Job Description
Thank you for your interest in BAE Systems! This opening is for candidates who are interested in interviewing virtually May 15th & 16th of 2025 hiring event. If your background and skill set match our hiring needs, we will reach out with next steps. If selected for an interview, specific opportunities based on your interests and skill set will be discussed with the hiring team.
Are you an Electrical or a Mechanical Engineer with 6 to 20+ years of experience within Power Electronics Packaging and looking for the next step to grow your career? Do you want to design technology leading products that really matter and be a part of a cause greater than yourself? The Controls and Avionics Solutions (CAS) and Power and Propulsion Solution (PPS) business areas area experiencing unprecedented growth. Engineers will develop flight and mission-critical products for more than 170 commercial and military customers. You will have the opportunity to help design and develop the next generation: Fly-By-Wire Flight Controls, Aircraft Engine Controls, Ground Vehicle Power Management Systems, Aircraft Electrification Systems, Advanced Air Mobility Systems, Autonomous Flight Systems, Flight Deck Systems, Cabin Management Systems, Weapon Control Systems, and Mission Systems for the world's most prominent commercial and military aircraft and vehicle manufacturers.
Candidates for this position can expect to work in mid-size teams that are cooperative, dependable, and supportive, working both co-located in a hybrid environment and geographically distributed.
When you become a member of our team, you will work across multiple disciplines and collaborate with Systems, Software, Test, and Operations during all phases of the Product Development Lifecycle. At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie, and a shared mission on delivering world class products to our commercial and military customers. We offer a flexible hybrid work environment and 9/80 work schedule. Our company is part of the community and driven to improve our future and protect our freedom.
These roles involve a combination of collaborative/in-person and independent work and will take the form of a hybrid work schedule, with time split between working onsite and remotely.
Duties and responsibilities include the following: Detailed design, analysis and testing of:
- Architectures and circuit design for MOSFET, Si IGBT and SiC/GAN devices
- Isolated and Non-Isolated High Power DC/DC converters (greater than 1kW)
- High Power AC inverters (greater than 1kW)
- System level DC link interactions
- Experience with power magnetics design, machine control and EMI control.
- Filters for importable and exportable sine wave power for grid tie and other applications
- Control strategies for power conversion
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- 6 to 20+ years of experience in power electronics related design and development, including familiarity with motor drives, gate drivers, analog circuitry, and magnetics
- Hands-on experience with the understanding of full product development lifecycle of electronics hardware and design, component and system-level integration, validation, and verification.
- Ability to work with software and firmware controllers for converters and power distribution systems.
- Experience with rotating machine control and design for EMC/ EMI compliance.
- Pre-existing knowledge of magnetic design for high frequency applications and soft switching techniques.
- Experience with AC-DC converters and power factor correction.
- Experience with DC-DC topologies and ability to select optimal architectures and components
- Experience with digital control strategies for AC-DC and DC-DC power conversion
- Must have experience working safely in a high voltage / high power lab environment.
- Discrete understanding of the entirety of the electrification ecosystem
- Experience in full lifecycle development including component level requirements and design, component and system-level integration, validation, and verification.
- Ability to work with software and firmware-controlled power converters and power systems. Must be willing to work in a high voltage / high power lab environment.
- Software skills: SPICE, Mathcad
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team on rapid development programs and projects.
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of BAE.
- Capable of creating required documentation, requirements, test plans and engineering
- Highly organized team player with excellent technical communication skills (written and verbal).
- Technical writing skills: capable of creating required engineering documentation.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Familiarity with military and/or commercial standards
- Experience in modeling, simulation, and testing of power electronics: SPICE/ LTSPICE, Mathcad, Matlab/Simulink, Ansys Electronic desktops.
- Proven ability to effectively lead a small team in the solution of open-ended problems.
- Proven ability to coach and teach others in the organization.
- Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership and mentoring.
- Ability to develop strategic roadmaps for both technology and business
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $105254 - $178931
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.
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Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do. As a leading aerospace, defense, and security company, we work together to deliver a full range of products and services for air, land, space, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services.
How we work is rooted in purpose – a purpose to protect those who protect us, to unite our community of colleagues and customers, and to drive forward the growth and development of our exceptional team members. It's where purpose connects.
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We believe your career should be filled with innovation and discovery. And that's exactly what you'll find at BAE Systems. As you work to develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills and expand knowledge. On a sharp and collaborative team, you will be challenged – and supported – at every turn.
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