Engineer Principal – Electrical Design - $10K Sign-On Bonus
BAE Systems · Westminster, CO · Engineering & Technology
About this role
BAE Systems is hiring a principal-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Westminster, CO. The posting calls out experience with Data Structures, Testing. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Compensation is listed at $118,095–$200,762 per year.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Westminster, CO
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Department
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- May 1, 2026
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Job description
from BAE Systems careersJob Description
Minimum $10,000 Sign On Bonus being offered for external hires.
The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers’ missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution.
What You’ll Do:
- Design hardware for system and detailed circuit design for space-based, high-reliability electronic systems including.
- Modeling and simulation.
- Analysis (worst case circuit analysis, parts stress analysis, reliability, signal integrity, risk mitigation).
- Digital designs with architectures utilizing FPGAs, microprocessors, soft-core processors, digital filters, image processing algorithms, and high speed SERDES communication interfaces/protocols like XAUI, sRIO, PCIe, and SpaceWire for communication and data processing for a variety of sensors – focal planes, detectors, gimbals, phased arrays.
- Analog designs with architectures focusing on general analog, mixed signal, and power supply electronic design.
- Design and implement test fixtures including test plans for both chip-level and board level environments and create reusable circuits that can be utilized across multiple projects.
- Work with Parts Engineers to select and approve EEE parts to meet program requirements.
- Lead or support anomaly debug, determination of root cause, and corrective actions.
- Work closely with printed wiring board packaging and layout engineers.
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