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Program Engineering Manager III (Hybrid)

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Hybrid
Austin, TX
153K-261K Annually
Expert/Leader
Hybrid
Austin, TX
153K-261K Annually
Expert/Leader
Leads engineering activities for defense electronic warfare and countermeasure programs. Responsibilities include strategic planning, proposal support, engineering staffing, integrated plans, technical team leadership, risk management, project execution, requirements and budget oversight, and collaboration with program managers, customers, subcontractors, and factories. The role also leads multidisciplinary hardware development projects and ensures technical solutions meet affordability and producibility requirements.
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Job Description
Are you an Engineering Manager with 10 to 20+ years of experience looking for the next step to grow your career? Does a career that stretches your imagination and pushes the bounds of technical possibilities excite you? Seeking to surround yourself with innovation and opportunities to be part of a collaborative design team with common visions? Come experience our passion in developing leading technologies and equipment to protect our defense interests on all fronts. "We Protect Those Who Protect Us®" is our guiding mission, and we're looking for engineers who thrive on developing first-in-the-field technologies and achieving excellence at every turn.
About BAE Systems
Our employees work on the world's most advanced electronic and optical systems. 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 Hardware 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:
In Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions, we provide next-generation threat detection and countermeasure solutions to provide unparalleled full spectrum electronic warfare capabilities to enhance mission survivability.
BAE Systems is seeking an experienced and energetic Program Engineering Manager (PEM) to contribute to our established and rapidly expanding engineering team in the CEMA Business Area. We are looking for a PEM who can coordinate and manage the engineering activities and is interested in a leadership role in a growing Product Line.
Responsibilities:
  • Serve as engineering focal point for all activity within the projects including strategic planning, bid and proposal support for engineering content, engineering strategy and integrated plans on programs, engineering staffing, issue reporting, and risk and opportunity management
  • Project execution leadership to technical team; plan, execute, and manage all engineering efforts within the project. This includes tailoring company processes and procedures to execute research programs
  • Partner and collaborate with program managers, functional engineering managers, subcontractors, and customers, and factories to ensure program goals, requirements, and needs are understood and achieved
  • Monitor project plans and execution to ensure technical and work scope requirements, schedule, and budget are well defined and maintained
  • Effectively communicate with clear, concise messaging to teams and leadership

Required Education, Experience, & Skills
  • Active Secret Security clearance and ability to obtain SAP accesses
  • Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline, and at least ten years of experience in engineering development of complex electronic systems
  • Experience leading diverse multi-disciplinary teams in the solution of complex technical problems
  • Experience leading hardware development projects in a defense environment including organizational design, planning, estimating, design management, and product verification
  • Experience using Design to Cost (DTC) methods; leading to technical solutions that meet affordability and producibility requirements

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
  • Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and cost account management (CAM) experience
  • Familiarity with development of EO/IR products for military applications (lasers, cameras, sensors, pointers)

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.

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