BAE Systems

Job Description

BAE Systems is looking for a Senior Principal Test Engineer to take on the role of team lead for the development of test solutions. This test engineer will participate in and/or lead a small team in test requirement development to create clearly defined and structured Test Requirement Specifications (TRSs) and Test Design Description (TDD) documents for a given product to support in-process, environmental stress screening (ESS), and acceptance test procedure (ATP) testing, and then use them to develop test stands, hardware test interface equipment (ITAs) and software test scripts that sequence the test events. They will be responsible for integrating, verifying, validating and releasing the test software that meets those requirements. Senior Principle Test Engineers may possess a varying mix of hardware and software skills. Senior Principal Test Engineers will also be involved in team leadership and dynamics. Senior Principal Test Engineers may also report test engineering team progress through periodic status reports and use earned value metrics to track and report progress.

Types of products that the Senior Principal Test Engineer Lead will be responsible for include: test stands, ITAs, test software, board level tests, module level tests of analog, digital, RF, and hybrid systems at the assembly, line-replaceable card/module/unit, and subsystem levels using both COTS and custom test instruments. Responsibilities may also include the development of instrument drivers, utilities, and executables used to support testing and verification activities, such as the command, control, and measurement of ancillary support equipment such as thermal chambers, product chillers, and other environmental conditioning equipment for system development, production, and sustainment testing activities.

The successful candidate for this position will:

• Possess an understanding of and be able to apply technical principles, theories, and concepts in the field of test engineering with a general knowledge of other related (mechanical, electrical and software) disciplines.
• Provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems, where solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organizational objectives.
• Work under only general direction. Independently determine and develop approaches to solutions.
• Provide technical direction to a small team of test development engineers
• Contribute to the completion of specific programs and projects.
• Manage budget, schedule and performance of the team’s work products
• Will have frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts, representing the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects.

The successful candidate for this position will:

• Apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts.
• Work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious.
• Work under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives. Assignments are often self- initiated. Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results. Work checked through consultation and agreement with others rather than by formal review of superior.
• Develop advanced technological ideas and guides their development into a final product. Erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in failure to achieve critical organizational objectives and effect the image of the organization’s technological capability.
• Represent the organization as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects. Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Strong leadership skills
• Experience in leading engineers on multiple projects/tasks
• Proficient in National Instruments Test Stand environment
• Test solution software integration
• Experience with RF test development for production, employing RF Test instrumentation (Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Signal Generators, etc.)
• Experience using NI LabWindows CVI, C, C++ and C#.
• Experience with RF Measurement techniques and ability to diagnose and resolve to root cause measurement anomalies.
• Possess good communication skills including interpersonal communication and team communication
• Takes initiative and has a closure-oriented nature
• Cost Account Management experience
• Instrument Communication
• Network analyzers
• Spectrum analyzers
• Microwave/RF measurements
• VSWR
• Gain
• Compression
• Phase noise
• etc.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

Experience in supporting factory production test stands, debug, problem isolation, and resolution.

• Experienced in developing RF test measurements for production
• Ability to perform test solution development:
• Hardware Focus (test adapters, cables, tools, and interface modules)
• Software Focus (drivers, utilities, executives, and test software)

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.