Integration Verification & Validation Lead Engineer

Job Description
You don’t see it, but it’s there. Our employees work on the world’s most advanced electronics – from saving emissions in the City of Lights to powering the Mars Rover to protecting the F-35 fighter jet. At Electronic Systems, you’ll be among the brightest minds, working on the aerospace and defense industry’s most difficult problems. Drawing strength from our differences, we’re innovating for the future. And you can, too.

Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first – exemplified by our missions: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®” and “We Innovate For Those Who Move The WorldTM.” Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with us.

The ECS Systems Test Solutions Section is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Integration, Verification & Validation (IV&V) Lead Engineer to lead and mentor a team of Integration & Test (I&T) professionals. This critical leadership position is responsible for the successful planning, execution, and oversight of IV&V activities across a program, ensuring the highest standards of quality, reliability, compliance, and safety.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong technical background in systems integration and testing, proven leadership capabilities, and the ability to foster collaboration across multidisciplinary engineering teams. This role will provide independent assessment and verification throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring products meet all customer, contractual, regulatory, and operational requirements and are safe for their intended use.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Program Execution

- Lead, mentor, and develop I&T Leads across the program.
- Provide technical direction and strategic guidance for all program-level IV&V activities.
- Ensure execution of IV&V activities aligns with established processes, standards, schedules, and program objectives.
- Support program staffing, resource planning, and workforce development activities.

Test Strategy & Planning

- Develop and champion the overall Program Test Strategy, including system integration, verification, validation, qualification, environmental testing, and modeling and simulation activities.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineering to ensure requirements are clear, testable, and verifiable.
- Develop and maintain Formal Qualification Test Plans, procedures, and associated test documentation.
- Define system-level test approaches and verification methods to validate system performance and functionality.

Integration, Verification & Validation Oversight

- Lead system verification, validation, qualification, and environmental test activities.
- Review subsystem and lower-level verification results to ensure completeness, traceability, and consistency with program objectives.
- Ensure testing activities provide objective evidence demonstrating compliance with system requirements.
- Oversee independent assessments of product readiness and verification status throughout the development lifecycle.

Test Infrastructure & Resource Management

- Define test tool, instrumentation, and infrastructure requirements necessary to support program execution.
- Partner with the Test Evaluation and Installation organization to ensure adequate test capabilities, lab resources, and facilities are available.
- Develop and manage strategies for efficient utilization of test assets, laboratories, and support facilities.
- Ensure laboratory and field testing activities are conducted in accordance with approved plans, procedures, and contractual requirements.

Program Reporting & Customer Engagement

- Communicate IV&V progress, risks, issues, and corrective actions to program leadership, engineering teams, and customers.
- Generate and present program-level metrics related to test execution, verification status, defect trends, test coverage, and product quality.
- Support customer reviews, program milestone events, audits, and technical interchange meetings.

Compliance, Risk & Safety

- Ensure compliance with BAE Systems policies, engineering processes, and quality standards.
- Enforce safety, security, calibration, and test discipline requirements across all testing activities.
- Ensure adherence to Safety Assessment Reports and associated risk mitigation plans.
- Identify, assess, and proactively manage technical and programmatic risks associated with integration and verification activities.

Desired Qualifications

- Proven experience leading large-scale Integration, Verification & Validation (IV&V) or Systems Test organizations.
- Strong background in systems engineering, systems integration, verification, validation, and qualification testing.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams within complex development programs.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership, customers, and technical stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of risk management, safety-critical systems, and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science
- Experience: Minimum of 8 years of experience in systems testing, verification, and validation. Minimum 3 years of experience in a leadership or mentoring role, ideally within an IV&V environment. Experience with the development and testing of Electronic Warfare systems
- Strong understanding of testing methodologies, techniques, and tools.
- Experience developing and executing comprehensive test strategies and plans.
- Familiarity with requirements management and testability concepts.
- Knowledge of formal qualification testing processes.
- Experience leading development of Electronic Warfare, RADAR, Communications, and/or Missile systems Experience with EW and/or Radar and Missile System
- Proven ability to lead, mentor, and motivate a team of engineers.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Possess an Active US Government SECRET clearance or higher
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s of Science degree in electrical engineering or computer science/engineering
- Experience leading integration and verification of Electronic Warfare, RADAR, Communications, and/or Missile systems Experience with EW and/or Radar and Missile Systems
- Experience with rapid, iterative, and agile development processes & tools
- General knowledge of MBSE methodologies to facilitate adoption within agile development environment
- Experience with government contracting and compliance requirements is a plus

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $145049 - $246584

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, Inc. 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.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.