Job Description
Thank you for your interest in BAE Systems! This opening is for candidates who are interested in interviewing at our January 2025 Electronic Warfare & Defense Electronics Engineering Hiring Event. 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 southern NH area, virtual interviews will be accommodated. To view all engineering openings for this event, click here: Electronic Warfare & Defense Electronics Engineering Hiring Event | BAE Systems

Are you an experienced FPGA Design Engineer with 4 to 20 years of experience looking for the next step to grow your career? Do you want to design and test hardware 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.

About BAE Systems

Our employees work on the world’s most advanced electronics. 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.

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, Software, and Test engineers in one or more of the phases of the hardware design cycle.

We offer a flexible work environment and 9/80 work schedule. Our company is part of the community and driven to improve our future and protect our freedom.

Job Description

We are looking for talented FPGA Design professionals (4 years’ experience) to help us create the world’s most advanced solutions in the area such as Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Aircraft Protection, Radar Warning and Electronic Attack for our defense related customers. Our products provide critical mission capabilities to address the ever-evolving threats to our nation’s security and the war fighter.

In this exciting role, you will enjoy opportunities to take on diverse and challenging work assignments, flexible scheduling with every other Friday off, an inviting and supportive culture, competitive compensation, and an excellent benefits package that includes tuition reimbursement for advanced degrees.

We will provide you opportunities to learn, leverage our current technologies, incorporate new technologies, and if you desire…become an expert or future technical leader in our engineering organization.

Job Responsibilities

• Assist in translating system requirements into compliant firmware-based designs.
• Experience in FPGA (preferred) or ASIC Design / Development
• The ability to follow a design process and conduct design / peer reviews.
• Architect complex solutions using VHDL (preferred) and or SystemVerilog/UVM.
• Familiarity with Xilinx Vivado or Intel/Altera Quartus.
• Digital simulation using Modelsim/Questa
• Working knowledge of internal logic analyzer (ILA/chipscope/signaltap)
• Familiarity with static timing analysis tools and timing closure.
• Experience with clock domain crossing techniques.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces like SERDES, PCIe, DDR2/3/4, LVDS.
• Familiarity with revision control (GIT, CVS, Clearcase, Subversion, etc.).
• Test and troubleshooting of sub-assemblies, working in a lab environment.
• Experience generating scripts (Perl, Tcl, Python, shell, etc.)
• Provide support to Systems Engineering at the next level.
• Interface with other Engineering disciplines.
• Lead/Mentor a team of junior engineers.
• Understand the importance of Cost Management and maintaining Budget and schedule.

Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires US citizenship status.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Computer Engineering or a related field
• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
• 4 years of experience in FPGA or ASIC Design/Development
• Experience with VHDL and or System Verilog/UVM

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• An Active Secret Clearance (Active within the last 2 years)
• Familiarity with Xilinx Vivado or Intel/Altera Quartus.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $130355 - $221603

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 : $130,355 - $221,603