Strategy Test and Manufacturing Manager

Job Description

BAE Systems is seeking a visionary Strategy Test and Manufacturing Manager to serve as the primary architect of our production and test capabilities. In this critical leadership role, you will define and execute the long-term technical and operational roadmap, ensuring that our infrastructure, technology, and financial planning are perfectly aligned with business objectives and future product requirements.
This position is on frist shift on a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off!

You will work cross-functionally to ensure manufacturing scalability, test efficiency, and quality compliance, driving continuous improvement across the full product lifecycle to maintain our competitive edge in the global defense market.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Financial Stewardship

• Integrated Business Planning (IBP): Develop and manage a 5-year outlook for manufacturing and test capabilities to ensure the organization scales effectively with projected growth.
• Capital Planning: Lead the strategic identification and justification of capital investments required to modernize the production environment.
• Execution Accountability: Serve as the accountable lead for current-year capital execution, overseeing project managers to ensure initiatives are delivered on time and meet performance targets.

Technology & Automation Roadmap

• Technology Vision: Maintain the Manufacturing and Test Technology Roadmap, proactively identifying emerging trends to prevent operational obsolescence.
• Production Automation: Drive the overarching strategy for automation to increase throughput, minimize manual error, and optimize labor costs.
• Test Software Strategy: Establish a standardized roadmap for test software to ensure consistency, maintainability, and scalability across diverse product lines.
• Equipment Standardization: Drive the standardization of test equipment to reduce complexity and streamline personnel training.

Infrastructure, Compliance & Safety

• Secure Infrastructure: Analyze and plan for the impacts of classified programs on network infrastructure, ensuring strict adherence to security and compliance protocols.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with Product Development, Finance, and IT to integrate manufacturing scalability and test efficiency into the product lifecycle from inception.
• SHE Stewardship: Support factory safety, ergonomics, and environmental compliance through regular assessments and safety-driven process initiatives.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial) or a related technical field.
• Strategic Leadership: Proven experience in strategic planning, capacity planning, or operational roadmapping within a complex manufacturing environment.
• Financial Acumen: Strong experience in capital budgeting, financial justification, and managing multi-year investment portfolios.
• Technical Breadth: Deep understanding of test engineering, automated test equipment (ATE), and production automation technologies.
• Security Clearance: Ability to obtain or maintain the required security clearance for managing classified program infrastructure.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Advanced Degree: MBA or Master's in Engineering Management is highly preferred.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $153377 - $260743

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.

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.

Salary : $153,377 - $260,743