Chief Engineer

Chief Engineer

Job Description Thank you for your interest in BAE Systems! This opening is included as part of our September 2026 Defense Electronics Engineering Hiring Event. While we encourage all interested professionals to apply, please note that this is a selection-based interview event for candidates whose skills and experience match our hiring needs. If your background and skill set match these needs, we will reach out with next steps.

If selected for an interview, specific opportunities based on your interests, experience, and skill set will be discussed with the hiring team. For candidates not local to the northern New Jersey area, virtual interviews will be accommodated. What's it like working for a company whose mission is "We Protect Those Who Protect Us®" that develops the world's most advanced airborne Electronic Warfare equipment?

Rewarding. As part of our Electronic Combat Solutions Systems Engineering team, you'll join a diverse group of driven professionals who architect, design, develop, build, integrate, test, and support products and systems that enable our service men and women to execute their missions and return home safely. In this Chief Engineer position you will make impacts in the following ways:

• Technical Solution Definition, Viability and Adequacy:
• Leads (system) architecture design and optimization activities, trades and analyses
• Ensures system design and implementation meet technical requirements and customer/mission needs within allocated engineering cost & schedule
• Ensures system design is realizable, maintainable, supportable and testable
• Drives technical risk and opportunity definition, identification, and mitigation/realization
• Technical interface to Customer, PMO and executive leadership:
• Extensive outside contact with customers, other contractors, and government officials
• Prepare and deliver customer and technical presentations
• Understand requirements, missions, use cases, and constraints
• Technical risks and issues including impact assessment, mitigation, minimization and closure plans

Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this role, it will be performed full-time on site. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time. Required Education, Experience, &

Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience in a relevant field) with a minimum work experience of:
• 10+ Years with BS
• 8+ Years with MS
• 6+ Year with PHD
• Possess an Active US Government security clearance (with ability to possess TS)
• Experience leading development of Electronic Warfare, RADAR, Communications, and/or Missile systems
• Technical leader for significant size team (Chief Engineer, Project Engineering Manager, or equivalent)

Preferred Education, Experience, &

Skills:

• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related engineering discipline and 10+ years of experience
• 5+ years of experience as a Chief Engineer or equivalent leading development of Electronic Warfare systems
• Formal Root Cause and Corrective Action training or equivalent experience
• Model based systems engineering experience with tools such as Magic Draw
• Active United States security clearance, Top Secret, SCI Eligible
• Experience with Electronic Warfare systems and RADAR systems

#ESCSE 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,…