaborating with customer and internal program leadership to coordinate, schedule, and ensure readiness to perform test events.
• Delivering innovative, technical contributions on a range of programs through activities such as system architecting, design, and documentation leveraging digital processes.
• Applying DE domain knowledge for test planning activities, system integration & test, qualification testing, and test execution in a field deployment environment.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Active Secret Clearance
• Bachelor's Degree in optical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Experience with or knowledge of systems and "system of systems" architecture development processes.
• Experience with or knowledge of applying DE, including Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools, to enable system development.
• Ability to work full-time on site at a BAE Systems facility.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Master's Degree or PhD in optical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Active U.S. TS/SCI security clearance.
• Hands-on experience or knowledge in any of the following areas:
• Use of MATLAB or other programming languages/tools.
• Digital Communication waveforms of Digital Signal Processing (DSP).
• Test equipment including RF sources, pulse generators, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, power meters, power supplies, and digital multi-meters.
• Test and experimentation efforts in relevant environments.
• Experience with modern, agile software development methods.
• Experience with laboratory integration and test activities for RF/Cyber/EW capabilities.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers in other disciplines.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing requirements.
• Experience in effectively documenting, communicating, and working with a multi-disciplinary team to develop data-driven designs, results, reports, and presentations.
• Ability to travel and work at remote sites in support of test events, meetings, and training activities.

About BAE Systems, Inc.

BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company. Its culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration.