BAE Systems
Technical Director II - Adaptive Communications & Sensing (Hybrid)
Fort Wayne, IN
Nov 27, 2024
Full-time
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Job Description
See what you're missing. 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 differences, we're innovating for the future. And 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 build your career with BAE Systems.

BAE Systems is looking for a Technical Director for our Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems - Adaptive Communications and Sensing (AC&S) Product Line. C4ISR is a dynamic and diverse Business Area with technologies spanning advanced sensing, communications, identification, ISR analytics, mission autonomy, and space electronics and payloads. AC&S is a product line within C4ISR that focuses on delivering full spectrum Radio Frequency (RF) communications, sensing, and specialized navigation solutions that provide our customers with resilient connectivity and spectrum awareness. Our AC&S team is delivering today's systems while driving the future of edge networking and converged multi-function RF systems to give our customers the edge they need.

The AC&S Technical Director is responsible for the Product Line technology strategy. The technology strategy integrates technology roadmaps, investment plans, collaboration opportunities, business capacity, and customer and competitor dynamics to enable our business objectives. This position reports to the C4ISR Technical Director and is a key member of the AC&S product line leadership team. The AC&S Technical Director works with key members of the Product Line Engineering staff, Business Development, and Strategy teams to support new business growth and develop portfolio-level technical strategies across the business.

This position can be located in Dallas, TX; Ft Wayne, IN; Hudson, NH; Largo, FL; Wayne, NJ or other BAE Systems sites in the United States.

Specific responsibilities include:
  • Engaging inside and outside the business to understand current and future AC&S missions, and relevant technology trends to predict future breakthroughs, innovation, and market strategies to enable business growth.
  • Collaborating across the business and externally to leverage technology for growth and performance.
  • Driving the development and execution of technology roadmaps to meet business objectives.
  • Maximizing product leverage to accelerate development and production.
  • Ensuring a robust pipeline of next generation technical leaders through mentoring, coaching, and managed development assignments.
  • Managing the Product Line Internal Research and Development (IRAD) portfolio for targeted technology development to enable growth and performance.
  • Capturing relevant Intellectual Property (IP) for the business and manage the AC&S IP portfolio.
  • Driving our technology solutions organization, FAST Labs, to capture priorities that meet AC&S technology needs.
  • Engage with customers to understand their emerging connectivity, sensing, and navigation mission needs and tradeoff technology solutions to meet them
  • Provide technical leadership and contribute to key capture campaigns and R&D programs
  • Ability to support frequent travel to customer facilities, BAE Systems facilities both domestic and international.

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
  • Bachelor Degree and 12+ years related Experience (Advanced Degree Preferred) or equivalent
  • Minimum 10 years of technical leadership experience and mission/domain knowledge of emerging AC&S systems, markets, and capabilities relevant to the business.
  • Active Top Secret Security Clearance and eligible for TS/SCI
  • Experience collaborating with customers to develop technology solutions to address their missions
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence across business boundaries to maximize enterprise synergy, leverage, and growth
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and communicate a technical vision to customers, business leadership, and team-members
  • Experience with all aspects of the new business capture process


Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
  • Advanced Technical Degree
  • Recognized mission/technical expert in the domains pertinent to AC&S
  • Experience in Intellectual Property Management
  • Active Top Secret / SCI Clearance


Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $164000 - $278800

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.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
At BAE Systems, we work hard every day to nurture an inclusive culture where employees are valued and feel like they belong. We are conscious of the need for all employees to see themselves reflected at every level of the company and know that in order to unlock the full potential of our workforce, everyone must feel confident being their best, most sincere self and be equipped to thrive. We provide impactful professional development experiences to our employees and invest in social impact partnerships to uplift communities and drive purposeful change. Here you will find significant opportunities to do meaningful work in an environment intentionally designed to be one where you will learn, grow and belong.PDN-9d95ffc9-53f6-403b-957f-88c29ff15001
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