Description

Job Description
Looking to make a difference developing disruptive technologies? BAE Systems FAST Labs™, the research arm of BAE Systems' Electronic Systems, leads the way with opportunities for tackling the Department of Defense and Intelligence Communities' hardest problems with innovative software and hardware solutions.

FAST Labs' scientists partner with leading government research labs and organizations, including DARPA and IARPA, to develop innovative solutions to modern defense challenges. Our scientists are involved in the entire life cycle of research & development, from the initial concept development and program shaping with potential customers through the execution and transition of research concepts to BAE Systems' business areas and products. Team members are typically involved in multiple simultaneous programs with roles that run the spectrum of technical leadership, algorithm design, system analysis, software development, customer interaction, or new concept development. Most programs involve small teams of principal investigators and individual researchers.

We are seeking a Cyber/RF Senior Principal Scientist III to support technology areas that may include cyber, networking, RF signal processing, and communications. These technologies are developed to apply to the domains of communications, radar, electronic warfare, signals intelligence, and spectrum organization & optimization. Through innovative R&D technical contributions, your work will help enable the rapid development and fielding of effects across the RF/cyber spectrum for next generation mission support. Our aim is to reduce the timeline to cross the "valley of death" between disruptive R&D technologies and their operational use.

Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full-time on site. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time. This position can be based out of our Arlington, VA or Merrimack, NH offices.
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Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Typically, a bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Applied Math, Physics, Computer Science or similar field with 12+ years of relevant demonstrated technical research.
• Extensive experience with software languages such as MATLAB, Python, or C++.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Top Secret Clearance with SCI accesses
• Demonstrated technical leadership skills on cyber, signal processing, or networking research and development programs
• Deep technical knowledge in three or more of the following:
  • Cyber Operations
  • Defensive Cyber
  • Algorithm development / data analysis
  • Experience with low-level software architectures
  • Software engineering
  • Embedded system vulnerability discovery and exploitation experience

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Master's Degree with 10+ years or Doctorate with 8+ years of multi-disciplinary professional research experience
• Top Secret clearance
• Experience with RF hardware and software systems, common industry architectures, and/or software defined radios
• Electronic Warfare (EW) / RF signal / Communication protocol processing experience
• Adaptive signal processing / optimization
• Writing proposals and/or whitepapers
• Extensive experience as principal investigator on R&D programs
• Professional network across academia, USG Science and Technology Organizations (i.e. DARPA), and/or intelligence communities (i.e. IARPA)
• Technical presentations to DoD / IC customers
• Demonstrated mentorship experience

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $150370 - $255630

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.