BAE Systems is seeking an experienced and energetic Chief Engineer (CE) to help lead our Tactical Datalink (TDL) product area. TDL is part of our Adaptive Communications and Sensing (AC&S) product line in C4ISR. In this role you will be the ‘hands on’ technical lead of a product area 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. TDL is a growing business area with several development programs aswell as high-rate production programs with a common mission to protect the warfighter. As a Portfolio Chief Engineer, you are a technical leader for a portfolio of products within the TDL product area, 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. With the ability to develop and drive a cohesive technology roadmap across the airborne communications portfolio, balancing customer needs, modernization, obsolescence management, and future mission capability growth. The PCE is the primary owner of the technical solution and the technical interface to Program, Engineering, Functional and Executive leadership. Job Responsibilities Serves as a technical advocate across a diverse portfolio, guiding engineering teams, influencing customer discussions, and supporting strategic business growth Leads (system) architecture design and optimization activities, trades and analyses Strong systems engineering mindset with the ability to oversee complex integrated radio systems, ensuring technical rigor, interoperability, performance, and mission effectiveness across airborne platforms Ensures system design and implementation meet technical requirements and customer/mission needs within allocated engineering cost & schedule Drives technical risk and opportunity definition, identification, and mitigation/realization Technical interface to Customer, Program Management Office, and executive leadership Understand requirements, missions, use cases, and constraints