Engineer II – Core Systems

Job Description

This position is for an experienced system engineer who can work in, and grow to lead, a multi-disciplinary team to develop, maintain, verify and communicate the architecture and requirements baseline for a mission that includes Segment, Element (payload, spacecraft bus, and ground) and/or Subsystems. You will work within your program teams alongside a team of specialty engineers through the program life cycle to develop, and manage requirements for, different specifications for various complex, high precision, and high reliability applications.

The Systems Engineering Department falls under the Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit which comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers’ missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution.

What You’ll Do:

• Be part of a team of mission systems analysts that work collaboratively, using and developing a custom-built tool-suite, to characterize the mission performance of complex systems architectures.
• Work in and lead a multi-disciplinary team to develop, maintain, verify and communicate the requirements baseline for a mission that includes Segment, Element (payload, spacecraft bus, and ground) and/or Subsystems.
• Develop new tools and algorithms for mission systems modeling and data analysis.
• As a team member, contribute to completion of milestones within specific projects and provide solutions to a variety of technical problems.
• Giving presentations to peers, management, and customers will be required.
• Responsibilities may include new business support in the form of proposal writing and/or cost/schedule estimation.
• Provide systems engineering leadership of technical teams in the development, verification, delivery, and operations of Missions, Segments, Elements, and Subsystems.
• Support the proper allocation, traceability, and verification of requirements at all levels through the lifecycle of the program.
• Interact with multiple subject matter experts to develop the required allocation analysis and verification artifacts.
• Interface with and support the program’s lead system engineer, chief engineer and customer.
• Support expectations, preparations, and delivery for major gate reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, PSR).
• Coordinate requirements verification with I&T activities.
• Coordinate with and assist other engineering disciplines as assigned.
• Coordinate with and assist other engineering disciplines and IPTs as assigned.
• Use Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) for architecture to requirements traceability and interface development.
• Mentor other system engineers assigned to the team.
• Support the program Risk & Opportunity Management and ERB processes.
• Prepare and give presentations to peers, management, and customers.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
• May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
• May access other facilities in various weather conditions.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 2 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/SCI security clearance is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI Polygraph.
• Experience with space systems and orbital dynamics.
• Analytic modeling capabilities.
• Experience using requirements database tools (DOORS, Jama, Cameo Requirements Modeler, e.g.).
• Experience with MBSE: Cameo Enterprise Architecture, SysML and DoDAF/UAF/UPDM.
• Demonstrated ability to review effective and verifiable requirements – detail oriented.
• Demonstrated experience in systems engineering processes, including requirements development, requirement allocation, change management, verification and validation – a self-starter that will own this activity.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating across multi-disciplinary teams to meet schedule and performance goals.
• Customer Relationships: knowledge of missions and customers across core technologies areas. Knowledge/experience working with critical customer base, established relationships with key personnel within customer community.
• Excellent presentation skills with experience to senior decision making and technical audiences.

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Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• A working understanding of signal processing concepts and basic physics across the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Related experience in either mission systems, spacecraft systems, ground systems or payloads preferred.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $79365 - $134921

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 Space & Mission 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.

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 government and commercial customers. 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.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

Multiple positions may be available on this opening.

Salary : $79,365 - $134,921