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Job Description

BAE Systems - Continued Engineering Support (Sustainment) is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer to support existing platforms and define the next Generation of Test Stands for the continued support of the programs. The individual selected for this position will be a proven leader with diverse technical capabilities and demonstrated hands-on electrical engineering expertise. The individual will lead the hardware design, software development, integration/test, and delivery to the factory of NEW test stations for all of the products supported by BAE Systems. These stations will include Digital Modules, Analog Modules, RF Modules, and Power Supplies. The individual must be a self-starter with development experience working with integrated military avionics/electronic hardware and supporting test equipment.

The selected electrical engineer is expected to have applicable experience in the following areas:

Test Stands:

Selecting the appropriate test equipment to effectively test the target hardware, considering existing hardware specifications, hardware test requirements, and cost. The candidate should have extensive experience with all types of test equipment for Digital, Analog, RF and Power Supply testing. This should include but not be limited to Power Supplies, Oscilloscopes, Power Meters, Chillers, Signal/Function Generators, Spectrum/Network Analyzers, Logic Analyzers, and Pattern Generators. Familiarity with all the typical equipment interfaces, USB, GPIB, Ethernet, PXI, PXIe, Serial RS232/RS422.

Hardware Design:

Design of backplane printed wiring boards and ITA. These become the interface between the test equipment and the test target. These will include providing all the necessary power to the target, signal translation between logic families (TTL/LVTTL/PECL/ECL/etc). The Backplane will also accommodate for all control interfaces, serial, JTAG, SPI, clocking and custom digital bus interfaces. These test interfaces will be designed using the Cadence Allegro and/or Altium Designer schematic capture and PWB layout tools. The designer will utilize and implement best practices during PCB design such as EMI mitigation for conducted and radiated emissions, grounding, trace impedance, length matching, power planes, stack-ups, thermal conductivity, signal integrity etc. The test backplanes can also include:

+ RF circuits: LNA s, Mixers, Filters, switches etc.

+ Power/Analog: Filters, Power Supplies with topologies such as Buck-Boost, amplifiers, sequencing, high-side switching, etc.

+ Serial Communications such as 1553, RS485, and RS232.

+ Processor interfacing, Memory such as on-board Flash and SDRAM, interfacing different buses with attention to timing and config setup, etc.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

BSEE with 8 years experience.

+ Experience designing with high speed digital circuit card assemblies

+ Experience designing with Analog and Power circuitry

+ Comfort with working with code in any language and experience with Teststand, Labview, Labwindows CVI,

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

+ Able to research and apply electrical engineering principles and theories to solve electrical engineering problems.

+ Motivated self-starter with leadership skills and ability to effectively work in a team environment

+ Excellent problem solving skills, judgment, and analytical capability.

+ Ability to close on discrete tasking in a timely manner and lead others to closure - Own the Design

+ Experience writing and presenting technical information to program teams and/or customers.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $115779 - $196825

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.

Principal Electrical Engineer

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