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Core Systems Engineer

BAE Systems, Inc.
Sterling, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/10/2025


Job Description


What’s it like to work on a team driven to make a big impact? Empowering. As part of our Systems Engineering team, you’ll join a diverse group of driven engineers who design the products and systems that support enhanced military capabilities, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure. With us, you’ll be able to make an impact while you grow in your career.

We are currently looking for experienced Core Systems Engineers who are able to assume a lead role to support our Combat Vehicle and Naval Guns Product Lines. Here we value our workforce and their well-being. We prioritize safety, work life balance, and offer generous benefits. This position is currently working 3 days / week on-site and up to 2 days / week remotely on a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off out Sterling Heights, MI offices.



As a Principal Level Core Systems Engineer, You Will


  • Direct or support requirements development and management.
  • Develop and manage subsystem and component performance specifications by analyzing and deriving necessary requirements.
  • Develop and maintain requirements verification and compliance, and supporting artifacts.
  • Support requirements decomposition analysis to help drive concept architectures and system characteristics.
  • Direct and facilitate architecture development of assigned system, subsystems, and components.
  • Direct development and maintenance of interface requirements and interface design information for assigned sub-system, system and components.
  • Document concept design decisions and support generating System/Subsystem Design Descriptions (SSDDs) and capability assessments.
  • Coordinate and facilitate formal decisions and trade studies to drive design and document results.
  • Support the monitoring of cost, schedule, and risk.
  • Coordinate Systems Engineering activities to influence the design.
  • Support vehicle level Systems Engineering activities and program milestone reviews.

Here is a video to give you an idea about the work we do.



Required Education, Experience, & Skills


  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 6 year’s relevant experience.
  • Systems engineering experience performing requirements analysis, derivation and allocation, and translating requirements to viable concepts design solutions within applicable constraints.
  • Experience developing architecture concepts and evaluating alternatives.
  • Knowledge of how to balance system design considering system concept of operations (CONOPS), performance, constraints, and logistics concerns.
  • Knowledge of how to plan, conduct and document complex trade studies.
  • Experience generating System / Subsystem Design Descriptions and capability assessments per the program statement of work.
  • Excellent oral and written communication techniques.
  • May consider candidates who do not meet all the above requirements for a more junior role or additional experience for a more senior role.


Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or Electrical Engineering with a Master’s degree in Systems Engineering.
  • Experience with military vehicle systems.
  • Logical architecture experience, including development of use cases.
  • Experience in Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), including SysML methodology and tools like Cameo.
  • Familiarity with Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF).
  • Experience with DOORS requirements management tool.
  • Have and maintain INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) certification.
  • Leadership and mentoring of engineers.


Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $115779 - $196825

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 Platforms & Services 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.

The Platforms & Services (P&S) sector under BAE Systems, Inc does the big stuff: the armored combat vehicles, naval guns, missile launchers, and naval ship repair…just to name a few. Our employees take pride in the work they do and why they do it. They are on the front lines every day, building our products to protect the lives of those who serve. We may be biased, but we think P&S does some of the coolest work around, and we think you will too.

Salary : $115,779 - $196,825

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