**Job Description** We are seeking talented, experienced Software Engineering Leads to help us create the world s most advanced solutions in the area such as Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Aircraft Protection, Radar Warning and Electronic Attack for our defense related customers. Our products provide critical mission capabilities to address the ever-evolving challenges and threats to our nation s security and the war fighter. The selected candidate will provide technical leadership, project management, and guidance for the software engineering development activities. This position is customer facing and will provide Software Project Management reporting, documentation, and updates to both Program Management and the Software Discipline. We will provide you opportunities to learn, leverage our current technologies, incorporate new technologies, and be a leader in our engineering organization. **Job Responsibilities** + Duties include the execution of complex software architecture and designs on projects. + Execute established management systems and provide leadership to assure the effective performance of work, close monitoring of cost and schedule, and take timely and effective corrective action. + Establish communication to keep management informed of the function s progress and results. + Use existing processes and evolve processes to utilize the most effective new techniques as they become available, assuring the use of methodologies which minimize both design cost and product cost. + Provide, directly or indirectly, top level technical leadership for the assigned design discipline(s) including selection and exploitation of promising new technologies, long-term goals, etc. + Ensure effective communication between assigned engineers and all other participants in the design process. **Required Education, Experience, & Skills** + Bachelor's Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, and minimum of 4 years work experience or equivalent experience + Secret Security Clearance (active in the past two years) + Software development in high level language (C ) + Software engineering processes, methodologies, and tools + Software testing, validation, and verification activities + Demonstrated ability to develop, lead, and motivate technical teams **Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills** + Working knowledge of embedded programming + Agile Development experience + Managing cost and schedule + identify architecture changes needed to adapt leverage baseline into a compliant baseline **Pay Information** Full-Time Salary Range: $118095 - $200762 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. **Software Lead - Principal Software Engineer** **123815BR** EEO Career Site Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities . females . veterans . individuals with disabilities . sexual orientation . gender identity . gender expression