Principal Technical Mission Analyst / Architect - Future Capabilities

Job Description
We are seeking a technical and mission-savvy professional to join the creative and dynamic StratOps Future Capabilities team. This role is ideal for someone who brings exposure to DoD or other U.S. Government mission areas and wants to help shape how BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (SMS) positions technology and strategy to meet emerging customer needs.
As a Technical Mission Analyst/Architect on the Future Capabilities team, you will help understand and translate government missions into actionable insights, architectures, and analyses that guide BAE Systems strategy. Your work will directly support strategic planning, early-phase solution definition, market analysis, and business plans. You'll operate in a dynamic, exploratory environment where curiosity, technical breadth, and mission understanding matter.
The Strategic Operations (StratOps) Strategic Capabilities Unit, consists of Washington DC Operations, Marketing & Communications and Strategic Development. The StratOps team promotes and elevates the business within our markets, works with customers and industry to influence and drive growth and facilitate collaboration across the business enterprise to increase opportunities.
What You'll Do:

• Conduct operational analysis and mission decomposition to understand how customer missions operate today and where gaps or opportunities exist.
• Develop conceptual architectures and mission level solution approaches aligned to SMS capabilities and strategic priorities.
• Support strategic initiative teams exploring new markets or strengthening SMS position in existing mission areas.
• Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis to support market assessments, customer needs studies, and long range planning.
• Collaborate with IRAD PIs and technical teams to ensure mission insights drive architectural and investment decisions.
• Contribute to development of mission threads, modeling inputs, early stage CONOPS, and architecture trade studies.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office environment, laboratory, cleanroom, or production floor.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a related field plus 6 or more years related experience.
• Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
• A current, active Top Secret security clearance is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI.
• Technical foundation in engineering, physics, math, computer science, or a related technical field.
• Deep exposure to or experience with relevant DoW, IC, or other U.S. Government mission areas (e.g., space, air, sensing, comms, EW, ISR, missile defense, C2, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to perform mission analysis, operational decomposition, or early-stage architecture work.
• Ability to synthesize technical, operational, and strategic information into clear insights.
• Excellent communication skills, including presenting technical concepts to mixed audiences.
• Comfort working in an exploratory, iterative, and sometimes unstructured environment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.

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Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $118095 - $200762
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 Space & Mission 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.
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for government and commercial customers. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.
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.
Multiple positions may be available on this opening.