About the position
BAE Systems is looking for a Technical Director for our Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems – Tactical Systems 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. Tactical Systems is a diverse business with industry-leading capability in Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), Optical ISR, Mission Computing, and Undersea technology. Tactical Systems diverse portfolio is deployed on over 140 air and maritime platforms in over 30 countries. The Tactical Systems 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 Tactical Systems product line leadership team. The Tactical Systems 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 is located in Greenlawn, NY or Hudson, NH with frequent travel to Greenlawn.
Responsibilities
- Engaging inside and outside the business to understand current and future Tactical Systems 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 Tactical Systems IP portfolio.
- Driving our technology solutions organization, FAST Labs, to capture priorities that meet Tactical Systems technology needs.
- Engage with customers to understand their emerging 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.
Requirements
- Must hold an active Secret security clearance and be eligible to obtain a Top Secret/SCI.
- 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 Tactical Systems markets and capabilities relevant to the business.
- 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.
Nice-to-haves
- Advanced Technical Degree.
- Recognized mission/technical expert in the domains pertinent to Tactical Systems.
- Experience in Intellectual Property Management.
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Health savings accounts.
- 401(k) savings plan.
- Disability coverage.
- Life and accident insurance.
- Employee assistance program.
- Legal plan.
- Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance.
- Paid time off.
- Paid holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
- Paid military leave.
- Paid bereavement leave.
- Federal and state sick leave.
- Company recognition program.
