Senior Principal Systems Engineer
BAE Systems · Wayne, NJ · Engineering & Technology
About this role
BAE Systems is hiring a senior-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Wayne, NJ. The posting calls out experience with Jira, Testing. Compensation is listed at $145,049–$246,584 per year.
- Role
- Systems Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Wayne, NJ
- Department
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- May 15, 2026
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Job description
from BAE Systems careersJob Description What it’s like to be a Senior Principal Systems Engineer advancing your career within BAE Systems? Rewarding. As part of our Systems Engineering team, you will be designing and testing the world’s most advanced communication systems for the United States DoD and international customers. This career opportunity is available for a System Engineer to lead a team on a variety of technical, planning and financial assignments. Tasks range from architectural concepts and test execution to cost estimation and schedule planning and monitoring. Reports and presentations to our Executive Staff is a key requirement of this job. The candidate should have familiarity in requirements development, test and qualification planning and execution including use of defect tracking data bases. Candidate should also have experience in Cost Accounting Management including budget control, estimations to complete, and the relationships between the customer Statement of Work and Work Breakdown Structures. Motivated and positive minded engineering leaders must hold an active United States security clearance and skilled in areas needed for cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams. The candidate should have the appropriate educational experience as well past development and integration experience. The ability to derive a workflow from technical requirements is a necessity. Knowledge and exposure…