Job Description

Our employees work on the world s most advanced electronics from providing the latest technologies in Smart Munitions sensor solutions 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 are innovating for the future. In addition, you can, too. Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. 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 enhance your career with us.

We are looking for a Global Positioning System Receiver (GPS-R) Subject Matter Expert (SME) to add to our expertise in guided munitions. This portfolio of projects operates from our Precision Guidance and Sensing Solutions (PGSS) product line in the Precision Strike Business Area. The position will support our Market Expansion segment of the Precision Strike Business Area. This GPS-R Subject Matter Expert will help grow the PGSS product line by applying BAE Systems broad technology base to fill real gaps that Department of Defense customers have in the area of smart weapons.

The ideal candidate will work with Engineering Leadership and Technical Marketing to assist with the next generation of Precision Guidance Kit products, which will expand the accuracy of US Army projectile weapons system by enhancing the existing guidance system. This role requires the candidate to be an outgoing, well-connected self-starter who will have direct customer interface to derive and shape the next generation of this portfolio in order to meet the US Government s mission value. The candidate must also be willing to make contributions that routinely span from direct hands-on problem solving and mentorship, to development and achieving respect in peer, customer, supplier and industry relationships, and helping to shape the long-term strategic direction and objectives of the business area and BAE as a whole through technical expertise.

BAE Systems will utilize this SME to augment the Guidance, Navigation and Control segment of the precision guidance kit in order to direct the projectile to its intended target. We are looking for a SME that can readily communicate within the program engineering team along with the existing program team and focus on building military GPS products. The program will use the most advanced military GPS receivers capable of using the Military-code (M-code) signal to integrating these receivers into ruggedized portable products.

BAE Systems expects to staff this role in either our Huntsville, AL; Hudson, NH or Cedar Rapids, IA facilities. There will be opportunities to support field testing of the guidance kits where our team will work side by side with its US Government counterparts.

At BAE Systems, cultural and behavioral principles are a special part of our engineering organization, which means we are looking for team players who have demonstrated experience working successfully in a group setting and will support our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Because this role involves a combination of collaborative/in-person and independent work, it will take the form of a hybrid work format, with time split between working onsite and remotely.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Must hold an active DoD Secret level security clearance

• Bachelor s degree in STEM discipline

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Experience with GPS technology

• Experience with GPS receiver test development and troubleshooting

• Experience with GPS receiver integration into the platform-level

• Understanding and background in RF systems architecture, modeling, design and test for guidance and navigation systems

• Experience in weapons systems design, missile systems design, or weapons systems performance analysis

• Ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership and other engineering disciplines.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Experience in system architecting of solutions for guided projectiles.

• Experience in GPS-Receiver Software applications

• Familiarity with Aeronautical properties and Computational Fluid Dynamics

• Ability to Coordinate vendors and teams in development of passive/active sensor systems for test/evaluation.

• Assist in the flow down of requirements to testable modular hardware and software.

• Support trade studies, presentations, proposals and related activities

• Familiarity with low cost and low SWaP design and development

• Experience leading technical teams.

• Ability to understand and generate CONOPS.

• Develop requirements in response to customer operational needs and mature operational concepts and derive technical baselines necessary to meet the requirements.

• Develop briefings, white papers, and analysis to support the business capture efforts.

• Coordinate vendors and teams in development of passive/active sensor systems for test/evaluation

• Model Based Systems Engineering experience

• Experience working across the entire Systems Lifecycle

• Background with digital receiver architecture and digital signal processing techniques

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $115100 - $195700

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.

GPS Receiver Subject Matter Expert (SME)

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