The Senior Design Drafting Checker will review engineering data, ensure compliance with requirements, provide design improvements, and collaborate with various teams in a secure environment.
Job Description
See what you're missing. At BAE Systems, our team works on the world's most advanced electronics - from detecting threats for F-35 and F-22 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. 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. We put our customers first - exemplified by our mission: "We Protect Those Who Protect Us®." Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.
Are you willing to learn and collaborate with an expansive team of world class professionals? Are you looking for a flexible work environment including a 9/80 work schedule and competitive benefits? Come join us today and see the opportunities in store for you!
BAE Systems is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Checking Specialist for our Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions (CEMA) business area. CEMA is focused on next-generation threat detection, countermeasure, and attack solutions to provide customers with full-spectrum electronic warfare capabilities to enhance mission survivability. The checking position we are seeking to fill will be assigned to work in the Austin, Texas area full-time on-site with the potential of transitioning to ~50% hybrid.
Basic Job Function:
Ensure engineering product definition (drawings, associated design models, Bills of material, etc.) meets all contract and company requirements before releasing to production control.
Provide support on our countermeasures-based products and other challenging technologies. You will be part of a Design & Drafting Community working with the latest CAD Technology and Processes who are always forward planning with Industry professionals to define future of CAD and product definition capabilities as well as its support of Digital Engineering via 3D Model Based Definition. You also will advance your technical skills while performing your assigned responsibilities on development projects and supporting our existing product portfolio.
The individual selected for this position will be an experienced Mechanical Design Drafting Checker who is a problem solver with diverse technical capabilities, sound design and drafting checking skills, and geometrical tolerance fundamentals. The requirements assigned to this position, while under the guidance of Program and Engineering Leadership, include the following:
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $97008 - $164914
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.
See what you're missing. At BAE Systems, our team works on the world's most advanced electronics - from detecting threats for F-35 and F-22 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. 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. We put our customers first - exemplified by our mission: "We Protect Those Who Protect Us®." Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.
Are you willing to learn and collaborate with an expansive team of world class professionals? Are you looking for a flexible work environment including a 9/80 work schedule and competitive benefits? Come join us today and see the opportunities in store for you!
BAE Systems is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Checking Specialist for our Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions (CEMA) business area. CEMA is focused on next-generation threat detection, countermeasure, and attack solutions to provide customers with full-spectrum electronic warfare capabilities to enhance mission survivability. The checking position we are seeking to fill will be assigned to work in the Austin, Texas area full-time on-site with the potential of transitioning to ~50% hybrid.
Basic Job Function:
Ensure engineering product definition (drawings, associated design models, Bills of material, etc.) meets all contract and company requirements before releasing to production control.
Provide support on our countermeasures-based products and other challenging technologies. You will be part of a Design & Drafting Community working with the latest CAD Technology and Processes who are always forward planning with Industry professionals to define future of CAD and product definition capabilities as well as its support of Digital Engineering via 3D Model Based Definition. You also will advance your technical skills while performing your assigned responsibilities on development projects and supporting our existing product portfolio.
The individual selected for this position will be an experienced Mechanical Design Drafting Checker who is a problem solver with diverse technical capabilities, sound design and drafting checking skills, and geometrical tolerance fundamentals. The requirements assigned to this position, while under the guidance of Program and Engineering Leadership, include the following:
- Capable of reviewing engineering data in CREO Parametric (Pro/E).
- Proficient reading and understanding Engineering Drawings and Bills of Material.
- Experienced dimensioning and tolerancing IAW ASME Y14.5.
- Experienced with drawing types IAW ASME Y14.24.
- Experienced with drawing practices IAW ASME Y14.100.
- Able to review and evaluate tolerance analysis.
- Able to professionally provide feedback and recommendations on drawing and design improvements.
- Familiar working with a formal Product Lifecycle Data Management System (PLMS)
- Able to collaborate with Drafters, Designers, Engineers, Manufacturers and Suppliers.
- Work on SAP/SAR or similar closed programs on-site in secure areas when/if needed.
- Effective Communicator, both verbally and written.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- An Associate's Degree or higher, and 12+ years' Design Drafting experience with 2+ years dedicated to Checking function; or
- 15 years' Design Drafting experience with 3+ years' dedicated to Checking function
- Active DoD Security Clearance
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- An Associate's Degree or higher and 15+ years' Design Drafting experience with 2+ years dedicated to Checking function; or
- 20 years' Design Drafting experience with 3+ years' dedicated to Checking function
- Experience with CREO Parametric (Pro/Engineer)
- Experience with Dassault Systems 3D Experience PLM
- Experience with electro/mechanical packaging
- Experienced with defense electronics. (Designing Chassis', Card Cages, Backplanes, Cables, Harnesses, Assemblies, Optical systems, etc.)
- Expert with Y14.5 GD&T, ASME Y14.5-1994 or later, and all facets of dimensioning and tolerancing
- Proficient in researching and understanding Military and Commercial Specifications.
- Expert reading and interpreting Engineering Drawings
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $97008 - $164914
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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