principal operations Manufacturing Engineer tech_leadership · Posted May 6, 2026
$118,095 – $200,762
USD per year

About this role

BAE Systems is hiring a principal-level Manufacturing Engineer in the operations function based in Austin, TX. The posting calls out experience with Jira, Tableau, Power BI. Compensation is listed at $118,095–$200,762 per year.

Role
Manufacturing Engineer
Function
operations
Level
principal
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
Austin, TX
Department
Engineering & Technology
Posted
May 6, 2026

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Job description

from BAE Systems careers

Job Description
At BAE Systems, we deliver 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. Do you like working in a cohesive team environment? Do you want a career with a variety of challenges working with technology intended to protect our warfighter? If so, then we want to hear from you!
This is a first shift position working a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off!

We are seeking an experienced, highly motivated NPI Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. As an NPI Manufacturing Engineer, the candidate would primarily support the NPI builds and tests of products in our SMT and Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) factory but will also have the opportunity so support our Final Assembly factory, from sub-assemblies to box-level end-items. In this role, the candidate must demonstrate a strong technical aptitude, a focus on quality, good communication skills, and be able to work cross-functionally within the operations organization and with other disciplines/functions. This position includes the following activities:
  • Early Design Review: Collaborate with Product-to-Launch (P2L) and New Product Engineering (NPE) to review designs and provide producibility feedback.
  • Process Flow Definition: Determine optimal process flow for new product builds.
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