Hiring: FAST Labs - Senior Principal Engineer II – Mission Effectiveness Lead Company: BAE Systems, Inc. Location: Merrimack, NH Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 11:17:08 Employment Type: Full-time / On-site Target Skills & Keywords : C, C++, Defense Industry, Elasticsearch, MATLAB, Python, SAP, Secret Clearance, Systems Engineering About the job Experience: •12+ years technical experience (MS and 10+ years preferred). •10+ years technical / engineering leadership experience including performance management, coaching, mentoring and inspiring a technical staff with diverse experience, technical views, and individual differences Required Skills: •Interface with customers, especially product line or business area technical directors and other technical staff, as the primary POC to scope and provide technical leadership for MA studies and tasks •Design and develop mission relevant scenarios; assess operational effectiveness of existing and/or emerging systems and capabilities in representative operational environments •Actively facilitate and support design and development of visualization models for integration with a high fidelity simulation environment used for mission analysis •Take direction from the MA Tech Director and MA Engineering Lead regarding tradecraft, prioritization, and execution of studies •Interface directly with Study Managers to and Study Leads to execute MA studies and tasks •Brief study and task outputs, providing recommendations and expertise to product line and business area tech directors, other BA technical staff, and external customers to help drive technology development and adoption •Interface directly with MA leadership team to identify needed capabilities and set technical roadmaps to fill capability gaps •Build and contribute to IR&D plans, identify IR&D needs and priorities, and lead IR&D technical execution Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!