Program Engineering Manager - Mid to Senior Level

Job Description
Thank you for your interest in BAE Systems! This opening is for candidates who are interested in interviewing at our March C4ISR Systems Engineering Hiring Event. This position will be located at our San Diego, CA, location. If your background and skill set match our hiring needs, we will reach out with next steps. If selected for an interview, specific opportunities based on your interests and skill set will be discussed with the hiring team. For candidates not local to the San Diego, CA, area, virtual interviews will be accommodated.

Are you a Program Engineer Manager (PEM) with 5 to 20 years of experience looking for the next step to grow your career? Do you want to build solutions that really matters and be a part of a cause greater than yourself? Then, help us protect those that protect us by developing next generation electronic systems products and solutions. We need your talent, motivation, and vision to join our growing teams. BAE Systems has recently been awarded new programs and is currently undergoing an exciting period of growth.

Come see what you’re missing. Our employees work on the world’s most advanced systems – Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems. You'll help develop systems that sense, control, exploit and disseminate actionable information to warfighters supporting a variety of missions. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we’re innovating for the future. And you can, too.

Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first – exemplified by our mission: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®.” Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.

At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed and grow. We are all about trust, camaraderie, and a shared ambition to lead the world in defense technologies and national security services. When you join our engineering group, you will be an integrated team member collaborating with Systems, Hardware, and Test engineers in one or more of the phases of program execution: Requirements Development, Design, Coding, Integration and Testing.

BAE Systems offers competitive pay, benefits, and important work-life balance initiatives:

• Every other Friday Off
• Flexible work schedule
• Leave Options – including vacation and paid time off, Jury duty, military leave, paid parental leave, and bereavement leave
• 401(k) Matching at 6%
• Continuous learning through localized workshops, training, events, and Tuition Assistance

BAE believes in a culture of recognition for the extraordinary contributions of our skilled employees. Our engineers are the lifeblood of our company and we’re more than 5,000 strong. With our robust offering of educational and career development opportunities, your chances to grow are limitless.

Typical duties include (based on experience):

• The PEM will be responsible for providing technical leadership to the development teams in the design, implementation, testing, fielding, and support of the system.
• The PEM represents the technical team to project managers, functions, and executive leadership.
• The PEM serves as the decision authority between the System Architect and the entire engineering team and is responsible for developing the overall technical solution.
• In addition, the PEM is responsible for identifying and communicating technical risks and opportunities between the design team, system architect and program management team.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to build enterprise solutions in a rapid development environment to integrate, deploy, and support large, complex systems.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering/technical discipline, and 5 year(s) related experience or equivalent experience, training and/or certifications
• Currently hold an active secret security clearance
• Demonstrated leadership skills (soft skills, strategic thinking, business acumen, supervisory experience, building teams, building customer relationships)
• Experience leading IPTs, projects, and/or programs consisting of mission planning SE, SW development, and IV&V functions and managing programs with competing/conflicting resource requirements
• Strong planning and organizational skills with the ability to diagnose, resolve complex problems and to develop improved methods to increase program efficiency
• Strong proposal writing and review skills

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Masters of Science degree in Systems Engineering or related discipline
• Actively hold a Top Secret Clearance
• Proficiency with Agile management tools (e.g., Jira, BitBucket, etc.)
• Experience developing proposals, ECPs, and whitepapers focused on new business
• Experience with strategy development and execution
• Knowledge of open, standards-based architectures, interfaces

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 Electronic 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. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems’ game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere – from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact – for our customers and the communities we serve.

Salary : $115,779 - $196,825