Sr Prin Engineer (Governance and Process)

Job Description

You don’t see it, but it’s there. Our employees work on the world’s most advanced electronics – from saving emissions in the City of Lights to powering the Mars Rover to protecting the F-35 fighter jet. At Electronic Systems, you’ll be among the brightest minds, working on the aerospace and defense industry’s most difficult problems. 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 missions: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®” and “We Innovate For Those Who Move The WorldTM.” Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.

Our engineers are the lifeblood of our company and we’re more than 5,000 strong. With our robust offering of educational and career development opportunities, your chances to grow are limitless.

The Engineering Governance and Process Team is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to help drive our engineering governance and process initiatives. Reporting to the Director of ES Engineering Governance and Process, you will collaborate with engineers across the organization, as well as functional partners and subject matter experts, to support the implementation and maintenance of robust engineering processes and ensure compliance with industry standards. This role involves audit support, metric reporting, process improvement, and management of the Engineering Governance & Process intern(s).

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Support ES Engineering efforts to meet the appropriate application and implementation rigor of our product development process.

• Support Engineering’s preparation and participation in internal and external audit activities including CMMI, AS9100D, internal and customer audits. This includes partnering with our Quality organization to plan and resource audits, and assess, review, and analyze audit findings.

• Collaborate with the Business Area Engineering directorates to ensure uniform assessment and reporting of the ES Engineering metrics. This includes collaborating with functional organizations to create and support automated collection and reporting of the standard set of ES Engineering Metrics.

• Coordinate the quarterly Engineering functional Corrective Action Review Board (CARB) and support the generation of ES Engineering Quarterly Business Review (QBR) metrics reporting.

• Support Life Cycle Management (LCM) Engineering Review processes including ensuring compliance to plc, Inc. and ES requirements through the development and maintenance of training material, performing results analysis, publishing bi-annual chairperson newsletters, collaborating with Program Excellence on process interpretation and dashboard development, and supporting Engineering reviews within the LCMS tool.

• Support the Engineering Operational Assurance Statement due diligence process including developing and tracking PLEL questionnaires, reviewing business area leadership affirmations, drafting formal responses, and obtaining VP of Engineering approval.

• Collaborate with the Sector/Business Area leadership to provide enabling capabilities, resources, and processes for process selection and tailoring on projects with engineering content.

• Support the drive to One ES Engineering Process including simplification and streamlining command media to support efficient and effective program implementation. Apply process improvement and engineering methodologies and principles across the Organization to establish, deploy, and maintain processes that are in alignment with Enterprise-level processes and adopted standards.

• Support the collaborative environment in ES Engineering; fully leverage best practices, people, and resources across BAE Systems. Connect with key personnel within ES and the larger BAE Systems, Inc., community to identify and leverage process and reporting practices.

• Management of Governance & Process intern hiring, projects, tasking, and learning and development.

• Support change management activities and initiatives in collaboration with organization leadership. Work to drive higher proficiency and faster adoption of changes impacting project stakeholders and enterprise audiences to ensure optimal results are achieved. Support lean principles, tools, and techniques to build capability and drive improvement at all levels of the organization.

This role involves travel to various in-state/out of state BAE Systems facilities the first Quarter of each year for auditing purposes.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years work experience or equivalent experience.

• Proven ability to define and implement action plans to achieve strategic business goals

• Strong project leadership skills - Excellent collaboration and integration skills

• Demonstrated capability in implementing significant continuous improvements /transformation initiatives

• Proven strength in organizational and personal communication skills

• Proven flexible management style to deal with diverse company cultures and individual differences

• Broad understanding of the functional discipline and product development lifecycle

• Demonstrated the ability to make decisions with clarity in an environment of ambiguity and uncertainty

• Excellent communication, stakeholder-management, and data-driven reporting skills.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• The ability to support internal and external product development process audits, certification and benchmarking events such as CMMI V2.0, AS9100D and ISO9001.

• The ability to support cross-functional initiatives/teams including root cause and corrective action.

• Knowledge of ES Organizational Processes and Structures.

• Highly developed interpersonal skills with excellent written and oral presentation skills for interfacing and coordinating with company personnel, including our functional partners in the Quality, Project Management, Operations and Supply Chain organizations.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $132962 - $226035

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.