Job Description Looking to make a difference developing disruptive technologies? BAE Systems FAST Labs™ leads the way with opportunities for tackling the Defense and Intelligence Communities’ hardest problems with innovative software and hardware solutions. FAST Labs’ staff partner with leading government research labs and organizations, including DARPA, IARPA, and AFRL to develop innovative solutions to modern defense challenges. Members of the group are involved in the entire cycle of technology research and development, from initial concept ideation, program shaping and proposal development, through execution (including prototype development, integration, and test) and transition of research concepts to BAE Systems’ business areas and products.
We are seeking Chief Scientist for our Edge and Spectral Artificial Intelligence (AI) research group. Our research interests include radio frequency (RF), machine learning (ML), cognitive electronic warfare (EW), cognitive radio, cognitive signals intelligence (SIGINT), trustworthy AI, novel learning methodologies, and adaptive decision making and control across distributed systems, among others. These technologies are applied to several different product domains, such as tactical radios, cognitive communications, radar, electronic warfare (EW), spectrum sensing, and SIGINT. Successful candidates will be involved in multiple research programs with roles including technical leadership, technical development, customer interaction, program management, or new concept development. Most programs involve teams comprised of academical strong scientists and engineers across multiple disciplines.
Our Chief Scientists
- coordinate with other chiefs, researchers, and business leaders within the Autonomy, Processing and Exploitation (APEX) Product Line and other FAST Labs product lines, as well as external customers and stakeholders, to help identify, create, capture, and execute research opportunities in areas aligned and related to your skills and background.
- provide technical leadership of research and development projects, defining, capturing, and executing (typically as the project Principal Investigator), contracted 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 research and development programs that develop novel, state-of-the-art algorithms, hardware, and advanced scientific solutions to complex technical problems that span multiple technical fields.
- are expected to be industry experts whose technical expertise is sought out by our customers.
- are expected to be actively engaged and well-known in the technical research community outside of BAE Systems.
- use their position, reputation, and technical expertise to create and lead research programs that advance technology to provide discriminating capabilities to BAE Systems' products.
- have significant, quantitative new business capture objectives, both for new business pursuits and for the capture of follow-up work to the technical efforts they lead.
- have significant customer interaction, initiating customer contact to create new business opportunities.
- are expected to be entrepreneurial in the creation, shaping, capture, and promotion of CRAD for groundbreaking technologies for current and future BAE Systems products. Chief Scientists own a technical portion of a FAST Labs product line’s strategic technical plan.
- guide transition of disruptive technologies into BAE System’s Business Areas’ products and services.
- are expected to provide technical review and strategic guidance to programs and to portfolios of programs to align technology development, internal investments, and intellectual property capture to business needs.
- are expected to mentor other scientists and to support their efforts.
This position can be based out of our Merrimack, NH; Burlington, MA; or Arlington, VA facilities, though it will require collaboration with staff across our business areas and facilities in the Northeast.
Because this role involves a combination of collaborative/in-person and independent work, it will take the form of a
hybrid work format, with time split between working onsite and remotely.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills - Doctorate with 8+ years or a Master’s Degree with 10+ years of multi-disciplinary professional research experience
- Active DoD Secret clearance with ability to attain DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance.
- Core competency in at least one of the following technical field: Cognitive EW, RF Machine Learning, and/or Trustworthy AI
- Technical team leadership as principal investigator on multi-disciplinary research and development programs
- Technical lead on capture of new business for research and development
- Capture lead on capture of new business for research and development
- Strong technical written and verbal presentation skills
- Understanding of the application of technical strategy to a research group
- Mentoring of more junior scientists
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills - Development and execution of technical strategy for a research group
- Supervisory experience with small number of Scientists
- Participates in professional societies
- Active Top Secret / SCI clearance
Pay InformationFull-Time Salary Range: $153200 - $291100
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.
About BAE Systems Electronic Systems BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers 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. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems’ game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere – from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact – for our customers and the communities we serve.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
At BAE Systems, we work hard every day to nurture an inclusive culture where employees are valued and feel like they belong. We are conscious of the need for all employees to see themselves reflected at every level of the company and know that in order to unlock the full potential of our workforce, everyone must feel confident being their best, most sincere self and be equipped to thrive. We provide impactful professional development experiences to our employees and invest in social impact partnerships to uplift communities and drive purposeful change. Here you will find significant opportunities to do meaningful work in an environment intentionally designed to be one where you will learn, grow and belong.
