Chief Engineer
BAE Systems · Totowa, NJ · Engineering & Technology
principal
software engineering
Principal Engineer
management
· Posted May 15, 2026
$153,377 – $260,743
USD per year
Skills
About this role
BAE Systems is hiring a principal-level Principal Engineer in the software engineering function based in Totowa, NJ. The posting calls out experience with TypeScript, System Design. Compensation is listed at $153,377–$260,743 per year.
- Role
- Principal Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Management
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Totowa, NJ
- Department
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- May 15, 2026
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Job description
from BAE Systems careersJob Description
What is it like working for a company whose mission is “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®”, that develops the world’s most advanced airborne Electronic Warfare equipment? Rewarding. As part of our Electronic Combat Solutions Systems Engineering team, you’ll join a diverse group of driven professionals who architect, design, develop, build, integrate, test, and support products and systems that enable our service men and women to execute their missions and return home safely.
We are looking for a self-motivated engineering leader to join our Systems Engineering Management team in the Electronic Combat Solutions business area as a Chief Engineer. As a Chief Engineer on a project or product family, you will be the technical conscience of the program, ensuring the system(s), product(s), and service(s) being developed and delivered are viable, fit for purpose, and will satisfy customer needs, product/system requirements, and the mission and/or application. The CE is the primary owner of the technical solution and the technical interface to Program, Engineering, Functional and Executive leadership. Key responsibilities include:
- Technical Solution Definition, Viability and Adequacy:
- Leads (system) architecture design and optimization activities, trades and analyses
- Ensures system design and implementation meet technical requirements and customer/mission needs within allocated engineering cost & schedule
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