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Job Description

Looking for an exciting career that utilizes your boundless creativity, technical innovation, and leadership skills? We Protect Those Who Protect Us is our mission, and we re looking for engineers who share our passion in developing first-of-its-kind technologies and equipment to protect our warfighters on all fronts. From our state-of-the-art facility in Huntsville, AL, our Electronic Solutions Hardware Engineering organization welcomes an energetic and motivated Principal Mechanical Engineer. Have a background in mechanical engineering developing hardware solutions for customers? Willing to learn and collaborate with an expansive team of world class professionals? Fantastic! With 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!

From around the globe, our employees work on the world s most advanced electronics from detecting threats for F-35 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 diversity, we re innovating for the future. And you can, too. Our engineers are the staple of our company and we re more than 5,000 strong. With our robust offering of educational and career development opportunities, your chances to grow are limitless. Our work culture provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.

Within our growing Hardware Engineering community, you ll have opportunity to work the technology focused programs within our Precision Strike (PS) businesses. Here, we turn ideas into products ranging from guidance systems for smart munitions to electro-optic and laser technologies that protect our nation s airborne platforms. In this role, you will be designing truly amazing hardware solutions to meet challenging customer requirements in order to survive the harshest of environmental conditions. Embracing a design it right the first time philosophy, we focus on factors including affordability, manufacturing, quality, and reliability in order to exceed our customer expectations every day.

At BAE Systems, we thrive in a diverse and dynamic team oriented environment with principles of respect and trust. Our engineers interact with colleagues and peers of various disciplines and backgrounds to arrive at innovative solutions to problems. We encourage collaboration and foster an environment of knowledge sharing and continuous learning. Take the first step towards achieving your career goals with us and apply today!

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

+ Bachelor s degree in Mechanical Engineering with 8 years experience

+ Working knowledge of heat transfer principles, strength of materials, materials selection, design for vibration environments

+ Experience in product design and development and related processes

+ Experience with mechanical engineering development software tools

+ Leadership of small design teams

+ Strong written and verbal communication skills including development of engineering documentation and presentations

+ Eligible to obtain a DOD Security Clearance

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

+ Knowledge/experience with optomechanical designs & developments

+ Experience with lasers, optics, and/or related IR technologies

+ Knowledge of MIL specs & standards, industry standards including ASTM and SAE

+ Experience with the design and manufacture of electronic circuit card assemblies

+ ANSYS Workbench/Mechanical, PTC Creo, MATLAB/Simulink, Siemens NX, ANSYS Icepak experience

+ Knowledge of design for manufacturing (DFM) principles

+ Prior use of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing practices

+ Active DoD security clearance

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $118504 - $201457

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.

Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer

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